Work & Livelihoods

The right to work includes equal opportunity and protection against forced labor. This section addresses employment bans, gender-based labor restrictions, and moral regulation of professions.
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DEC12-07312024-1

Taliban Ministry of Justice Announces Official Morality Law Based on Supreme Leader’s Decree.

DEC12-07312024-11

Article 18 of PVPV Law imposes religious mandates on trade and farming, restricting livelihoods and expression through sectarian economic rules.

DEC12-07312024-2

Taliban codifies nationwide morality law - the Law on the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice - granting sweeping powers to religious police...

DEC2-01052025

Taliban barred women producers from participating in a handicrafts and trade exhibition in Kandahar, allowing male family members to represent them.

DEC2-01062025-A

Taliban ordered recruitment of religious preachers in health centers.

DEC2-01062025-B

Taliban bar women from entering Breshna offices in Balkh Province to pay electricity bills, requiring payment through male relatives or alternative channels.

DEC2-01142025

Taliban directive restricting photography for photographers in Daikundi province.

DEC2-01152025

The Taliban District Governor in Lal wa Sarjangal, Ghor Province, has confiscated sewing machines and tailoring equipment donated to female trainees.

DEC2-01192025

Taliban dismiss 11 female employees from the Ministry of Justice.

DEC2-01252023

Female professors and employees at Kabul University have been allowed to visit once a month to personally sign in and collect their salaries and...

DEC2-01302022

The elimination of the Gender Directorate from the structure of the Taliban Ministry of Energy and Water.

DEC2-02112025

Taliban revoked the operations and license of a foreign charity organization (Intersos).

DEC2-02222023

The closure of four medical dental centers managed by female doctors in Ghazni.

DEC2-02222025

Taliban suspend the foreign NGO, “Women for Women” organization’s activities in Kabul.

DEC2-02282024

Mandatory hijab and threats to ban women from working in the media.

DEC2-04042023

The extension of the ban on women working in Afghanistan's United Nations organizations.

DEC2-05172022

Dismissal of three female professors from badakhshan University.

DEC2-05262023

The closure of women’s beauty salons in District 17 in Kabul.

DEC2-05292024

The Taliban halted the opening ceremony of a café and library for women in Kabul.

DEC2-06122024

The Taliban arrested 17 female bread sellers in Takhar province.
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