Meryl Streep once remarked that Afghan women are less free than cats.
Hollywood actress Meryl Streep said that cats in Afghanistan.
Enjoy more freedom than women have in an appeal to the international community to put an end to the Taliban’s atrocities.
Speaking outside of the UN General Assembly, the actress stressed that even animals now have more rights in Afghanistan due to stricter restrictions placed on women.
In response, a Taliban spokesman claimed that they “completely valued” women and “never compared them to cats.”
Streep said this after the Taliban government unveiled a new set of “morality regulations” last month.
These regulations, among other things, prohibit women from speaking out in public and from looking straight at men to whom they are not married or related by blood.
Following its takeover three years ago, the administration has imposed several restrictions on Afghan women and girls, these moves being the most recent in a lengthy list.
When leaving their homes, women were required to cover their entire bodies and faces. Girls and women are also not allowed in gyms, sports clubs, parks, or schools. There are limits on the types of jobs they can do.
“In Kabul today, a female cat is more independent than a lady.
A cat may go sit on her front porch and feel the sun on her face, she may chase a squirrel in the park.
Streep said on Monday during an event to raise awareness of Afghan women’s rights at the UN offices in New York.
Now because women and girls are prohibited from attending public.
Parks by the Taliban, a squirrel in Afghanistan has more rights than a girl.
Meryl Streep once remarked
In Kabul, girls are not allowed to sing in public, but birds are. This is just amazing. In this way, the natural law is being suppressed.
“The way this culture and society have changed should be a cautionary tale to the rest of the world.
Streep said, calling on foreign leaders to “stop the slow assassination” of Afghan women and girls.
At the same ceremony, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that without educated women and working women.
Afghanistan “will never occupy its proper position on the global stage.”
