A group of women protest in Kabul for their right to work and learn

Oct. 31 (EUROPA PRESS) –

A group of women protested this Monday in the Afghan capital, Kabul, against the ban that the authorities established by the Taliban have imposed on education from the sixth grade and for depriving women of work.

“We call on the United Nations and the international community to pay attention to us and save women from these violations of their rights,” protested Marghalare, a former employee of the Afghan Interior Ministry, according to the Tolo news portal.

Some young women have even displayed their educational documents on large banners. “The document we have in our hands is useless because we are all at home and we don’t have a job,” said Shokoria, one of the protesters.

The protest, called by the Powerful Women’s Movement of Afghanistan, has been suppressed by the country’s police authorities with violence, intimidation and humiliation. According to witnesses, the agents would have broken these banners to disperse the crowd, as reported by the Jaama news agency.

This comes after the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, stated that severe restrictions and barriers have been established in the country aimed at making women “invisible” in society. , a setback that he described as “unprecedented”, according to the aforementioned agency.

The Taliban authorities have faced criticism for the closure of educational centers and the exclusion of female students from them, amid a battery of discriminatory measures against women that distance them from their jobs and govern aspects of their daily lives. .

Since then there have been sporadic protests, led by women, in Afghanistan to demand rights. The different policies applied by the Taliban have been condemned by United Nations organizations and by the international community.

Women have suffered setbacks in the workplace, but also in education, to the point that Afghanistan is, today, the only country in the world that prevents girls from accessing secondary education. Some 3.4 million girls and adolescents are outside the educational system, according to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).