A year has passed since the university gates were closed to female students in Afghanistan, now a number of female students have reacted against the continuation of these restrictions on girls’ right to education and are asking the ruling group to open the gates of universities and schools to girls. Muzhda Rasouli is a […]
A year has passed since the university gates were closed to female students in Afghanistan, now a number of female students have reacted against the continuation of these restrictions on girls’ right to education and are asking the ruling group to open the gates of universities and schools to girls.
Muzhda Rasouli is a female student from Badghis province who passed the entrance exam of the Faculty of Economics of Herat University, but due to restrictions imposed by the ruling group, she could not achieve her dream of going to university.
“When I got the news that I was successful in economics at Herat University, I thought I had found my path to success, but unfortunately, I didn’t even get to see the university up close. It is very sad and worrying that the educational future of girls is neglected. I ask the government and officials to think about our future so that we can study like boys and build our future and society.”, Muzhda said.
A number of girls who have been banned from going to university have turned to art and other professions, including sewing and making handicrafts.
Mursal Rahmani is a female student and since the Taliban forced her to stay at home like other Afghan girls, she has been sewing instead of going to university.
Complaining about the continued restrictions on girls’ education, she says: “We haven’t gone to university for a year because we are girls, while boys go to both school and university. My fellows, who are boys, study at the school, but I sew at home out of necessity and to save myself from unemployment.”
At the same time, a large number of families say that they are worried about the future of their daughters, who have been deprived of school and university studies, and now there are fewer families in Afghanistan who are against their daughters’ education.
In a letter issued by the Ministry of Higher Education of the Taliban to all public and private universities on December 20 of last year, it was stated that, based on the decision of the Taliban government’s cabinet, the ban on girls’ education continues “until further notice”.
Although this decision of the Taliban was met with widespread national and international reactions, this group has not changed its decision to reopen universities for girls, and female students are still staying at home.
