• The Taliban take over Afghanistan in August 2021 and claimed to respect women's rights within the framework of Islamic law.

• In September, the Ministry of Education in Afghanistan announced that male and female students would be segregated by gender and that females would be required to wear an ‘Islamic dress code’.

• A ban on women travelling long distances unaccompanied by a male guardian was imposed in December.

• Compulsory for women to wear the burqa or at least the hijab in public.

• The reopening of secondary schools (grades 7-12) to girls, scheduled for 23 March 2022, was temporarily halted by the Taliban, who stated that it needed to be ‘reassessed by Islamic law’.

• On 7 May, Afghanistan's Supreme Leader, Akhundzada, issued a decree that all women must wear the burqa (a full body covering that leaves only the eyes visible) in public places or their male relatives will be punished.

• At the end of the year, women were banned from parks, gyms, and public bathrooms. They are also banned from working in non-governmental organisations (NGOS) and from attending university, effective immediately.

• Expanded work restrictions in 2023 will bar women from most government jobs and affect many private sector jobs.

• Female television journalists are forced to wear veils, and several female presenters have been dismissed.