ISLAMABAD: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday (Jan 12) to again efforts to make gender apartheid a criminal offense beneath worldwide legislation, and known as on them to talk out in opposition to Afghanistan’s Taliban over its therapy of ladies and women.
At a summit on women’ schooling in Muslim communities attended by worldwide leaders and students in her dwelling nation of Pakistan, Yousafzai mentioned Muslim voices should prepared the ground in opposition to the insurance policies of the Taliban, who’ve barred teenage women from faculty and girls from universities.
“In Afghanistan a complete era of women will likely be robbed of its future,” she mentioned in a speech in Islamabad. “As Muslim leaders, now could be the time to lift your voice, use your energy.”
The Taliban say they respect girls’s rights in accordance with their interpretation of Afghan tradition and Islamic legislation. Taliban administration spokespeople didn’t instantly reply to a request for touch upon Yousafzai’s statements.
No overseas authorities has formally recognised the Taliban because it took over Afghanistan in 2021 and diplomats have mentioned steps in the direction of recognition require a change after all on girls’s rights.
