UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
- Human Rights Watch criticizes the UN for planning a meeting on Afghanistan without Afghan women's rights on the agenda.
- Excluding Afghan women from the UN conference risks legitimizing Taliban abuses and damaging the UN's credibility in advocating for women's rights.
- The UN's exclusion of women from the meeting gives in to Taliban demands and could embolden the group, leading to a betrayal of women globally.
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UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22


UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
The United Nations' top official in Afghanistan is defending the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries.
UN envoy defends failure to include Afghan women in upcoming meeting with the Taliban in Qatar
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations’ top official in Afghanistan defended the failure to include Afghan women in the upcoming first meeting between the Taliban and envoys from 22 countries, insisting that demands for women’s rights are certain to be raised. U.N. special envoy Roza Otunbayeva was pummeled with questions Friday from journalists about criticism from human rights organizations at the omission of Afghan women from the meeting in…
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