A survey by Reporters With out Borders final yr discovered that greater than 75% of feminine journalists had misplaced their jobs because the Taliban took over as overseas forces withdrew in August 2021.

With surgical masks protecting their faces, the panel of three girls and one feminine moderator on Wednesday night mentioned the subject of the place of girls in Islam.

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“A girl has rights from an Islamic perspective … it’s her proper to have the ability to work, to be educated,” stated journalist Asma Khogyani through the panel.

The Taliban final yr restricted most ladies from highschool, girls from college and stopped most Afghan feminine NGO staff.

One other panellist, former college professor Zakira Nabil stated girls would proceed to search out methods to be taught and work.

“Whether or not you need it or not, girls exist on this society … if it is not attainable to get an schooling at college, she’s going to be taught data at residence,” she advised the panel.

On account of rising restrictions in addition to the nation’s extreme financial disaster, the Worldwide Labour Organisation stated feminine employment had fallen 25% final yr since mid-2021. It added that extra girls had been turning to self-employed work akin to tailoring at residence.

The United Nation’s Mission to Afghanistan (UNAMA) on Wednesday referred to as on the Taliban to reverse restrictions on the rights of women and girls, calling them “distressing.”

The Taliban have stated they respect girls’s rights in accordance with their interpretation of Islamic legislation and Afghan tradition and that authorities have arrange a committee to look at perceived points with a view to work in the direction of re-opening ladies’ colleges.