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Actress Meryl Streep has recently declared that a squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan, raising her voice to call for an end to the Taliban government's severe restrictions on the lives of Afghan women. Taliban authorities have enforced a strict interpretation of Islamic law since returning to power in Afghanistan in August 2021 following the withdrawal of US-led forces.
Women and girls have borne the brunt of restrictions including bans from public parks, universities and singing in public which the United Nations has labeled "gender apartheid". During a discussion at the UN General Assembly in New York, the famous Hollywood actress said that:
A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan today because public parks have been closed to women and girls by the Taliban. A bird may sing in Kabul, but a girl may not, and a woman may not sing in public. I think the international community as a whole, if they come together, can effect change in Afghanistan and stop the slow drowning of half the population.
The Taliban government announced a law in August that further tightened restrictions on women's lives. The law of "vice and virtue" dictates that a woman's voice should not be raised outside the home and that women should not sing or read poetry loudly. It requires women to cover their entire body and face if they have to leave their homes. Asila Wardak, a leader of the Women's Forum for Afghanistan, said at the UN discussion that Afghan women were there to remind world leaders that this war was not just an Afghan war, but a global war against extremism.
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