EU condemns reported Taliban move to suspend medical education for women and girls
The European Union on Wednesday condemned the Taliban for violating human rights and women's access to education after media reports that the Taliban's leader has ordered private and public institutions to stop providing medical courses for women and girls in Afghanistan.
Taliban Ban on Medical Education for Afghan Women Is Condemned
The European Union says the Taliban's latest reported decision represented another appalling violation of fundamental human rights.
Women despair over Taliban rules, but many Afghan returnees don’t see it
Afghans living abroad are flocking back to visit relatives for the first time since the Taliban takeover. Draconian restrictions on women are not top of mind.
Afghan Taliban Further Bans Women from Medical Education
In Afghanistan, the Taliban government is drawing renewed outrage after it banned Afghan women from receiving midwifery and nursing educational training. This was one of the last remaining options for Afghan women and girls to further their studies under Taliban rule,
Afghanistan’s Taliban Ban Medical Training for Women
This week the Taliban in Afghanistan closed one of the last remaining loopholes in their ban on education for older girls and women by forbidding them from attending institutions offering medical education.
UN Urges Afghan Taliban Not To Block Women's Medical Training
The UN mission to Afghanistan on Wednesday urged the Taliban government to reconsider a reported plan to ban women from attending medical training institutes, in the latest move to restrict women's education.
Taliban bans women from training as nurses and midwives
The Taliban has banned women from training as nurses and midwives in Afghanistan, striking another blow to female health and education.
EU condemns reported Taliban ban on women's medical education in Afghanistan
Female trainee midwives and nurses have reportedly been ordered not to attend classes by the Taliban, who have restricted Afghan women's rights. View on euronews
Afghan Training Centres Say Women To Be Barred From Health Studies
Senior employees at several institutions offering nursing and midwifery courses in Afghanistan on Tuesday said women would be barred from classes, following an edict by the Taliban supreme leader.
Afghanistan Taliban to ban women from ‘midwifery and nursing’ courses amid an already ‘suffering health sector’
Afghanistan: Health officials held a meeting in Kabul with the heads of educational institutions to communicate the directive banning health courses for women.
Russia Looks To Remove Taliban From Terror List
The bill has been presented to the state Duma in a move reflecting strengthening ties between the two nations.
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China Deepens Its Engagement With Taliban-Ruled Afghanistan
China has vastly increased economic engagement with Afghanistan as it eyes a new node in the Belt and Road Initiative.
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UN says Taliban detained journalists over 250 times in Afghanistan since takeover
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Council gets grant to house asylum seeker families
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