Summary
The Taliban have banned Afghan women from training as nurses and midwives, sparking condemnation from human rights groups and international agencies.
Critics, including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, warn the ban will devastate women’s healthcare in Afghanistan, where cultural norms already prohibit women from being treated by male doctors.
With maternal mortality rates among the highest globally and a shortage of 18,000 midwives, the ban risks worsening healthcare access for women, potentially leading to preventable deaths.
Afghan women have protested, calling the move a violation of their rights.
Not that the actions of the Taliban ever “make sense,” but doesn’t having less trained midwives lead to a decrease in population caused by pregnancy complications? This is just additional cruelty to women with absolutely no benefit.
Yes and yes. This is what fanaticism leads to.
More women dying in childbirth = more men sat around in the dust with nothing but guns and Islam. What an existence…