A rights group of Afghanistan recently planned a public rally in Kabul in order to demand women’s fundamental rights in Afghanistan. The group took the movement of Change for Afghanistan demanded access to work, education and political participation of women in Afghanistan.

The United Nations high commissioner for human rights, ‘Michelle Bacelet‘ recently visited Kabul, during which they held conferences with representatives of the de facto administration and civil society representatives.

In a statement on Thursday, Bachelet highlighted that Afghan women must be given the space to lead if the country finds peace and progress.

According to the High Commissioner for Human Rights, girls should go to schools and universities and be assigned to contribute robustly to the future of their country.

“Afghanistan will reopen their schools on March 22, and I will make sure that all the girls and boys can have access to the educations and they can fulfil their needs. It is necessary to access girls and women to take primary, secondary and territory education. Because these kinds of significant steps will go a long way in order to secure the future of the country,” said the UN chief.

Since the time when the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August last year in 2021, the country seemed drastic changes in the country, with the decline in their hostilities afterwards, the conflict-related casualties have seen sudden downfall dramatically.

Mainly, the regime of the Taliban who took over Kabul last year in August, has shortened women’s rights and their freedoms, with women largely excluded from the workplace due to the economic crises and restrictions.

Even the administration of the Taliban banned women that they are not allowed to perform yoga, and they consider yoga as a shameless act. They think that performing yoga is like you are seducing a man, which is all against their culture.