The EU condemns the Taliban’s veto on women going to university

BRUSSELS, Dec. 21 (EUROPA PRESS) –

The European Union on Wednesday signaled its “firm condemnation” of the Taliban’s decision to deny access to university to women in Afghanistan, stating that persecution based on gender is a crime against humanity.

In a message on social networks, the EU High Representative for Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, has denounced the ban in Afghanistan “until further notice” on the admission of women to public and private universities throughout the country.

“The EU strongly condemns the Taliban’s decision to suspend higher education for Afghan women. It is a unique movement in the world that violates the rights and aspirations of Afghans and deprives Afghan society of the contribution of women,” it said. pointed out in his message in which he stresses that the persecution of women is a “crime against humanity”.

The authorities set up by the Taliban in Afghanistan on Tuesday prohibited the participation of women in university centers “until further notice”, as reported by the Afghan news agency Jaama Press. The Ministry of Higher Education, led by Mullah Neda Mohamed Nadim, has issued a brief statement calling for the suspension of the admission of women to higher educational institutions.

The Minister for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice -which replaced the Ministry of Women’s Affairs after the Taliban came to power-, Mohamad Khalid Hanafi, had specified on Tuesday that the reopening of secondary education centers for female students, locked in with the current regime, “depends to a large extent on creating a decent cultural and religious environment.”