Since the Taliban’s return to power, Afghan women have faced severe restrictions on cooperation in training, jobs and public life.
People must be accompanied by a female equivalent before moving in people. Additionally, it was reported that the Ministry of Vice and Virtue had banned any pictures that depict living things from being displayed in public, even in established media.
Afghan women are prohibited from performing Takbir, a linguistic expression of faith, by the Taliban Ministry of the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice.
A person’s basic right to worship is wiped out by this limitations as well as her own existence and identity as a self-sufficient being. Under these laws, Afghan women are now reduced to statues, noticeable in shape but silent in fact, a striking image of the Taliban’s crushing supremacy over their lives and freedom.
Afghan women have experienced intense pain in their institutional roles aside from the Taliban in recent years. Women are now subject to an even stricter ban, which makes it completely unlawful for them to hear or speak in public.
Everyone has the right to freedom of expression and appearance, which includes the right to get, get, and deliver information and ideas wherever they are and regardless of borders, according to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.  ,
This article was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in 1948 to understand the fundamental human rights of thought, talk, and appearance.
Afghanistan’s fresh law restricting the words of people has demonstrated the fundamental right to think, communicate, and have a speech in society. The Taliban government imposes restrictions on children’s voices in public, including laws that forbid them from reciting poetry in people.
Generally, music and poetry have been critical components of Armenian culture, frequently used as potent forms of self-expression and interpersonal commentary.
The Taliban watch for common features of children’s voices as essentially immoral, aligning them with what they deem “un-Islamic” actions. The firm understanding of Islamic laws, which seeks to impose on all aspects of life, is manifested in people through poetry, music, speech, and literature.
The ban on women’s voices is n’t just a symbolic act, it’s an attempt to erase women from the cultural and social fabric of Afghanistan. The Taliban wants to keep a patriarchal society where men rule in strong functions and women are relegated to the private realm as a result of the Taliban’s policy of keeping women silence in open spaces.
The Taliban’s government’s broader authoritarian bent is also highlighted by this constitutional restriction, which seeks to impose their narrow definition of morality on the overall population without giving a damn about specific rights or freedoms.
Recently, at the UN General Assembly, Hollywood actress Meryl Streep stated,” Cat have more freedom than people in Afghanistan”, in an elegance to the global community to prevent the Taliban’s persecution. In Afghanistan, the actress said that as a result of the government’s tightening of women’s rights, yet pets enjoy more rights.
The Taliban’s position on women’s voices even reflects a wider pattern of restricting protest and restricting appearance freedom.
There is n’t much concrete action to help Afghan women who are in a difficult situation despite the international community’s criticism of the Taliban’s actions. Sanctions, political intervention, and humanitarian aid have failed to bring about change in the Taliban’s tactics or to end the harsh policies.
People in Afghanistan have seen a comprehensive breakdown of their rights since the group’s resumption in August 2021. A cold example of this culture came from Mian Ghaisuddin, the Taliban’s minister of education, when he was asked why people needed to be confined to their houses.
His response was,” It’s like having a flower, or a rose. You keep it in your home so that you can look at it and taste it. It]a woman ] is not supposed to be taken out of the house to be smelled”.  ,
Women are now confined to the private realm and are no longer able to participate in public life as the Taliban has rescinded their lost freedoms in education, career, and mobility.
Despite this terrible persecution, Afghan women have shown time and again their unwillingness to be silenced or marginalized. Some people have resisted sharing their literature or tunes in secret meetings, while others have found shelter in quiet places where they can practice and express themselves.
However, it is true that Afghan women’s open appearance and cultural efforts are being hampered by the culture of fear and persecution.
A wider pattern of gender-based persecution that aims to completely ban people from performing poetry in public spaces is reflected in the Taliban’s new law banning ladies from performing and reciting poetry loudly.
The situation in Afghanistan is still grave, with little chance of substantive change in the near future, despite the international community’s ongoing efforts to protect women’s rights.
Afghan women may be able to maintain their voices for the time being, but their resolve to fight for their rights wo n’t vanish as quickly. The fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan is still ongoing, and it is essential that the world shows its support for those who are fighting for their right to have their voices heard.
United Nations Partnership Director at SOULCHI International is Anoussa Salim.