The Taliban have taken multiple steps to walk back women's rights including forbidding education for girls beyond grade six and banning women from universities.

Summary

The Taliban have banned windows in homes that allow views of areas where Afghan women might be seen, citing concerns over “obscene acts.”

This new decree mandates blocking or obstructing such windows in existing and new buildings, continuing the group’s systemic repression of women since regaining control of Afghanistan in August 2021.

The Taliban’s policies have included bans on women’s education, public appearances, and voices.

Critics, including the U.N., warn these actions dangerously erode human rights, while activists call out global inaction over the ongoing oppression.

  • 2ugly2liveEnglish
    94•4 months ago

    They can’t be seen, can’t speak, women’s voices cannot be heard (even by other women), and now they can’t have windows.

    At this point, if they have such a problem, leave the men inside in a windowless box and let women do the work. It’s men getting a half chub because they heard of someone thinking of a woman. Their obsession with women is so fucking weird. It’s like they’re the boogy man or some shit.

    • @5714@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      13•4 months ago

      at your rate we’re gonna have a free tech stack before we have equality. The struggle against patriarchy is not a joke

  • dohpaz42English
    31•4 months ago

    Soooooo, instead of educating young boys and men about respect and decency, they instead force women to cover themselves completely, and now remove windows from buildings, because young boys and men can’t be trusted to be basic human beings?

    Yeah, you know you’re doing it right when you have to force other people to bend to your degeneracy.

  • @JovialMicrobial@lemm.eeEnglish
    28•4 months ago

    Aside from the obvious egregious human rights violations here, there’s going to be a lot of health repercussions for this.

    Not getting enough, or any sunlight can cause vitamin d deficiency which can cause a whole host of problems. Including if a woman breastfeeds without getting enough vitamin d her baby will also be deficient. Get ready for a bunch of children who are going to be at a high risk for developing rickets.

    I guess that’s the price they’re willing to pay to oppress women?

    • @SkunkWorkz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10•4 months ago

      Pederastry still happens in Afghanistan it’s called Bacha bāzi. They drug up a teenage boy and dress the boy up in women’s clothes. The boy has to dance in front of older men and then they rape the boy. They are gay pedophiles. This practice dates back to when that area was conquered by Alexander the Great.

    • NutWrenchEnglish
      8•4 months ago

      It’s either that or they justify these repressive laws by saying men are lustful beasts who can never be trusted to contain their impulses. (And therefore those laws are for their “protection.”)

      This is an attitude shared by all of the “girls have cooties” religions.

  • @Zer0_F0x@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18•4 months ago

    Those guys sure love banning things. They’re gonna lose track of all the things they’ve banned, unless they hire someone to tally all their bans.

    Unless of course there’s a ban on that too

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝English
      9•4 months ago

      The point is to ban everything and lose track so that when they don’t like you, they can always find something you did that was banned.

  • acargitzEnglish
    18•4 months ago

    Why stop at windows? I mean, doors are even bigger openings.