Afghan Women's Struggle For Rights Will Not Be Ignored, Says Prez Of European Parliament
The President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola addressed the women of Afghanistan on Tuesday during a meeting of the organisation, which was also attended by some Afghan women's activists.
She stressed on the continued support for women's efforts to secure their rights.
She said, "Your struggle will not be ignored." On Tuesday, the European Parliament invited a number of Afghan women activists to its meeting.
In this meeting, figures such as Shukria Barakzai, Parwana Ebrahimkhel Nejrabi, Parastoo Yaari, Farahleqa Onchizadeh, Farzana Kouchi, and Tahmina Salek were present.
During more than three years of their rule, the Taliban has imposed extensive restrictions on Afghan women and girls in the private and public spheres.
The Taliban have banned girls above the sixth grade from going to school and female students from attending university.
In the latest move, the group has signed a law known as "Propagation of Virtue and Prevention of Vice", the provisions of which target women more than before.
The Taliban's new law prohibits women from talking to stranger men and calls their voices "awrah" even when reciting the Quran.
