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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DEC2-06132024

The directive to halt the hiring of female teachers in girls' schools in Ghazni province.

DEC2-06202023

The ban on female employees in migration aid organizations in Kandahar.

DEC2-06262023

The closure of women’s beauty salons across the country.

DEC2-06272024

The Ministry of Education postponed the implementation of 5,000 Afghanis salary for all female employees.

DEC2-07152022

Abolition of the Office of the Deputy Attorney General in the Department of Combating Violence Against Women.

DEC2-07182022

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

DEC2-08092022

Prohibition of female flight attendants' employment at Ariana Airlines.

DEC2-09072021

The Taliban announce interim government, entirely male and without the inclusion of women, as well as the transformation of the Ministry of Women’s Affairs...

DEC2-09192021

Female employees in the municipality were forced to stay home.

DEC2-12072024

Taliban directive for the recruitment of university professors for private universities through government universities.

DEC2-12112024

Taliban established a Special Court to facilitate the payment of pensions to retired employees.

DEC2-12222022

The ban on female teachers and the presence of female employees in educational institutions.

DEC2-12242022

The ban on women working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan.

DEC2-12252022

Women were banned from entering and working in any nongovernment offices (international or national NGOs).

DEC2-12262024

The Taliban issued a directive prohibiting women from working in non-governmental organizations.

DEC3-05012024

Detention of a women's rights activist by the Taliban in Takhar province.

DEC3-06162024

Former soldier in Khost beaten and imprisoned on verbal order by Taliban intelligence.

DEC4-01202024

Official order re civil service appointments & transfers at Takhar University, used to expel non-Pashtun employees.

DEC4-01282025

Taliban suspend humanitarian aid to women without a male guardian in Herat province.

DEC4-02032022

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