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December 21, 2022

Taliban Ban Women Students at Universities in Ongoing Rights Crackdown
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In Afghanistan, the Taliban has banned women and girls from accessing
higher education. The Taliban have already barred female students from
secondary schools since last year, despite pledges the move was
temporary. The decision was met with immediate condemnation from Afghan
women and rights groups, including the United Nations.

Stéphane Dujarric: "What it is, it's clearly another broken promise from
the Taliban. We have seen, since their takeover and also in the past
months, just a lessening of the space for women, not only in education
but access to public areas, their nonparticipation in the public
debate."



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