Malala expresses concern on Taliban’s Hijab rule

London, May 9 (UNI) Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Monday expressed concern over women’s rights in Afghanistan following the Taliban’s order making Hijab (head to toe veil) compulsory for the women in public.
The women’s rights campaigner Malala said the Taliban wanted to erase the girls and women from all public life in Afghanistan.
“The Taliban want to erase girls and women from all public life in Afghanistan – to keep girls out of school and women out of work, to deny them the ability to travel without a male family member, and to force them to cover their faces and bodies completely,” she said in a statement released on Twitter.
She asked people to stand with the Afghan women who protest for their rights and dignity.
“We must not lose our sense of alarm for Afghan women as the Taliban continue to break their promises. Even now, women are taking to the streets to fight for their human rights and dignity – all of us, and especially those from Muslim countries, must stand with them,” the activist said.
UN Messenger of Peace also urged the global leader to take collective action against Taliban for violating the women and girls rights.
“I am asking leaders around the world to take collective action to hold the Taliban accountable for violating the human rights of millions of women and girls,” Malala said.
On Saturday, in its latest diktat, the Taliban-led government made Burqa, the full body-covering Islamic dress, mandatory for women in Afghanistan while in public