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Afghanistan: Women protest against beauty salon closures
Since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021, Afghanistan's women have been wholly excluded from public and NGO offices. Girls have been banned from secondary school and women from higher education or vocational schools. Women and girls are required to obey the strict dress code and are not permitted to travel more than 75 km without a husband, father, or male relative. They are compelled to stay at home. Also, they have been banned from entering amusement parks, public baths, gyms, and sports clubs. Now the Taliban ordered to close thousands of beauty salons across the country because it is against Islamic values to wear wigs and put cosmetics on their faces. Afghanistan’s beauty salons had been closed between 1996 and 2001 when the last time the Taliban ruled the country. After two decades of business, those salons are going to be closed again, leading to the loss of 60,000 jobs. Only a small protest took place in Kabul but most women and beauty salon workers remain silent. Indeed, the power of the AK-27, the Taliban’s favorite Russian assault rifle, seems to silence people.
Read the article and learn about how oppressed women and girls are under the Taliban’s rule.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66244408
Afghanistan: Women protest against beauty salon closures
Since the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban in August 2021, Afghanistan's women have been wholly excluded from public and NGO offices. Girls have been banned from secondary school and women from higher education or vocational schools. Women and girls are required to obey the strict dress code and are not permitted to travel more than 75 km without a husband, father, or male relative. They are compelled to stay at home. Also, they have been banned from entering amusement parks, public baths, gyms, and sports clubs. Now the Taliban ordered to close thousands of beauty salons across the country because it is against Islamic values to wear wigs and put cosmetics on their faces. Afghanistan’s beauty salons had been closed between 1996 and 2001 when the last time the Taliban ruled the country. After two decades of business, those salons are going to be closed again, leading to the loss of 60,000 jobs. Only a small protest took place in Kabul but most women and beauty salon workers remain silent. Indeed, the power of the AK-27, the Taliban’s favorite Russian assault rifle, seems to silence people.
Read the article and learn about how oppressed women and girls are under the Taliban’s rule.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-66244408
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