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Complete ban on women working outside their homes, including teachers,
doctors and engineers.
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Complete restriction on women's movement outside of their houses without a
mahram (father, brother or husband).
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Ban on dealing with male shopkeepers.
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Ban on being treated by a male doctor.
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Ban on studying at school, university or any other educational
institution.
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Compulsory wearing of a long veil (Burqa) which covers women from head to
toe.
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Whipping, beating and verbal abuse of women whose Burqa is not worn in
accordance to Taliban rules. The same applies to women found in public
without a mahram.
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Whipping of women in public for having non-covered ankles.
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Public stoning of women for having sex outside marriage (a number of
lovers are stoned to death under this rule.)
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Ban on all use of make-up (a number of women's fingers have been amputated
for having painted nails).
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A ban on women from talking or shaking hands with non-mahram males.
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A ban on women for laughing loudly (no stranger should hear the voice of a
women).
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A ban on wearing high heeled shoes which would produce sound while walking
as hearing the sound of a women's step is forbidden.
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A ban on women using a taxi without a mahram.
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Banning women's presence in radio, television and gatherings of any kind.
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Banning women from playing any sport or entering a sports centre or club.
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A ban on women riding a bicycle or a motorcycle even with their mahrams.
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A ban on women wearing brightly coloured clothing (in their terms
"sexually attracting colours").
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Banning women's gatherings on festive occasions such as the Eids or for a
recreational purpose.
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Banning women from washing clothes next to rivers or at public places.
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All place names with the word 'women' in it have been changed. For example
"women's garden" has been renamed "spring garden".
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Banning women from appearing on the balcony of their apartments or houses.
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Compulsory painting of all windows so women can not be seen from the
outside.
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Banning male tailors from taking measurements or sewing women's clothes.
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Banned from using female public baths.
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Public buses have been separated into male and female buses.
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A Ban on being photographed or filmed.
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A Ban on women's pictures being printed on newspapers and books or even
hung their own houses.
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Ban on listening to music not for women but for men as well.
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Total ban on watching movies, television and video for everyone.
