Opening Schools Controlled By Taliban Dangerous, Says Purple Saturdays Movement
The Purple Saturdays Movement said in a statement that reopening Taliban-controlled schools with extremist content is more dangerous than keeping girls' schools closed.
The Purple Saturdays Movement said in a statement that reopening Taliban-controlled schools with extremist content is more dangerous than keeping girls' schools closed.
Promoting extremism could have dire consequences for Afghanistan's future, the movement said.
In a statement sent to the media on Friday, October 19, the Purple Saturdays Movement wrote, "The reopening of Taliban-controlled schools, changes in educational content, and changes in the way students dress are far more dangerous than the closure of schools."
In Taliban-controlled schools, students are being taught extremist ideas, the statement said.
The authors of the statement stressed that women in Afghanistan are aware of their legal and human rights and condemn any violation of these rights.
The Purple Saturdays Movement has called for Taliban leaders to be prosecuted for gender apartheid, war crimes, forced migration, human rights abuses and suicide attacks.
The Purple Saturdays Movement is a protest movement by Afghan women protesters that was formed in response to the Taliban's restrictions on women's rights. Members of this movement use various methods of protest to emphasise women's right to education and freedoms and call on the international community to pay more attention to women's rights in Afghanistan.
