Edict Type: By Month
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June 2022 Month
Girls from grade 4-6 were ordered in Ghazni to cover their faces while commuting to school or face expulsion.
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May 2022 Month
Women are banned from receiving driver’s licenses Women cannot use public transport if they are alone. A Taliban decree stated that women should only leave their homes “in cases of necessity” and avoid going out. The Taliban began a campaign for proper hijab. They stated that the best form of hijab is to stay home…
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April 2022 Month
Parks segregated, and men and women to visit parks on different days of the week. TikTok and PUBG banned. The Taliban say it Banned TikTok and PUBG insisting they were leading Afghan youths astray. University classes became segregated — three days for women and three days for men. New hijab order was issued by the…
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March 2022 Month
Women are not allowed to seek medical treatments without a mahram. Women’s and men’s offices were segregated. All foreign TV series are banned. Schools will remain closed for girls beyond grade 6. Another statement a few days earlier had promised that schools will reopen, but the Taliban walked back on their promise. The new year…
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February 2022 Month
Ordered NGOs to replace board members and those in leadership positions with Afghans living inside Afghanistan. Ordered universities to enforce gender-segregated classrooms. Banned women from traveling abroad without a mahram/male guardian and a legitimate reason. The Taliban Supreme leader issued an order that the academic documents issued by the first Taliban regime are valid and…
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January 2022 Month
Closed public baths for women in Balkh. Ordered coffee shop owners in Herat not to serve women if a mahram/male family member does not accompany them.
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December 2021 Month
Banned women from long-distance (45 miles) road trips without a mahram or a close male family member. Banned drivers from playing music in their cars. The order also demanded that women passengers not be given rides without hijab. Ordered clothing stores to remove mannequins’ heads. The Taliban’s Supreme Leader issued an extensive decree regarding women’s…
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November 2021 Month
Banned women from appearing in television shows. Stormed the Afghan Independent Bar Association and closed the office. Ordered followers of non-Sunni sect of Islam and other religions to follow the Sharia orders and the Hanafi (Sunni) jurisprudence in performing their religious rituals. The order also stated that senior government employees must be followers of Hanafi…
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October 2021 Month
Edicts on governance were issued. No specific edict was issued on women and human rights.
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September 2021 Month
The Taliban banned protests and slogans that did not receive prior approval from the Taliban. The Taliban prohibited girls from pursuing secondary education. The Taliban replaced the Ministry of Women’s Affairs with the Ministry of Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The Taliban ordered professional and working women to remain at home until further…