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Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban / Photo: - - AFP
Afghan women protest against beauty parlour ban
Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting against an order by Taliban authorities to shut down beauty parlours, the latest curb to squeeze them out of public life.
Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban government has barred girls and women from high schools and universities, banned them from parks, funfairs and gyms, and ordered them to cover up in public.
The order issued last month forces the closure of thousands of beauty parlours run by women -- often the only source of income for households -- and outlaws one of the few remaining opportunities for them to socialise away from home.
(H.Schneide--BBZ)
