CountlessAfghan womenwere seen sobbing as a man read out aTalibandecree banning them frommedical careand training in a viral video on social media.
A user on X posted theclipon December 3. It has garnered more than 40,000 views in less than 24 hours.
The caption highlighted the militant movement’s most recent rule and said these decrees “effectively prohibit women from receiving any type of medical care since there will be no female health workers to treat them.”
HighlightsTaliban bans Afghan women from medical care and training, leaving them without healthcare.Male doctors barred from treating female patients, closing healthcare to Afghan women.Taliban’s decree sparked international outrage over denial of women’s healthcare.
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A video on X depicted Afghan women crying as the most recent ban on their medical education was read out to them
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Earlier this week,Talibanauthorities allegedly banned medical schools from admitting female students, closing the last educational loophole for all the women and girls in the country.
Male medical professionals will also be off-limits to treat female patients in some provinces. This meansAfghan womenwill be forced to live without healthcare, as there won’t be any female healthcare workers to treat them.
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The matter was not to be discussed in public, and authorities are yet to confirm these reports.
Reactions arose as soon as the news broke out
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Afghan women in medical school are heard sobbing as a man announces a new Taliban edict that bans them from medical training.
These two decrees, coupled together, effectively prohibit women…pic.twitter.com/wGo1yt7i2r
— The Persian Jewess (@persianjewess)December 4, 2024
Human rights advocates and other foreign diplomats accused this latest decree of stripping essential healthcare services from millions of women in an already overwhelmingly male-dominated society.
“I am deeply concerned about new reports that the Taliban will deny medical education to women in Afghanistan,” wrote Robert Dickson, the charge d’affaires of Britain’s diplomatic mission to Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.
He concluded, “This is another affront to women’s right to education and will further restrict access to health care for Afghan women and children.”
A netizen later labeled the new rule as an “unimaginably ignorant barbaricmedievalideology.”
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Afghanistan Women and Children Strengthen Welfare Organization also provided their input, stating, “This decision denies countless young women the opportunity to pursue careers in medicine, a field where they have historically played a vital role, particularly in providing healthcare to women and children.
“This ban further cripples Afghanistan’s already fragilehealthcare system, which relies heavily on female medical professionals to address the needs of its population.”
According to their statement, the country’s mortality rates are among the highest in the world and the absence of female healthcare workers will have “catastrophic consequences” for women’s health.
This decree comes shortly after a recent devastating ban restricting women’s voices
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A little over a month ago, the Talibanimplementeda new measure silencing the voices of Afghan women and prohibiting them from hearing one another during prayers.
To him, a woman’s voice was considered as “awrah,” meaning it had to be concealed from the public.
These new restrictions would be “gradually implemented, and God will be helping us in each step we take,” he said.
Anyone caught breaking these rules would be arrested and put behind bars.
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