New Delhi: Afghan women may not work with men, senior figures in the ruling Taliban said, a position that, if implemented formally, will effectively limit them from work in government offices, banks, media companies and so on.
Wahedullah Hashimi, a senior figure in the Taliban close to leadership, told Reuters, the group would fully implement his sharia version, or Islamic law, even though there was pressure from the international community to enable women to work.
Because the movement swept power last month, Taliban officials said women would be able to work and learn within the boundaries set by Sharia.
But there is a widespread uncertainty about what practical effects will have their ability to keep their work.
When the last Taliban ruled Afghanistan from 1996-2001, women were banned from work and education.
This problem is very important for the international community and can have an impact on the number of assistance and other assistance provided to Afghanistan, which in the upheaval of the economic crisis.
“We have struggled for almost 40 years to bring (THE) Sharia legal system to Afghanistan,” Hashimi said in an interview.
“Sharia …
don’t let men and women gather or sit together under one roof.” Men and women cannot work together.
That’s clear.
They were not allowed to come to the office and work at our ministry.
“It is not clear whether Hashimi comment reflects the new government policy, even though they seem to go further from public comments made by several other officials.
In the days after the Taliban conquest from Kabul, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told reporters that women were an important part From the community and they will work “in different sectors” And there are extensive reports of women who are sent home from their workplace.
Hashimi said the ban on women will also apply to sectors such as women such as women have become increasingly prominent since the Taliban falls in 2001 and the government supported by the West was installed.
Contact between men and women outside Ho I will be allowed in kead A for certain, for example when you see a male doctor, he added.
Women must also be allowed to learn and work in the education and medical sector, where separate facilities can be arranged for their exclusive use.
“We will of course need women, for example in medicine, in education.
We will have separate institutions for them, separate hospitals, may be separate universities, separating madrasas.” On Sunday, the Minister of Education New Taliban said women could study at universities, but must be separated from humans.
Women have held several protests in Afghanistan, demanding that the rights they won for the past two decades preserved.
Some demonstrations were broken down by Taliban shots into the air.
Better women’s rights – more seen in urban centers rather than very conservative rural areas – repeatedly quoted by the United States as one of the biggest successes of the 20-year operation in the country ended on August 31.
The level of female labor participation was established at 23% by 2020, according to the World Bank, increased from zero effectively when the last Taliban ruled.