Restrictions on contraceptive use can have very serious consequences in a country where one in 14 pregnant women dies as a result of pregnancy. Also forbidden to celebrate Valentine’s Day
Since returning to power in 2021, despite pledging to be comparatively more dovish than they have been for years Ninetyhave suppressed the rights of Women hard-won over the last twenty years, effectively excluded from the public life. They can no longer study, work and play sports and are subject to the Enforcement Act Sharia, which includes executions and stonings. And now the Taliban have decided to stop selling contraceptives in the country’s two main citiesAfghanistan – To Kabul And Mazar-i-Sharif -, arguing that their use a conspiracy Western film to check the Population Muslim.
“They came to me Business with the weapons and they threatened me not to sell pills contraceptives. They check all pharmacies from Kabulwe have stopped selling i Productssaid one pharmacist heard from the Guardian who collected the testimonies of how the Taliban go door to door threatening them midwives and pharmacies to clear their shelves of medicines and blood testing equipment births. Including those of a midwife with years of work behind him what he asked anonymityto have been threatened several times. A commander Taliban told her she was “not authorized to promote the use of Western blood pressure monitoring instruments births“. The Taliban Ministry of Health a Kabul has not released any official statement on the matter and the representative of UNFPA (United Nations Population Fund) in Afghanistan did not respond to requests for comment. Certainly, the restrictions on the use of contraceptives risk very serious consequences in the country in the world with the highest mortality rate for pregnant women, where one in 14 pregnant women dies as a result of pregnancy.
Even before me Taliban came to power, a report by Human Rights Watch by 2021 indicated that most Afghan women she lacked the most basic information about motherhood and family planning. “It has created a picture of an increasingly inaccessible system for the 61-72% of Afghan women who live in it Povertywhere they often have more children than they want lack of access to modern contraceptives, face risky pregnancies due to lack of care and undergo procedures that could be performed more safely with access to and ability to use more modern techniques,” the report revealed. “Control over Taliban about women’s right to work and study, and now about their bodies, is a scandal,” she says Shabnam Nasimian Afghan-born activist living in the United States Great Britain. “Access to contraception and the right to family planning are not only a human rights issue, they are also fundamental to empowering women and lifting a country out of poverty,” she added.
On February 14, the Afghan vice squad also banned the celebrations Saint Valentinea party that has never been mass-produced in the country, although some in recent years wealthy citizens have started to ‘celebrate’ the day of Lover Buying flowers. The reason is that there is noVacation Islamic it’s not part of the culture Afghanbut it’s a day that infidels“. The reasons for this can be found in one of the various signs in stores that bear the Ministry’s heading for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, warning potential shoppers: “Avoid celebrating Valentine’s Day! because that’s the way it is.” to show sympathy for the Christian Pope”.