West Afghanistan female dress crackdown hits businesses
Dozens of women were detained and market turnover has fallen by half, shopkeepers said, as fear of dress-code checks keeps customers at home.
- Shops in Herat, Afghanistan, are struggling as women stay home, fearing potential detention by the Taliban's Ministry for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice over alleged dress-code violations.
- Morality police detained dozens of women in early June for failing to comply with official dress codes, sparking rare protests that the United Nations reported were violently dispersed, leaving at least two people dead.
- Autorickshaw driver Farshid Karimi said his daily profits have plummeted from around $9 to $4, while tailoring shops and shoe stores report sharp declines in customers.
- Tailoring shop owner Ramin Ghafoori noted that female shoppers dominate the market, stating, "If there is no woman, there is no bazaar," as his business faces significant downturn.
- The United Nations estimated these restrictive policies could cost Afghanistan's economy $1 billion annually, further complicating recovery efforts amid the country's ongoing humanitarian crisis.
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West Afghanistan female dress-code crackdown hits businesses
Dozens of women were detained by the Taliban government's morality police in early June on accusations they were violating official dress codes by not wearing the body-cloaking chador or burqa. A rare protest against the restrictions was violently dispersed with at least two people killed, according to the United Nations. "Since those incidents occurred... there were no women in the markets," 26-year-old Ramin Ghafoori, a Herat-based businessman…
Businesses suffer in Afghanistan as Taliban dress code restrictions keep women home
Rest of World News: A recent crackdown by the Taliban on women's dress code has led to a sharp decline in customer numbers in Herat, Afghanistan, as women avoid public spaces, severely impacting local businesses reliant on female shoppers. With the economy struggling amidst harsh restrictions, experts warn of significant financial consequences.
West Afghanistan female dress crackdown hits businesses
Businesses in Afghanistan's western city of Herat have suffered from a downturn in female customers opting to stay home following a recent crackdown by morality police on women's attire, according to shopkeepers, drivers and residents.
Since the Taliban customs police tightened the dress restrictions, the women of Herat almost no longer go out. As a result, the traders... Read more In Herat, the absence of women emptys markets and pockets appeared first on Le Singulier.
#IMGLP-2-#In early June, several women accused of not wearing the chador or burqa, clothing covering the entire body, were arrested and detained in Herat.At the national level, women must be completely...
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