Women's Day: President Cyril Ramaphosa speaks out against the Taliban's ban on Afghan women
At the Union Buildings, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the Taliban's exclusion of Afghan women from education and public life, alongside Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.
On the 70th anniversary of the 1956 Women's March, President Cyril Ramaphosa condemned the Taliban's ban on Afghan women from attending secondary school and participating in public life. Former child education advocate Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt, praised the 1956 marchers and urged South Africa to support Afghan women.
The ban deprives about 2.2 million Afghan girls of education, and the United Nations Children's Fund warns a loss of over 25,000 women teachers and health workers by 2030. Ramaphosa emphasized that South Africa understands the consequences of laws that limit people's rights and called the Taliban's actions a form of gender apartheid.
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