US Congress to Hold Hearing on Rights of Afghan Women, Girls

The commission stated in an announcement that the session will be attended by the US Special Representative for Women and Human Rights in Afghanistan, the Deputy Director of Human Rights Watch, and several women.

The announcement stated: “Since August 2021, the situation of Afghan women and girls has deteriorated dramatically. A growing list of severe and dehumanizing restrictions imposed by the Taliban, including prohibiting women from working and denial of access to education, have starkly reduced their ability to participate in Afghan public life and tightened controls on women’s private lives.”

Mashhuda, a student, commented on the demands of Afghan girls: “The demand of all the girls in this nation is for the doors of universities and schools to be opened to girls so that they can study just like the male population, because no society progresses without females.”

Meanwhile, several women’s rights activists and political analysts consider such sessions effective in improving the situation of women in Afghanistan.

Mina, a women’s rights activist, told TOLOnews: “We are hopeful that this session can be effective and have a positive impact on Afghan women. Our minimum expectation from this session is for schools to reopen.”

Samiullah Ahmadzai, a political analyst, said: “The situation of women and the overall situation in Afghanistan is not important to the US and Western countries. They use these issues for their own benefit and achieve their own goals.”

Although the Islamic Emirate has not recently commented on the US Congress session on the situation of Afghan women, it previously stated that women’s rights in the country are provided according to Islamic Sharia, and the concerns of other countries in this regard are baseless.