For the first time since the Afghan government came to power, the International Women’s Day was broadcast live by an all-female panel, with women as hosts and women as guests.
According to foreign media reports, after the Afghan Taliban took power, many restrictions were imposed on women in Afghanistan, in which many female journalists and anchor persons left their jobs or started working behind the scenes.
According to a survey report by Reporters Without Borders, 75 percent of female journalists left their jobs during the last year after the Afghan government came to power in 2021.
On International Women’s Day this year, for the first time since the Afghan government came to power, women spoke openly about their rights during a live broadcast.
Afghan broadcaster Tulu News invited an all-female panel for a live broadcast, featuring women as guests who openly expressed their views on women’s rights.
3 female panelists and 1 moderator covered their faces in the program, they openly discussed the topic of women’s rights and the place of women in Islam during the program.
Asma Khogyani, a journalist included in the panel, said that from the Islamic point of view, a woman has the right to work and get education.
Former professor Zakira Nabeel, a panellist, said that women will continue to find ways to learn and work, like it or not, women are and will remain part of this society. If it is not possible to study in school, she will learn knowledge at home.
It should be remembered that the Taliban last year banned access to higher education, closed the doors of educational institutions to girls and women, and also prevented most Afghan female NGO workers from working.
Taking into account the severe economic crisis created in the country due to increasing restrictions, the International Labor Organization released a report according to which the employment of women has decreased by 25 percent during the last year from mid-2021.
The report further said that most of the women are turning to domestic work like tailoring, cooking for employment.
The United Nations mission in Afghanistan called on the Taliban on Wednesday to roll back restrictions on girls’ and women’s rights, calling them “disturbing”.
The Afghan Taliban, on the other hand, say they respect women’s rights according to their interpretation of Islamic law and Afghan culture.
They say the authorities have formed a committee to look into the issues preventing the reopening of girls’ schools.
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