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Executive Director International Support - Human Rights

In meetings with de facto authorities in both #Kabul and Kandahar, the delegation directly conveyed the alarm over the recent decree banning women from working for national and international non-governmental organizations, a move that undermines the #work of numerous organizations helping millions of vulnerable #Afghans.  The de facto authorities have also recently moved to close #universities to female #students across the country until further notice, and have barred girls from attending secondary #school, restricted women and #girls’ freedom of movement, excluded women from most areas of the #workforce and banned women from using parks, gyms and public bath houses.  The United Nations and its partners, including national and international non-governmental organizations, are helping more than 25 million Afghans who depend on humanitarian aid to survive, and remain committed to staying and delivering.  The most recent decrees issued by the de facto authorities banning women from #working for #NGOs has forced many partners to pause operations which can no longer be safely and meaningfully delivered. While the recent exemptions to the ban introduced by the de facto authorities are opening spaces for humanitarians to continue - and in some cases resume - operations, these remain limited to few sectors and activities.  https://lnkd.in/evTDmCMa

High-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General calls on Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban authorities to reverse course on recent decrees limiting women’s and girls’ rights, says Afghans must not be abandoned

High-level UN delegation led by the Deputy Secretary-General calls on Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban authorities to reverse course on recent decrees limiting women’s and girls’ rights, says Afghans must not be abandoned

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