Female employees in the Kabul city government have been told to stay home, with work only allowed for those who cannot be replaced by men
, the interim mayor of Afghanistan's capital said, detailing the latest restrictions on women by the new Taliban rulers.
Interim Kabul Mayor Hamdullah Namony gave his first news conference Sunday since being appointed by the Taliban. Across Afghanistan, women in many areas have been told to stay home from jobs, both in the public and private sectors. However, the Taliban have not yet announced a uniform policy. In recent days, the new Taliban government issued several decrees rolling back the rights of girls and women. It told female middle- and high school students that they could not return to school for the time being, while boys in those grades resumed studies this weekend. Female university students were informed that studies would take place in gender-segregated settings from now on, and that they must abide by a strict dress code.
On Sunday, just over a dozen women staged a protest outside the ministry, holding up signs calling for the participation of women in public life. “A society in which women are not active is dead society," one sign read. “It’s our right,” she said. “We want to talk to them. We want to tell them that we have the same rights as they have."READ MORE:Kabul's residents sell belongings
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