Washington, D.C. - The Taliban's latest decree barring women from medical education has drawn widespread condemnation from around the world. This move further restricts women's rights and access to healthcare in Afghanistan.
The U.S. State Department strongly denounced the Taliban's decision, calling it an "unjustifiable attack on women's access to education and healthcare." Recently, the Taliban has taken drastic measures to limit women's freedom of movement and access to healthcare services, among other aspects of their lives.
The international community has been deeply concerned with these developments and called on the Taliban to roll back these harmful policies. The United States will continue to support the rights of Afghan women and girls and work with our international partners to respond to the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.
The press statement reads;
"The United States strongly condemns the Taliban’s recent decision to suspend medical education for women. This directive, the latest in a series of efforts that jeopardize the rights and lives of Afghan women and girls, is an unjustifiable attack on women’s access to education and healthcare."
"In August, the Taliban issued the ‘Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice’ edicts, a new law that aimed to completely erase Afghan women and girls from public life. Previously issued restrictions have prevented women from both seeking health services from male providers and traveling without a male guardian. These directives, now coupled with excluding women from obtaining a medical education, further jeopardize the health, well-being, safety, and lives of not just Afghan women and girls, but all Afghans."
"The United States remains resolute in its support for the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and will continue to stand with all Afghans in advocating for their full, equal, and meaningful participation in all aspects of society. The international community must be united and unequivocal in condemning these actions and in supporting the Afghan people, particularly women and girls, whose rights are being systemically abused. We call on the Taliban to rescind this directive and all previous directives denying women the enjoyment of their human rights and fundamental freedoms, including their right to education, and their access to essential services."
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