TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Taliban's war on educating girls and women must end now: a call for global actions [editorial]
JO  - Public health challenges
A1  - Qaderi, Shohra
A1  - Miranda, Adriana Viola
A1  - Odey, Goodness Ogeyi
A1  - Musa, Shuaibu Saidu
A1  - Sy Lim, Leonard Thomas
A1  - Vicente, Creuza Rachel
A1  - Obnial, Joseph Christian
A1  - Ekpenyong, Aniekan
A1  - Negida, Ahmed Said Abdou Elsayed
A1  - Ahmadi, Attaullah
A1  - Ntacyabukura, Blaise
A1  - Wong, Brian Li Han
A1  - Shomuyiwa, Deborah Oluwaseun
A1  - Manirambona, Emery
A1  - Ogunkola, Isaac Olushola
A1  - Lopez, Jaifred Christian F.
A1  - Buban, Julian M. A.
A1  - Chamlagai, Lila K.
A1  - Ukor, Nelson Ashinedu
A1  - Vicerra, Paolo Miguel Manalang
A1  - Adebisi, Yusuff Adebayo
A1  - Elhadi, Yasir Ahmed Mohammed
A1  - Lucero-Prisno Iii, Don Eliseo
SP  - e80
EP  - e80
VL  - 2
IS  - 2
N2  - The Taliban's decision to ban women's and girl's education in Afghanistan paints a bleak picture of the future of Afghan women [1]. It is a direct violation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which states that everyone has the right to education [2]. Deprivation of education is known to negatively affect other human rights, such as the rights to health and freedom. We, as health journal editors from across six continents, call for urgent international actions to restore justice and protect human rights in Afghanistan.     The Taliban's takeover in August 2021 added massive pressure to the already overwhelmed health system of Afghanistan [3]. Afghan women and girls have been disproportionately affected, as the Taliban adhere to an ultra-fundamentalist interpretation of Islam that severely restricts women's freedom of movement and access to healthcare, education, and employment. Although the Taliban have repeatedly claimed that they would protect the rights of girls and women, they have in fact done the opposite. Some of their most drastic restrictions have been around education. In March 2022, the Taliban banned girls from returning to secondary schools [5]. This was followed by another decision in December 2022 to indefinitely ban women and girls from pursuing higher education and work [1]. Years of progress were reversed overnight, with Afghanistan once again becoming the only country in the world that actively prevents girls from receiving an education...<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2769-2450
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/puh2.80
ID  - ref1
ER  -