The Women’s Magazine, in publishing an analytical report on the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan, states that the caretaker government in this country has taken “everything” backward.
The magazine writes that Afghanistan was a “very powerful” country where women and girls advocated for freedom and education, but now everything has changed from “day to night.”
This specialized magazine, which addresses women’s issues worldwide, notes that currently women and girls under the current government’s rule are victims of “institutionalized oppression.”
It continues: “It is easy to remember Afghanistan as a country that has long faced war and destruction; however, before the first rule of the current government in 1996 and their return in August 2021, Afghanistan was progressive.”
The report states that today’s situation in Afghanistan is dire, yet the world remains unaware of the extent of the catastrophe faced by women and all people in this country.
The Women’s Magazine adds that it is easy to imagine that what has happened in Afghanistan could never occur anywhere else.
Furthermore, it mentions that the right to education for girls in Afghanistan is a global issue that must be addressed accordingly.
Additionally, the U.S. Congressional Human Rights Commission held a meeting two days ago regarding the rights of Afghan women and girls on the eve of the third anniversary of the fall of the Afghan government.
In this meeting, Rina Amiri, the U.S. Special Representative for Women and Human Rights in Afghanistan, stated that the current government has committed systematic violations of women’s rights, ethnic-religious minorities, freedom of expression, and violence against officials and security forces of the previous government over the past three years.
She added: “The Taliban’s treatment of women and girls has been more catastrophic than others, and these actions by the current government constitute gender-based violence.”
Heather Barr, Deputy Director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch, also stated that the current government must be held accountable for the “crimes” it has committed. She emphasized that gender apartheid in Afghanistan should be recognized by the international community.
It should be noted that participants in this meeting called on the international community and international organizations to hold the current government accountable for its actions against women.
