Taliban Restricts Unmarried Afghan Women's Access to Work, Travel, and Healthcare, Says UN Report

The UN has said that Taliban are restricting Afghan women’s access to work, travel and healthcare if they are unmarried or do not have a male guardian. According to a UN report published yesterday, the Taliban are cracking down on Afghan women who are single. The report said, in one incident, officials from the Vice and Virtue Ministry advised a woman to get married if she wanted to keep her job at a



health care facility.

 

The Taliban have barred women from most areas of public life and stopped girls from going to school beyond the sixth grade after taking power in 2021. The Taliban also shut down beauty parlors and started enforcing a dress code, arresting women who do not comply with their interpretation of hijab.