Kabul city government employees will have to stay home and only women whose jobs cannot be performed by men can go to work. This according to an order issued this week and in addition to the latest restrictions imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
The last: The order, announced Sunday by Kabul’s acting mayor Hamdullah Nohmani, effectively means that women are prohibited from working in the government of the Afghan capital.
- One of the only jobs women can do for the Kabul government is cleaning women’s toilets, according to the mayor’s announcement.
- The order leaves hundreds of women out of work. Nohmani said that there are 2,930 people who work for the municipality, of which 27% are women.
- The Taliban ruler added that their work will now be done by men, and “until the situation normalizes, we have asked them to stay home.”
- A week ago the Ministry of Finance, under Taliban control, issued a notice ordering its female employees not to return to work “until a suitable work environment is organized.”
What do they say? “At first we allowed all of them to be present for their duties on time, but then the Islamic Emirate decided that it was necessary for their work to stop for some time,” Nohmani said.
- “The Taliban claimed that women have the right to work and study according to Islamic law, but what is happening in Afghanistan goes against the promises made by the Taliban,” denounced Fawzia Koofi, a former Afghan legislator.
- “There are certain rules during class time that you must obey so that you can be safe and sound,” Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told CNN.
Main source of the news: CNN
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