81. In areas they control, women must wear veils and are restricted from working. 82. In September, just before the start of the new academic year, the Egyptian authorities stressed their intention to ban women from wearing the veil at university. 83. In one section of the audience, the women wearing black veils applaud. 84. In September he was forced under militant pressure to back down from a decision requiring girls to have written permission from their parents to wear veils in school. 85. Both sides accused each other of hiring male activists who allegedly entered the campus wearing veils to disguise themselves as women. 86. Despite his efforts, most girls in schools outside Cairo wear the veil. 87. Education Minister Kamal Bahaa Eddine had first demanded that schoolgirls wearing the veil have written permission from their parents but then backed down after the move provoked an uproar. 88. The Taliban reportedly insists women wear veils outside their home and are also against employment which allows them to mingle with men. 89. Women are also increasingly being targeted for not wearing the veil or for being members of the work force. 90. Women cannot leave home without wearing the veil. |