Personal Autonomy

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DEC3-08022022

Dissolved investigative powers of Attorney General's Office, transferring responsibilities to Taliban Intelligence Services.

DEC5-08012022

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

DEC2-07182022

Replace female employees in the Ministry of Finance with male members of their families.

DEC9-07042022

Ban on women from traveling in taxis without a male guardian in Kabul.

DEC8-06172022

Directive prohibiting women from attending Friday prayers in Herat.

DEC4-06032022

Taliban informally pressure tailors not to sew ladies suits.

DEC9-06012022

Taliban enforces verbal directive in Herat banning unaccompanied women from using local transport or bicycle taxis.

DEC5-05082022

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

DEC5-05072022-A

Official Decree mandating women cover their faces in public, and ordering punishment of male family members if they fail to do so.

DEC5-05072022-B

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

DEC3-05042022

Dissolved the Independent Human Rights Commission of Afghanistan and five other institutions.

DEC5-04102022

Directive mandating hijab for female students and teachers, and banning neckties for male students and staff in Kabul schools.

DEC8-03272022

Directive segregating recreational park days by gender and enforcing hijab, limiting women’s access to public spaces.

DEC5-03012022

Directive mandating hijab, gender segregation, and denial of entry to unveiled women in government offices.

DEC5-02222022

Female employees without hijab have been barred from entering offices.

DEC4-02202022-B

Verbal Taliban directive leads to suspension of driving licenses and training for women in Kabul & Herat.

DEC4-02202022-A

Written order mandates hijab and gender segregation in public health offices, with enforcement by inspection committee.

DEC4-02032022

Taliban impose verbal and informal directives to segregate university classrooms by gender.

DEC5-12192021

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

DEC5-09292021

Verbal order prohibiting women from wearing high-heeled shoes.

DEC4-09202021

Co-education and male teachers teaching female students prohibited in university.

DEC5-09192021

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

DEC1-09122021

Gender segregation decisions in universities, preventing coeducation of male and female students.