Sex segregation refers to the physical and spatial separation of humans by sex in public or private places. In public places, women are forced to wear theburqa at all times, because, according to one Taliban spokesman, "the face of a woman is a source of corruption" formen not related to them (Non-Mahram).[1]
ِDuringBabur ruling, Bagh e Zanana (Persian: باغ زنانه) was founded inKabul by one of royal women called Shahrbanoo (Persian: شهربانو). The garden was reconstructed byAbdur Rahman Khan in 19th century.[2]
During the rule of the firstIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001), theTaliban issued edicts which forbadeAfghan women from being educated, such edicts forced girls and women to leave schools and colleges.[3][4] TheGolden Needle Sewing School was an underground school for women inHerat, Afghanistan, during the first rule of the Taliban. Because women were not allowed to be educated under the strict interpretation of Islamic law which was introduced by the Taliban, women writers who were members of the Herat Literary Circle set up a group which it called the Sewing Circles of Herat, which founded the Golden Needle Sewing School in or around 1996.[5]
DuringIslamic Republic of Afghanistan (2004-2021), a huge number of Afghan men didn't have any contact with females other than their own family until going to university. This caused that men not look women as their friends thus usually tended to show impolite behaviours from themselves. So that each day thousands of women suffered from insults in streets all over Afghanistan.[6] During this period, gender segregation in Afghanistan’s schools forced the strained Ministry of Education, which was already short on supplies, funding, and teachers, to recreate the system for each gender.[7]
Baghe-Sharara (Persian: باغ شهرآرا) was awomen-only park inKabul during Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. It is the ancient garden constructed by Babur. No men was allowed to enter because it was awomen-only space.[8] This garden was reconstructed by financial supports from US, Italy and Switzerland and yearly onMarch 8 programs specific to women were held there.[9] As well as, women specific markets were held inside the garden.[10] There were English and sewing classes. The shops selling products, the counselling center, the classes, etc. were all run by women.[11]
Immediately after2021 Taliban offensive alluniversities became sex-segregated all over the country.[12] The last time the Taliban was in power, girls and women were forbidden from pursuing an education.[13]
Since March 2022, Taliban started to segregate all amusement parks and resorts by sex.Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice (Afghanistan) stated that in Kabul males can go to amusement parks on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays while females can go to amusement parks on Sundays, Mondays and Tuesdays. This ministry added no one is allowed to complain emphasizing that men are not allowed to enter parks on women's days.[14][15]
Following Taliban ruling, since 2023 men are not permitted to dine with family members in family restaurants in Herat province.[16]
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