This Tuesday, December 27th, the UN called for the full participation of women in Afghanistan and denounced the Taliban's bans. This ban prevents women from working in NGOs and humanitarian aid organizations, as well as from attending universities. Read on to learn more about how the UN denounces the Taliban.
Bans on women in Afghanistan
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The statement chosen by consensus of the 15 members reported that this Taliban ban preventing girls and women from attending secondary schools and universities at the Afghanistan, they quote: “represents a growing erosion of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms”.
The Security Council said: "These restrictions contradict the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people, as well as the expectations of the international community." In addition, the Security Council has shown support to the UN, in the applied political mission in Afghanistan, called Unama.
Global aid groups said they would be suspending their operations as they could not continue running their programs without an Afghan female team.
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These bans caused a huge outcry among Afghan citizens, as well as causing international outrage. Demonstrations began to take place in Afghan cities and in March the country had already banned girls from high school. In addition to these prohibitions, women are no longer allowed to attend parks and gyms and are prohibited from acting in many areas of the professional sectors.
The Security Council pledges to take action that will have a significant and immediate impact, following humanitarian operations in Afghanistan, as well as those led by the UN.
Banning women from working in NGOs and humanitarian aid organizations will have dire consequences. Volker Türk quoted: “No country can develop, actually survive, socially and economically with half of its population excluded”.
Volker Türk further stressed that these bans will increase the suffering of the entire population of Afghanistan. That this restriction will significantly impair or, if not, destroy the ability of these NGOs to deliver their essential services, which Afghans are so dependent on.
More than half of the country's 38 million people need urgent help during the harsh winter period, according to the UN.
The prohibition of women's participation in NGOs had deprived them and their families of the right to contribute in positively for the development of their country, in addition to depriving them of a source of income for their families.
