ONCE it was a Taliban stronghold where women were deprived of their basic rights and education for girls was banned.
Now in towns and cities across Afghanistan, women go can outside without being escorted by their husbands or fathers, they can work, and girls can attend school and even university.
But there is a growing fear among women’s rights groups that these freedoms are under threat by a new wave of privately run religious schools being opened across the country.
Women in Afghanistan have achieved significant human rights gains since the fall of the Taliban.
Women in Afghanistan have achieved significant human rights gains since the fall of the Taliban.Source:News Limited
Kunduz in northern Afghanistan is the country’s fifth largest city and home to one of the most controversial schools: Ashraf-ul Madares.
6000 girls attend the madrasa soley to study the Koran. They are taught by male teachers, who they are forbidden from meeting face-to-face and full hijab must be worn.
In The Girls of the Taliban, film makers gain unprecedented access inside this madrasa, to meet with the girls and their families and question the men behind it.
watch the video here
Now in towns and cities across Afghanistan, women go can outside without being escorted by their husbands or fathers, they can work, and girls can attend school and even university.
But there is a growing fear among women’s rights groups that these freedoms are under threat by a new wave of privately run religious schools being opened across the country.
Women in Afghanistan have achieved significant human rights gains since the fall of the Taliban.
Women in Afghanistan have achieved significant human rights gains since the fall of the Taliban.Source:News Limited
Kunduz in northern Afghanistan is the country’s fifth largest city and home to one of the most controversial schools: Ashraf-ul Madares.
6000 girls attend the madrasa soley to study the Koran. They are taught by male teachers, who they are forbidden from meeting face-to-face and full hijab must be worn.
In The Girls of the Taliban, film makers gain unprecedented access inside this madrasa, to meet with the girls and their families and question the men behind it.
watch the video here

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