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UNICEF Warns Taliban Restrictions Could Cut 25,000 Afghan Women Teachers and Health Workers by 2030

UNICEF says the restrictions will strip classrooms and clinics of women essential to serving girls and mothers.

Afghan girls look at Taliban supporters on the second anniversary of the fall of Kabul on a street near the US embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo
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Overview

  • UNICEF’s new analysis projects the loss of up to 20,000 women teachers and 5,400 health workers by 2030 if current bans stay in place.
  • The report says at least 1 million girls have already been shut out of secondary school, a number that could exceed 2 million by 2030 under unchanged rules.
  • UNICEF records a slide in female staffing, with basic-education teachers down from nearly 73,000 in 2022 to about 66,000 in 2024 and the civil-service share dropping from 21% in 2023 to 17.7% in 2025.
  • Because many women and girls can only see female providers or learn from female teachers, losing these workers would close off access to clinics and gender-segregated schools.
  • UNICEF estimates an annual economic hit of at least AFN 5.3 billion ($84 million) and urges the de facto authorities to lift education and employment bans to protect essential services.