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‘They want us to disappear’: Taliban bans beauty salons in Afghanistan
Global News
The Taliban is outlawing salons across the country, ordering them to close in one month and putting thousands of women out of work.
Beauty salons are one of the last safe havens for women in Afghanistan, but they too are about to disappear. The Taliban is outlawing salons across the country, ordering them to close in one month, putting thousands of women out of work.
“We can’t feed ourselves without this beauty salon,” said a salon employee who asked that Global News protect her identity out of safety concerns.
She works at a salon in Kabul with 30 other colleagues who will soon be jobless. “They want women to disappear from society.”
The Taliban edict is part of an escalating effort to erase Afghan women and girls from public life.
“This will put thousands of women and their families at the risk of starvation,” said Murwarid Ziayee, senior director of the NGO Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan.
“Most of them are the only breadwinners of their family.”
Since coming to power, the Taliban has barred women and girls from schools, universities, and most forms of employment. They’re also banned from parks, gyms and stadiums.
“It seems the Taliban starts their day in the morning thinking of what else is left for women they can ban and restrict,” said Ziayee.