KABUL, Afghanistan (AP)– Ladies in Afghanistan can continue to study in universities, consisting of at post-graduate levels, however class will be gender-segregated and Islamic gown is obligatory, the college minister in the brand-new Taliban federal government said Sunday.
The minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, set out the new policies at a news conference, a number of days after Afghanistan’s new rulers formed an all-male federal government. On Saturday, the Taliban had actually raised their flag over the presidential palace, signaling the start of the work of the new federal government.
The world has actually been watching carefully to see to what extent the Taliban may act in a different way from their first time in power, in the late 1990s. Throughout that era, girls and women were denied an education, and were left out from public life.
The Taliban have recommended they have actually altered, including in their mindsets towards women. Nevertheless, women have actually been banned from sports and the Taliban have utilized violence in current days versus females protesters requiring equal rights.
Haqqani stated the Taliban did not want to turn the clock back twenty years. “We will begin constructing on what exists today,” he stated.
< img src ="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2021/09/GettyImages-1235177887-1024x683.jpg"alt= ""width =" 990"height= "660"/ > A veiled trainee speaks to an event of female trainees before a pro-Taliban rally at the Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul on September 11, 2021.( AAMIR QURESHI/AFP by means of Getty Images)However, female university students will face constraints, consisting of a mandatory dress code. Haqqani said hijabs will be mandatory but did not specify if this implied compulsory headscarves or also mandatory face coverings.
Gender partition will also be enforced, he said. “We will not permit kids and girls to study together,” he said. “We will not enable co-education.”
Haqqani said the subjects being taught would also be evaluated. While he did not fancy, he stated he desired graduates of Afghanistan’s universities to be competitive with university graduates in the region and the rest of the world.
The Taliban, who register for a rigorous analysis of Islam, prohibited music and art throughout their previous time in power. This time around tv has actually remained and news channels still show women presenters, however the Taliban messaging has actually been irregular.
In an interview on Afghanistan’s popular TOLO News, Taliban representative Syed Zekrullah Hashmi said ladies should give birth and raise children and while the Taliban have not eliminated ultimate involvement of women in government the spokesman stated “it’s not required that females remain in the Cabinet.”
< img src="https://media.breitbart.com/media/2021/09/GettyImages-1235177661-1024x683.jpg" alt ="" width="990" height="660"/ > A veiled student holds a Taliban flag as they listen to a speaker before a pro-Taliban rally at the Shaheed Rabbani Education University in Kabul on September 11, 2021. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP by means of Getty Images)
The Taliban seized power on Aug. 15, the day they overran the capital of Kabul after catching far-flung provinces in a fast military project. They initially promised inclusiveness and a general amnesty for their former challengers, however lots of Afghans remain deeply afraid of the new rulers. Taliban police authorities have actually beaten Afghan journalists, strongly dispersed ladies’s demonstrations and formed an all-male government despite stating initially they would welcome wider representation.
The brand-new higher education policy signals a modification from the accepted practice prior to the Taliban takeover. Universities were co-ed, with men and women studying side by side, and female students did not need to follow a gown code. Nevertheless, the huge majority of female college student chose to use headscarves in line with customs.
In elementary and high schools, young boys and ladies were taught separately, even prior to the Taliban came to power. In high schools, girls needed to use tunics reaching to their knees and white headscarves, and jeans, makeup and fashion jewelry were not allowed.