Afghan women expelled from nursing and midwifery schools: Taliban regime issues new guidelines
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In Afghanistan, women were banned from training as nurses and midwives in training centers. This was one of the last available opportunities for women's education in Ukraine after the ban on attending schools and universities.
In Afghanistan, training center directors were informed that women could no longer continue their nursing training.
Transfer UNN iz sent to Human Rights Watch (HRW) and AFP.
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According to the human rights organization HRW, in Afghanistan, the ruling radical Islamic Taliban banned women from receiving medical training. However, according to AFP information from several officials of the Ministry of Health, "there is no official circular.
But the directors of the institutions were informed during the meeting that "women can no longer study at their institutes.
Thus, according to HRW experts, women in Afghanistan will no longer have one of the last opportunities for further education.
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Under the Taliban, which returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, girls and women are denied access to secondary schools and universities. The healthcare sector has been an exception so far. Women can continue their education in public and private institutions, primarily as midwives or nurses.
We are stunned
"It's a big shock, we're shocked," says Aisha (name changed), a 28 - year-old teacher who says she received a message from management on Monday saying that employees are going on vacation from the next day without any further explanation.
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