Ban on women riding bicycles
or motorcycles, even with a mahram.
Ban on women wearing
brightly colored clothes. In Taleban terms, these are "sexually attracting
colours."
Ban on women gathering for
festive occasions or for any recreational purpose.
Ban on women washing clothes
next to rivers or in a public place.
Modification of all place
names including the word "women". For example, "women's garden"
has been renamed "spring garden".
Ban on women appearing on
the balconies of their apartments or houses.
Forced painting of all
windows, so women cannot be seen from outside their homes.
Ban on male tailors taking
women's measurements or sewing women's clothes.
Ban on female public baths.
Ban on females and males
travelling on the same bus. Public buses have now been designated "males
only" or "females only".
Ban on flared (wide)
pant-legs, even under a burqa.
Ban on the photographing or
filming of women. [For example wedding photos.]
Ban on women's pictures
printed in newspapers and books, or being on the walls of houses and shops.

