In Afghanistan, due to the Taliban’s restrictions on female education, no new female doctors, nurses or midwives are being trained, which means in the future there will be a severe shortage of medics to treat women.

There are private hospitals in the big cities but only a very small percentage of the population can afford to use these facilities.

Former student Lima, 20, from a north-eastern province of Afghanistan, tells the BBC: "Just... girls are not allowed to study anymore and it's a sin for girls to study or to improve themselves.

"Maybe for two years, or more, I was depressed and reclusive and never dared to go out of the home even for a second."

Lima says she suffered from insomnia and fevers, ultimately attempting to take her own life. She's since received psychological treatment but says she remains "hopeless" about her situation.

"Anytime I think about what I'm [going] through, and my future and myself... I just become more hopeless."

Restrictions on girls' education and women's employment are already costing Afghanistan's economy around $84m (£62m) every year.

In a separate report published in 2024, Unesco estimates that over the next 35 years, around 600,000 women who would otherwise have joined the labour force may never enter it.

This will reduce household incomes, affect the financial wellbeing of their families, and have a serious impact on the country's economy.

Unesco estimates that by 2066, the suspension of higher education for women could cost Afghanistan $9.6bn (£7.1bn) in lost economic output - equal to about two-thirds of the country's current GDP.

Resist comment.  This article speaks for itself.  If ever the UK came under muslim rule Britons, especially women, can look forward to living in a medieval society ruled by the death cult of islam.