UN Security Council Denounces Taliban Bans On Women In Afghanistan

Afghan Ladies have been banned from highschool since March.

United Nations:

The U.N. Safety Council on Tuesday referred to as for the total, equal and significant participation of girls and ladies in Afghanistan, denouncing a ban by the Taliban-led administration on girls attending universities or working for humanitarian assist teams.

In a press release agreed by consensus, the 15-member council stated the ban on girls and ladies attending highschool and universities in Afghanistan “represents an rising erosion for the respect of human rights and elementary freedoms.”

The college ban on girls was introduced because the Safety Council in New York met on Afghanistan final week. Ladies have been banned from highschool since March.

The council stated a ban on feminine humanitarian employees, introduced on Saturday, “would have a big and instant affect for humanitarian operations in nation,” together with these of the United Nations.

“These restrictions contradict the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan individuals in addition to the expectations of the worldwide neighborhood,” stated the Safety Council, which additionally expressed its full help for the U.N. political mission in Afghanistan, referred to as UNAMA.

4 main international assist teams, whose humanitarian efforts have reached tens of millions of Afghans, stated on Sunday that they have been suspending operations as a result of they have been unable to run their programmes with out feminine employees.

U.N. assist chief Martin Griffiths informed the Safety Council final week that 97% of Afghans reside in poverty, two-thirds of the inhabitants want assist to outlive, 20 million individuals face acute starvation and 1.1 million teenage ladies have been banned from faculty.

The Islamist Taliban seized energy in August final yr. They’d largely banned schooling of ladies when final in energy 20 years in the past however had stated their insurance policies had modified. The Taliban-led administration has not been recognised internationally.

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