第2062期:Afghan Girls Banned from Education after Sixth Grade

Bahara Rustam is 13 years old. She took her last class at Bibi Razia School in Kabul, Afghanistan, on December 11 knowing it was the end of her education. Under Afghan law, she is unlikely to ever step foot in a classroom again. 巴哈拉·鲁斯塔姆 13 岁。 12 月 11 日，她在阿富汗喀布尔的 Bibi Razia 学校上了最后一堂课，她知道这就是她学业的结束。 根据阿富汗法律，她不太可能再次踏入教室。In September 2021, the country’s ruling Taliban announced that females would be barred from education after sixth grade, or about age 13. The government said it was acting in line with Islamic religious law. 2021 年 9 月，该国执政的塔利班宣布，六年级或 13 岁左右的女性将被禁止接受教育。政府表示，其行为符合伊斯兰宗教法。 The United States and NATO troops had withdrawn from Afghanistan a month earlier, after 20 years of war. 经过20年的战争，美国和北约军队一个月前从阿富汗撤军。 In December 2022, the restrictive measure was expanded to include university education. 2022年12月，限制措施扩大到大学教育。 The international community has continued to condemn the Taliban for the actions. Countries have warned the Taliban that it its actions will bar it from gaining international recognition as a lawful government. 国际社会继续谴责塔利班的行动。 各国警告塔利班，其行为将使其无法获得国际社会承认为合法政府。 Last week, United Nations special diplomat for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva appeared before the UN Security Council. She said she worried that a generation of Afghan girls is falling behind with each day that passes. 上周，联合国阿富汗问题特别外交官罗扎·奥通巴耶娃出席联合国安理会会议。 她说，她担心一代阿富汗女孩正在一天天落后。 An Afghan Education Ministry said last week that girls of all ages are permitted to study in religious schools called madrassas. They have traditionally been boys-only. 阿富汗教育部上周表示，所有年龄段的女孩都可以在称为宗教学校的宗教学校学习。 传统上，他们只招收男孩。 The UN is trying to confirm the ministry’s statement. But Otunbayeva said it was unclear if that education system included wider study of non-religious subjects. 联合国正在试图证实该部门的声明。 但奥通巴耶娃表示，目前尚不清楚该教育体系是否包括更广泛的非宗教科目学习。 For now, Bahara is holding onto her education and looks over school books at home. “Graduating (from sixth grade) means we are going to seventh grade,” she said. “But all of our classmates cried and we were very disappointed,” she added. 目前，巴哈拉仍在继续学业，并在家查看课本。 “（从六年级）毕业意味着我们将升入七年级，”她说。 “但我们所有的同学都哭了，我们非常失望，”她补充道。 There was no graduation ceremony for the girls at Bibi Razia School. Bibi Razia 学校没有为女孩们举办毕业典礼。 In another part of Kabul, 13-year old Setayesh Sahibzada wonders what the future holds for her. She is sad she cannot go to school anymore to follow her dreams. 在喀布尔的另一个地方，13 岁的塞塔耶什·萨希布扎达 (Setayesh Sahibzada) 想知道自己的未来会怎样。 她很遗憾无法再去上学去追寻自己的梦想。 “I can’t stand on my own two feet,” she said. “I wanted to be a teacher. But now I can’t study, I can’t go to school.” “我无法用自己的两只脚站立，”她说。 “我想成为一名老师。 但现在我无法学习，无法上学。” Researcher Muhammad Saleem Paigir warned that banning women and girls from education would be disastrous for Afghanistan. “We understand that illiterate people can never be free and prosperous,” he said. 研究员穆罕默德·萨利姆·派吉尔警告说，禁止妇女和女童接受教育对阿富汗来说将是灾难性的。 “我们明白，文盲永远不可能获得自由和繁荣，”他说。 The Taliban have banned women from many public spaces and most jobs, all but keeping women inside their homes. 塔利班禁止妇女参与许多公共场所和大多数工作，几乎将妇女留在家中。