Women Protesting the Taliban: Stop Violence Against Afghan Women

A number of women protesters and members of the Voice of Afghan Women movement have announced that they have launched a campaign to stop violence against women and girls under the Taliban regime.
The movement, in a statement on its Facebook page, called for an end to “structural violence” against women and girls in Afghanistan.
At a gathering, members of this protest movement expressed concern about the situation of women and girls and the “increasing violence” against them in Afghanistan.
Referring to the restrictions imposed on women by the Taliban group over the past four years, these women protesters said that “violence” against women has increased more than ever in society and the family.
They called on the international community: “We call for immediate action by the international community to end structural, legal and physical violence against women in Afghanistan.”
The Afghan Women’s Voice Movement added that with the increase in violence at home and abroad, institutions that protect women against violence have also disappeared in the past four years, and the “victims” of violence do not receive any support.
This protest movement called on Afghan citizens and other human rights activists to join the “Stop Violence” campaign against women, emphasizing that “silence in the face of oppression goes hand in hand with it.”
This campaign is being launched at a time when women and girls have been deprived of their most basic rights, including education, work, freedom of movement, and the right to dress, by the Taliban for the past four years.
Recently, the United Nations Women’s Department announced in a report that violence against Afghan women is three times higher than the world average.