UN urges support for Afghan women amid tightening Taliban curbs
UN agencies say more than 100 Taliban decrees have restricted Afghan women’s work, movement and schooling, leaving 2.4 million girls out of secondary education.
- On Friday, the United Nations appealed to international donors to continue funding women's programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, warning that the $1.7 billion humanitarian appeal remains only 25% funded.
- The Taliban has imposed more than 100 decrees restricting women's rights since returning to power, affecting education, employment, and freedom of movement; the UN decried these measures as "institutionalised discrimination."
- UNESCO estimates 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education, while more than half of 3,200 women surveyed by U.N. Women reported leaving their homes only once or twice a month.
- A group of 56 countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Japan, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates, issued a joint statement at the United Nations renewing calls to reverse restrictions, citing "systematic repression."
- More than half of 74 women's organizations surveyed in April face potential closure in the next year due to funding shortages, Susan Ferguson, U.N. Women's special representative in Afghanistan, warned reporters.
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UN urges support for Afghan women amid tightening Taliban curbs
The United Nations appealed to donors on Friday not to cut funding for women's programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, saying this would add to suffering in a country where conditions for women are already the worst in the world.
The Herat arrests are a defining moment of Taliban repression in Afghanistan
After five years of the Taliban rule, women have been erased from public lifeOriginally published on Global VoicesWomen in Afghanistan. Screenshot from the video ‘Two Killed in Rare Afghanistan Protest Against Taliban Women’s Rights Crackdown in Herat‘ from India Global Today‘s YouTube channel. Fair use. Since August 2021, the systematic dismantling of women’s rights in Afghanistan has unfolded through successive decrees that have banned girls f…
Afghan Women Erased From Public Life
“The Taliban regained control of Afghanistan five years ago this week, returning to power after two decades and restoring an Islamic government that had severely restricted women’s rights,” the New York Times reports. “In those few years, women and girls have been systematically erased from most public life, experts say. And, some add, the limitations […]
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