Afghanistan Human Rights Watch, in its latest statement as part of a campaign calling for the reopening of schools to girls above the sixth grade, has declared that justice begins at the school gates.
In a statement published on Tuesday (25 February), the organization said that 1,620 days have passed since schools and education beyond the sixth grade were closed to girls—days that represent thousands of buried dreams and a future taken away from a generation.
Afghanistan Human Rights Watch further emphasized that silence in the face of the ban on girls’ and women’s education amounts to accepting injustice.
In another part of its statement, the organization called for broad public support for girls’ right to education and for lifting the ban on education beyond the sixth grade for girls in Afghanistan.
This call comes as the current authorities, after taking control of Afghanistan, deprived women and girls of education. In their latest restriction, they also closed the doors of medical institutes to girls and women, despite the fact that the healthcare sector across Afghanistan is facing a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current authorities has left millions of female students deprived of education.
In addition, women have been banned from going to gyms, restaurants, and public bathhouses; from being examined by male doctors; from traveling without a male guardian (mahram); and from working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations, as well as even in United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
