Portal:Current events/2021 September 12
September 12, 2021 (Sunday)
Arts and culture
- Aftermath of the Fall of Kabul (2021)
- The Taliban education minister Abdul Baqi Haqqani announces a series of restrictions on education for women and girls, outlining plans by the new government to have segregated classrooms for women and girls alleging that "co-education is un-Islamic". Women and girls will also have to wear a hijab or head cover. Haqqani says the Taliban does not want "to go 20 years back" when girls and women were not allowed education and instead says that the Taliban wants to "start building on what exists today." (Deutsche Welle)
Health and environment
- COVID-19 pandemic
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- The government reverses its decision to bring in vaccine passports for nightclubs and large events in England. (BBC)
- COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
Politics and elections
- 2021 Argentine legislative election
- Argentines head to the polls for the primaries of the election, with the ruling Peronist center-left government expected to suffer losses. The election is a previous step to the general midterm election where 127 seats of the Chamber of Deputies and 24 seats of the Senate are contested. Right-wing political parties are expected to win most seats. (Reuters)