Malala Urges Global Intervention Against Taliban's Oppression In Afghanistan, But Failed To Condemn Hamas Atrocities Against Israeli Women

Nobel Peace Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai, has called on the international community to address the gender apartheid imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan over the past two years.

Speaking after delivering the annual Nelson Mandela lecture in Johannesburg, Yousafzai emphasised the urgent need for collective action to end the oppression faced by women and girls under Taliban rule.

Yousafzai, known for her advocacy for girls' education, expressed concern over the restrictions imposed by the Taliban, including the ban on education for girls beyond the sixth grade and severe limitations on women's freedoms.

She urged the United Nations to recognise the situation in Afghanistan as a gender apartheid, citing reports of women being detained, beaten, and forced into marriages.

As reported by Business Standard, in an interview with The Associated Press, Yousafzai emphasised the gravity of the situation, stating, "It has been two and a half years, and most girls have not seen school again."

She appealed for immediate global attention to the plight of Afghan women and girls, stressing the need to stand in solidarity with them.

Notably, she also called for an immediate cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war and decried that so many children's and women's lives (have been) lost in besieged Gaza, but failed to mention about the atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli women during the 7 October attacks.