The laws that prevent women reporting effectively are impacted by the intersection of being female and of being a journalist. The Taliban issued decrees that women are not allowed to travel alone, that TV presenters and guests must cover their faces, and in some provinces that their voices cannot be heard on the radio. Travelling to meet sources suddenly becomes impossible, while radio presenters and other female voices are silenced in places like Kandahar, where women have been told they cannot phone into radio stations.
This looks bad for afghan people, but I don’t see how it could change unless afghan people demand change.
There’s been intense outside pressure, a war/occupation, sanctions, and after many decades Talibans are still in power with their extreme patriarchy.
As much as I agree, we are probably not remotely able to fully understand the humanitarian situation the people of Afghanistan are facing every day.
And the situation for women and girls is even worse, they are much more effected.
Thanks for highlighting this, I didn’t realize it has gotten this bad.
Afghans deserve aid, I don’t want to imply otherwise.
Also afghan Taliban leadership is responsible in part, and is further aggravating the situation by making it hard for NGO to provide aid.
UN Afghanistan head meets Taliban over ban on female aid workers, by Patrick Wintour, Mon 26 Dec 2022
Afghanistan: NGOs call for assets to be unfrozen to end ‘near universal poverty, Patrick Wintour 15 Aug 2022