As a reminder, here’s a timeline of how the Taliban has tightened restrictions on women and girls over the past five years:
September 2021: Schools reopened for boys not girls.
December 2021: Women traveling long distances must be escorted by male relative.
May 2022: Women ordered to be covered from head to toe, only eyes visible.
November 2022: Women barred from parks, gyms, swimming pools, public baths.
December 2022: Women barred from university.
July 2023: Beauty salons closed.
August 2024: New law barring women from raising voices in public.
December 2024: Women banned from midwife and nursing training.
December 2024: Taliban bars all NGOs from employing Afghan women.
September 2025: Afghan women banned from visiting UN headquarters.
May 2026: Law codified implying legal approval for child marriage, says silence of minor girl can be treated as consent to marriage.
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