Women must wear clothes that fully veil their bodies in public places (Image: X @UNICEF Afghanistan)
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have released a new document imposing stringent laws forbidding women from singing, reciting, or reading in public. According to the 114-page document, women must wear clothing that fully veils their bodies in public places, including covering their faces. The clothing should not be short, thin, or tight.
The document also stipulates that women are not allowed to sing, recite, read or speak anything in public as the voice may attract others and has to be kept intimate. They are asked to cover themselves in front of non-Muslim men and women as well. Women are not supposed to look at any men who are not related to them by blood or via marriage. They are not allowed to sit with men who are not their kith and kin or mingle with each other if they are not related to them by any means. Additionally, women cannot travel alone anywhere in the country or outside.
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Along with that, the new regulations ban the images of living things, playing music and all the travellers and workers are ordered to perform prayers at scheduled hours. The 114-page document cites the first formal declaration of vice and virtue laws and it was completely followed by the residents since the Taliban’s 2021 coup. The alleged violations by any compatriot may face serious punishments such as warnings, arrests and so on.
When it comes to girl’s education, at least 1.4 million girls in Afghanistan have been denied secondary education since the Taliban took over in 2021. The future of an entire generation is now “in jeopardy”, said the United Nations’ cultural agency.
There are 1.1 million or fewer girls and boys alone attending school compared to earlier. In a statement, UNESCO said that it is alarmed by the harmful consequences that are on the way due to the massive drop-out which will lead to child marriage and early labour.
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