Malala Yousafzai Calls for Global Action Against Taliban's 'Gender Apartheid'

Nobel laureate urges for 'gender apartheid' in Afghanistan to be recognized as a crime against humanity, criticizes global focus shift due to other conflicts.

• Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate, has called for the world to recognize and confront the 'gender apartheid' against women and girls imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
• Since the Taliban took power in Afghanistan over two years ago, they have banned education for girls beyond the sixth grade and imposed severe restrictions on women, barring them from work and most public spaces.
• Yousafzai has urged the United Nations to recognize the current state of Afghanistan as a 'gender apartheid' and has cited reports of women being detained, beaten, and forced into marriages.
• Yousafzai, along with other leading activists including former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, is campaigning for UN member states to amend a draft crimes against humanity treaty to include gender apartheid.
• Yousafzai has also criticized the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine for diverting attention from the plight of women and girls in Afghanistan.

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