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Taliban Enforces Ban on Women's Voices in Public Spaces in Afghanistan

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Afghan women are protesting against the Taliban's laws, which deem women's voices as potential instruments of vice. The 35-article document bans women from singing, reciting poetry or reading aloud in public, and requires them to cover the lower half of their faces in addition to wearing a head covering. The ban also prohibits women from raising their voices, reciting the Quran in public, and looking at men other than their husbands or relatives. Afghan women are pushing back against these restrictions, with some posting videos of themselves singing in protest.

  1. MX
    Dorothy Estrada-Tanck
    UN Working Group
    1. Recognizing gender apartheid as a crime against humanity would pave the way for accountability both from Afghanistan as a state, and from specific individuals in the country.
    2. We must continue supporting women and their organizations inside and outside Afghanistan, gather strong support for the campaigns and put more pressure on governments, and these on the UN General Assembly and the Security Council. It was achieved in South Africa. It took more than 20 years, though. Hopefully here we won't have to wait so long.
  2. AF
    Hoda Khamosh
    1. We do not go to the field with a gun, but our voice, our image.
  3. AF
    Sodaba Noorai
    1. If the Taliban continues like this and the world remains silent, we will see a human crisis in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan under Taliban rule

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sources

  1. 1.The Guardian
  2. 2.El Paìs
  3. 3.ABC News (Australia)
  4. 4.The Washington Post
  5. 5.ABC News
  6. 6.El Pais
  7. 7.Reuters

perspectives

  1. 1.US Foreign Policy
  2. 2.Islamic Terrorism
  3. 3.Ethnic tensions
  4. 4.Authoritarianism
  5. 5.Human rights
  6. 6.Women's Rights
  7. 7.Afghanistan under Taliban rule
  8. 8.War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)

countries

  1. 1.AfghanistanAF
  2. 2.SpainES
  3. 3.NorwayNO
  4. 4.United StatesUS

organizations

  1. 1.TalibanAF
  2. 2.Development Research and Policy Studies Organisation
  3. 3.European Union
  4. 4.International Court of Justice
  5. 5.RTA
  6. 6.Socialist PartyFR
  7. 7.UN Human Rights Council
  8. 8.United Nations
  9. 9.UN Working Group
  10. 10.Virtue and Vice MinistryAF

persons

  1. 1.Dorothy Estrada-TanckMX
  2. 2.Ali Khara
  3. 3.Sayed Hassib
  4. 4.Barakatullah Rasouli
  5. 5.Fawzia Koofi
  6. 6.Hoda KhamoshAF
  7. 7.Mariam Safi
  8. 8.Ravina ShamdasaniUS
  9. 9.Richard Bennett
  10. 10.Sodaba NooraiAF

technicals

  1. 1.Islam
  2. 2.Quran