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Taliban rule: Upko Women backs Minister 
Published on: Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Published on: Tue, Dec 27, 2022
By: Mohd Izham Hashim
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Taliban rule: Upko Women backs Minister 
“To this end I feel that global societies are right to voice their concern on the distress that this causes and we in Upko Women fully stand behind our Malaysian Education Minister (right) on her call to urge the Taliban government to remove these restrictions at once,” Rowindy (left) said.
Kota Kinabalu: Upko Women is throwing its support behind Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek who recently urged the Taliban government to remove its restrictions on enrolment by women into higher learning institutions and universities in Afghanistan.

Upko Women Exco Secretary Rowindy Lawrence Odong agreed that such policy is not only backward but also against human rights as it is driven by gender prejudice which is outright discriminatory.

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