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Statement on women and girls barred from medical education in Afghanistan
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| 19 September 2025
Statement on the Internet Ban in Northern Afghanistan by the Taliban
News Alert: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) strongly condemns the Taliban's decision to ban fibre-optic internet services in the northern provinces of Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Takhar and Balkh in Afghanistan, under the pretext of "preventing immorality." This step is part of a wider pattern of restrictions that systemically erode the human rights and freedoms of the Afghan people, especially women and girls. The internet is a lifeline for Afghan women and girls whose rights and mobility are severely restricted under the Taliban regime. The literacy rate for women in Afghanistan is among the lowest in the world. They face systematic exclusion from education, employment, and public life, and the internet ban will only further isolate women and girls from online education platforms, access to vital health guidance, including reproductive health information, and peer and community support networks. These actions will also disproportionately target the most marginalized people and Afghan human rights defenders. Such actions violate Afghanistan’s treaty obligations under international human rights law, including the rights to information, education, health, and participation in public life. We call upon the Taliban to immediately restore internet services and end all discriminatory restrictions against women and girls. We will keep supporting the voices of Afghan women and human rights defenders who continue to fight for freedom. The Afghan people’s right to information, health, and participation in public life cannot be compromised under any justification. We call upon our international community and partners to support us in protesting the ban. We must come together to ensure the fundamental human rights of Afghan women and girls to access to education and information is protected and restored.
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| 19 September 2025
Statement on the Internet Ban in Northern Afghanistan by the Taliban
News Alert: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) strongly condemns the Taliban's decision to ban fibre-optic internet services in the northern provinces of Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Takhar and Balkh in Afghanistan, under the pretext of "preventing immorality." This step is part of a wider pattern of restrictions that systemically erode the human rights and freedoms of the Afghan people, especially women and girls. The internet is a lifeline for Afghan women and girls whose rights and mobility are severely restricted under the Taliban regime. The literacy rate for women in Afghanistan is among the lowest in the world. They face systematic exclusion from education, employment, and public life, and the internet ban will only further isolate women and girls from online education platforms, access to vital health guidance, including reproductive health information, and peer and community support networks. These actions will also disproportionately target the most marginalized people and Afghan human rights defenders. Such actions violate Afghanistan’s treaty obligations under international human rights law, including the rights to information, education, health, and participation in public life. We call upon the Taliban to immediately restore internet services and end all discriminatory restrictions against women and girls. We will keep supporting the voices of Afghan women and human rights defenders who continue to fight for freedom. The Afghan people’s right to information, health, and participation in public life cannot be compromised under any justification. We call upon our international community and partners to support us in protesting the ban. We must come together to ensure the fundamental human rights of Afghan women and girls to access to education and information is protected and restored.
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| 19 September 2025
Statement on the Internet Ban in Northern Afghanistan by the Taliban
News Alert: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) strongly condemns the Taliban's decision to ban fibre-optic internet services in the northern provinces of Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Takhar and Balkh in Afghanistan, under the pretext of "preventing immorality." This step is part of a wider pattern of restrictions that systemically erode the human rights and freedoms of the Afghan people, especially women and girls. The internet is a lifeline for Afghan women and girls whose rights and mobility are severely restricted under the Taliban regime. The literacy rate for women in Afghanistan is among the lowest in the world. They face systematic exclusion from education, employment, and public life, and the internet ban will only further isolate women and girls from online education platforms, access to vital health guidance, including reproductive health information, and peer and community support networks. These actions will also disproportionately target the most marginalized people and Afghan human rights defenders. Such actions violate Afghanistan’s treaty obligations under international human rights law, including the rights to information, education, health, and participation in public life. We call upon the Taliban to immediately restore internet services and end all discriminatory restrictions against women and girls. We will keep supporting the voices of Afghan women and human rights defenders who continue to fight for freedom. The Afghan people’s right to information, health, and participation in public life cannot be compromised under any justification. We call upon our international community and partners to support us in protesting the ban. We must come together to ensure the fundamental human rights of Afghan women and girls to access to education and information is protected and restored.
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| 19 September 2025
Statement on the Internet Ban in Northern Afghanistan by the Taliban
News Alert: The International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF) strongly condemns the Taliban's decision to ban fibre-optic internet services in the northern provinces of Kunduz, Badakhshan, Baghlan, Takhar and Balkh in Afghanistan, under the pretext of "preventing immorality." This step is part of a wider pattern of restrictions that systemically erode the human rights and freedoms of the Afghan people, especially women and girls. The internet is a lifeline for Afghan women and girls whose rights and mobility are severely restricted under the Taliban regime. The literacy rate for women in Afghanistan is among the lowest in the world. They face systematic exclusion from education, employment, and public life, and the internet ban will only further isolate women and girls from online education platforms, access to vital health guidance, including reproductive health information, and peer and community support networks. These actions will also disproportionately target the most marginalized people and Afghan human rights defenders. Such actions violate Afghanistan’s treaty obligations under international human rights law, including the rights to information, education, health, and participation in public life. We call upon the Taliban to immediately restore internet services and end all discriminatory restrictions against women and girls. We will keep supporting the voices of Afghan women and human rights defenders who continue to fight for freedom. The Afghan people’s right to information, health, and participation in public life cannot be compromised under any justification. We call upon our international community and partners to support us in protesting the ban. We must come together to ensure the fundamental human rights of Afghan women and girls to access to education and information is protected and restored.
