The Taliban have announced the closure of universities for women in Afghanistan, according to a letter by the higher education minister.
Eko Hot Blog reports that the minister says the move is until further notice. It is expected to take effect immediately.
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It further restricts women’s access to formal education, as they were already excluded from most secondary schools.
Three months ago, thousands of girls and women sat university entrance exams across Afghanistan.
But sweeping restrictions were imposed on the subjects they could study, with veterinary science, engineering, economics, and agriculture off-limits and journalism severely restricted.
After the Taliban takeover last year, universities introduced gender-segregated classrooms and entrances.
Female students could only be taught by women professors or old men.
Afghanistan’s education sector was badly affected after the Taliban takeover, and there has been an exodus of trained academics after the withdrawal of US-led forces last year.
The country’s economy has been largely dependent on foreign aid in recent decades, but aid agencies have partly – and in some cases fully – withdrawn support to the education sector after the Taliban refused to allow girls into all secondary schools.
Many of the teaching staff who remain go unpaid for months.
The latest measures are likely to cause further concerns in the international community.
The US and other Western countries have made improvements to female education in Afghanistan, a prior condition for the formal recognition of the Taliban government.
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In November, the authorities banned women from parks in the capital Kabul, claiming Islamic laws were not being followed there.
Source: BBC
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