Gender Equality

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DEC5-05072022-B

Full-face hijab mandated for women, with penalties for male guardians upon violation.

DEC5-05082022

Official Taliban leader decree mandating national committee to develop national hijab enforcement policy with tiered punishments for non-compliance.

DEC5-06032024

Taliban Education Directorate distributes burqas and uniforms to elementary school girls in Badakhshan.

DEC5-07032024

The Taliban have issued a directive in Daikundi province requiring women to wear Arabic and Islamic-style hijabs.

DEC5-08012022

Taliban order male employees of the Ministry of Education to grow beards, and women employees to observe the hijab.

DEC5-09192021

Verbal directive enforcing hijab for girls in middle school and rejecting the prior educational system.

DEC5-09262022

Taliban directive requiring female media guests to cove faces on air, with noncompliance resulting in broadcast bans.

DEC5-09292021

Verbal order prohibiting women from wearing high-heeled shoes.

DEC5-11012022

Female students without a chadari are barred from university entry, citing a direct order from Taliban leader.

DEC5-12192021

Verbal directive prescribing full-body hijab with face and eye covering for women.

DEC6-05212023

Taliban and religious scholars in Jabal Saraj, Parwan have set a limit for the dowry of girls, mandating enforcement by security and religious authorities.

DEC6-05242024

Murder of a girl due to rejecting a marriage proposal in Faryab province.

DEC6-06092023

Taliban orders the registration of young girls and widows for forced marriage to Taliban members.

DEC6-06102023

Taliban's increasing restrictions on women in Afghanistan have increased forced marriage and child marriage.

DEC6-06292024

Detention of woman refusing forced marriage in Kunduz province.

DEC7-05102023

Taliban bans media coverage of women’s health, labeling it immoral and restricting female participation in broadcasts.

DEC7-08262024-B

Taliban called protests against the new law on promotion of virtue and prevention of vice "insolence."

DEC7-10272022

The removal of the female representative from the Media Violations Commission.

DEC7-11222021

The ban on women participating in television programs and shows in the media.

DEC7-11222023

Taliban ban the use of women’s images in advertisements at hospitals in Takhar.