As the academic year comes to an end in Afghanistan, the Human Rights Activists’ Union has stated in its latest remarks that cultural genocide means silencing voices and taking awareness captive.
In a message published on its X account, the organization wrote that the restrictions imposed on the education of women and girls in Afghanistan have had negative consequences and threaten the future of new generations.
The Human Rights Activists’ Union emphasized in part of its message that the caretaker government in Afghanistan, by closing the doors of education, suppressing students, and erasing the cultural memory of society, is seeking to destroy the future of the community.
The organization further added that the future of the younger generation can only be meaningful through knowledge, freedom, and human dignity.
While the Human Rights Activists’ Union criticizes educational restrictions in Afghanistan, the current government, since taking control of the country, has deprived women and girls of education and schooling. Moreover, in its latest restriction, it has closed the doors of medical institutes to girls and women, despite the fact that the health sector across Afghanistan is facing a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current government has resulted in millions of female students being deprived of education.
In addition, women have been banned from going to sports clubs, restaurants, public baths, being examined by male doctors, traveling without a male guardian (mahram), and working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations, as well as even in United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
