Closure of beauty salons in Afghanistan leaves 60,000 women unemployed
The one-month deadline given by the Taliban to close down all beauty and hair salons in Afghanistan has ended. In the country, about 12,000 beauty and hair salons have been closed down, leaving 60,000 women unemployed.
News Center- Since the takeover in August 2021, the Taliban have intensified the repression on women and girls. At the beginning of July, Mullah Hibatullah Akhunzada, the Taliban’s supreme leader, announced a ban on all women’s hair and beauty salons across Afghanistan in a month.
The one-month deadline given by the Taliban has ended. About 12,000 beauty and hair salons across Afghanistan have been closed down. The closure of the beauty and hair salons has left more than 60,000 women unemployed.
Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, women and girls have been deprived of their right to education and work.