The Taliban's Gender Apartheid In The Taliban

Upon seizing power, the Taliban not only prohibited women and girls from school but also banished women from the work force, the Taliban’s gender apartheid was effective in stripping women from visibility, voice and mobility. Female employed was at its highest during the Soviet invasion and the numbers decreased when the Mujahidin factions were fighting for control, however it came down to being virtually nonexistent when the Taliban took over. Women were the breadwinners of their families as men were killed, disable or went missing in the years of fighting between the Soviets and the Mujahidin factions. Afghani women held various position in the country from government, education, healthcare to engineering. Once professional working women