Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 17 May 2022, 09:28 pm Print
Afghanistan Xinhua/UNI
Kabul: Afghanistan's Taliban rulers issued yet another bizarre diktat as they directed female staff members of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to wear the hijab, media reports said.
The direction was issued by the Taliban’s Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice.
The organization shared its direction given by the Taliban with its employees on Monday.
" Taliban claim new women’s dress rules are “advice” but are imposing them as mandatory—including on Afghan women working at UN. Here’s a UN memo from yesterday, and poster Taliban placed outside UN compounds.@UNAMAnews how will you protect your colleagues’ safety & freedom?" tweeted Heather Barr, Associate Director of the Women’s Rights division at Human Rights Watch.
Taliban claim new women’s dress rules are “advice” but are imposing them as mandatory—including on Afghan women working at UN. Here’s a UN memo from yesterday, and poster Taliban placed outside UN compounds. @UNAMAnews how will you protect your colleagues’ safety & freedom? pic.twitter.com/wTOiRaKyy1
— Heather Barr (@heatherbarr1) May 17, 2022
The Taliban came to power in Afghanistan last year on Aug 15.
Since then, the group has imposed several restrictions in the country.
- UN report says Iran using app, tech to monitor women who are not wearing hijab
- Women's rights advocates warn UN to confront backlash against progress
- UN condemns Taliban ban on women attending medical classes in Afghanistan
- One woman was killed every 10 minutes by their partner or relatives across the world, says new UN report
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