‘Afghan women should not be alone in this’
Since the rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2021, women and girls have been excluded from education, work, and the possibility of a better future, says Malala Yousafzai, the acclaimed women’s rights advocate and Nobel laureate.
Yousafzai, speaking at an event at Harvard Law School on March 23, lamented that Afghan women are increasingly subjected to control not only over their public activities — such as being required to have a male guardian while outside — but also their private lives. One law she cited, for example, forbids women from singing at a volume that can be heard outside her home.
“Now that the Taliban have been in control for the past nearly five years, women’s rights have been compromised,” said Yousafzai, who began advocating for women’s rights and education as a child in Pakistan.
