UN human rights chief Volker Turk strongly condemns the Taliban's order barring Afghan women from working for NGOs, warning of dire consequences for the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. Turk urges the Taliban to revoke the discriminatory decree and allow women access to education, work, and public services.
: UN human rights chief Volker Turk said Tuesday that Afghanistan ’s governing Taliban authorities must reverse their ban on Afghan women working for NGOs.
“I am deeply alarmed at the recent announcement by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan that non-governmental organisations’ licenses will be revoked if they continue to employ Afghan women. This is absolutely the wrong path being taken,“ Turk said in a statement. “The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan remains dire, with more than half the population living in poverty. NGOs play a vital role in providing critical life-saving assistance -- to Afghan women, men, girls and boys -- and this measure will directly impact the ability of the population to receive humanitarian aid,“ said Turk.
“No country can progress -- politically, economically or socially -- while excluding half of its population from public life.Since the Taliban’s return to power, women have been progressively erased from public spaces, prompting the United Nations to denounce the “gender apartheid” the administration has established.
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