The Taliban replaced the Ministry of Women’s Affairs with the Ministry of Virtue and Vice on Friday, in violation of the promise to uphold women’s rights.
Signs for the country’s women’s ministry have been replaced with those of the Taliban’s moral police, Reuters reported, adding that female employees of the department have been locked out of the building.
According to the photos, there was a sign for the building that read “Ministries of Prayer and Guidance and the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”.
Severe setback for 17 million Afghan women: Ministry of Women’s Affairs with 1,000 employees deleted, replaced by Taliban Ministry of Vice and Virtue (moral policing) pic.twitter.com/n4ay52LTam
– From the Afghan women (@HearAfghanWomen) 17.09.2021
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The Taliban have already stated that women are not allowed to work while they have access to education. And now female employees say they weren’t allowed to report for work and should go home every time they tried.
Several women from the department took to the streets to protest after being denied entry to the building in Kabul.
“I am the only breadwinner in my family,” says a member of the department. “What should an Afghan woman do when there is no ministry?” She asked.
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During a cabinet announcement on Sept. 7, the Taliban made no mention of the appointment of a minister for women, while appointing an incumbent minister to promote virtue and prevent vice.
When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan after the US troops withdrew last month, girls were banned from going to school and women from work.
During the first Taliban rule from 1996 to 2001, women were largely excluded from public life; among other things, they were only allowed to leave their homes when accompanied by a male relative. The Ministry for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice acted as moral police for the group and enforced Sharia law.
Earlier this week, a senior Taliban leader said women were not allowed to work with men in government ministries.
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