Edict Type: By Month
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April 2023 Month
The Taliban ordered the UN that Afghan national female staff were barred from work at the UN. Some “400” women work for the UN in Afghanistan. Women are barred from going to restaurants in Herat. Previously, restaurants were segregated. The Shia community was ordered to celebrate Eid, a religious holiday in Islam, per the Taliban…
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March 2023 Month
New laws were announced, making it impossible for women to escape and divorce abusive husbands. Many women fear their divorces under the previous republic government could be voided, forcing them to return to their former husbands. Girls were barred from starting the new academic year in universities. Only boys were allowed. Men and women were…
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February 2023 Month
Taliban ordered women medical staff members to observe full black hijab with mask at all times. Women in the medical field in Kandahar were told they must be escorted by a male family member. Women’s karate club was forced to close. Intermarriages among Sunni and Shia were forbidden in the north of Afghanistan, in Badakhshan…
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January 2023 Month
Women are banned from visiting historic sites. Poets told not to compose musical proses. High school graduate girls were told they are not allowed to take the university entrance exam. The sale of contraceptives was banned, telling people it is a “western conspiracy.”
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December 2022 Month
Taliban ordered that women students can no longer attend public or private universities until further notice. Girls beyond grade 6 are not allowed to attend private courses. Girls can pursue education in religious subject matters only. Taliban banned women from working with I/NGOs.
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November 2022 Month
Women can no longer go to public baths in Badghis. Women can no longer go to parks and gyms. Taliban Supreme Leader ordered Sharia law punishment, including public amputations and stoning.
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October 2022 Month
Women students cannot choose subjects that are “too difficult” to study, including agriculture, mining, civil engineering. Men teachers and students were ordered to sign a pledge of observing Sharia. Women can no longer be on the Commission of Media Violations.
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September 2022 Month
Attending religious classes became mandatory for the public servants. They must also pass the test of faith. Girls were banned from secondary and high schools in east Afghanistan that had briefly opened. Women students were banned from taking videos and photos on university campus. Media outlets were ordered that women guest speakers must cover faces…
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August 2022 Month
The Taliban has targeted religious minorities and in August 2022, the regime removed Ashura, a religious holiday for the Shia minority as a public holiday. Women flight attendants were fired and banned from their jobs. Attending religious classes in universities are mandatory per the Taliban order. The order added five new classes to the curricula…
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July 2022 Month
Taliban officials ordered women employees of the finance ministry to send a male relative to their jobs instead.