Male students and professors in Afghanistan join calls to allow women to return to classrooms after the Taliban administration ban women from universities and from working for non-governmental organisations.
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.Copy linkMale students and professors in Afghanistan have joined calls to allow women to return to classrooms after the Taliban administration banned them from universities and from working for non-governmental organisations.
No female nurses or midwives will severely restrict medical services and lead to increased child mortality ratesinternational aid groups ceasing vital workVideos posted on social media showed male students walking out of exams in protest, as female students who had been blocked from entering classrooms cheered.University professor Ismail Mashal tore up his academic certificates live on a Kabul news channel.
"Today I'm going to tear up my original documents," he announced in the video that went viral on social media. "I'm tearing up my degrees because, if they will not let women study, I am not going to teach. If Islam and the Koran … has given her the right to education, then why are you not letting her study?"The Taliban's education minister said women were banned because they didn't follow the dress code or do not have legitimate male travel companions."Everyone was crying, the students, the professors. The atmosphere was one of silence and fear," she said.
One woman held a sign describing the pain and tears of being turned away at the gates of the university."I can't go to school without my sisters … it is their God given right to be educated," said a boy in another video posted by activist groups.Afghan political analyst Irfan Yar said the new bans on female education and work restrictions would result in a "more chaotic situation with more darkness and ignorance".
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