Afghan Women's Rights Campaigner Details Worsening Situation Under Taliban Rule

Daily Life and Restrictions for Afghan Women

• 💔 The situation for women and girls in Afghanistan is described as getting "worse and worse" every day, with increasing restrictions on fundamental rights.
• 🚫 Access to education, work, and political participation is systematically being banned or limited.
• 😔 Women wake up without a future, merely surviving, focusing on domestic duties and facing increased domestic violence.
• ⚠️ Women are constantly surveilled and monitored, with fear accompanying every movement and action.

Impact of Internet Shutdowns

• 🌐 The recent shutdown of the internet was a severe blow, causing women to "completely lose hope" as it was their only window to the outside world and a means for online education and connection.
• 🚫 The Taliban has also filtered social media and platforms, fearing women's use of the internet for advocacy, connection, and organizing protests.

Taliban's Ideology and Control

• 📜 The Taliban's strict application of Sharia law, as they interpret it, leads to limitations on women's expression, mobility, and participation in society.
• 📚 Universities have been ordered to ban books and manuals written by women, deeming them "unitable," which is seen as further gender apartheid.
• 📈 The regime's pressure on men to enforce restrictions contributes to increased domestic violence and rising rates of suicide, depression, and anxiety among women.

International Action and Support

• 📢 Campaigners urge international audiences to pressure their governments to elect leaders who do not align with the Taliban's mindset.
• 🚫 Normalizing relations with the Taliban at a political level is discouraged.
• ⚖️ There is a call to increase sanctions on the Taliban, not recognize their regime, and include Afghan women and civil society in all negotiations about Afghanistan's future.