Students say closures nursing and midwifery schools will worsen women’s healthcare
Afghan medical students attend their final exams at Bakhtar medical college in Kabul, Afghanistan , December 5th, 2024. The Taliban government in Afghanistan has announced a ban on women's enrollment in medical institutions. Photograph: Samiullah Popal/EPAthis month, a handful of students in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif removed their white coats and set them alight in protest.
Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men? Nursing and midwifery courses cost about 20,000 afghani a year, but new graduates start on 10,000 afghani a month, rising to 15,000 as they gain experience – higher than the average wage. The Taliban has not officially announced or explained the closures, but government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid confirmed the institutes had shut.
With no qualification, she is now stuck at home. “Sometimes I go to the rooftop of my house and want to jump. I don’t see any future for myself,” she said. But health ministry spokesman Sharafat Zaman Amar denied any shortage, saying the country had 100,000 nurses, midwives and healthcare assistants. “One of my classmates asked them ‘Don’t you have a wife or daughter? Where will you take them if there is no midwife in the country?’ They said, ‘We can survive without you. Your job is in the home, not outside’.”
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