UN condemns Taliban ban on women’s work
- April 5, 2023
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United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (ONE MA) this Wednesday denounced “in the strongest terms” work ban to all the Afghans he employs in the country and assured that
United Nations Mission in Afghanistan (ONE MA) this Wednesday denounced “in the strongest terms” work ban to all the Afghans he employs in the country and assured that he had taken his complaint to the “highest level” of the fundamentalist interim government.
“The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for the country, Roza Otunbayeva, is conveying the organization’s protest to the de facto authorities at the highest level and seeking immediate withdrawal of an orderThis is stated in the UNAMA statement.
Photo: Twitter (UN-Afghanistan)
UN body says several of its staff have already been injured restrictions on your movementsincluding “harassment, intimidation and detention”, for which he ordered all his workers of both sexes not appear at their offices in Afghanistan “until further notice”.
The Taliban announced the ban UN workers and “active use” of the veto, the organization said yesterday, one of the few that was able to continue hiring women after fundamentalists prevented Afghans from working in national or international NGOs last December.
“The ban is illegal under international lawand this cannot be accepted by the United Nations,” UNAMA said.
Otunbayeva condemned that it For the first time in history UN that the regime is “trying to ban women from the organization just because they are women”.
The Special Representative also criticized “Extreme measuresimposed by the Taliban against the Afghans, ranging from ban on higher education female before veilingpassing, among other restrictions, the restriction of their movement without male escort.
This is a systematic attempt change society and leave men as the only actors,” he said.
Photo: Twitter (UN-Afghanistan)
UNAMA indicated that the ban “will negatively affectto humanitarian assistance programs for Afghanistan, a country plunged into a deep crisis in which two-thirds of its population needs help to survive.
In addition to the UN, the operations of international organizations in Afghanistan have been affected by reduced donor contributions since the Taliban took power in August 2021, as well as a ban on women’s work, which has prompted many NGOs to reduce or suspend their activities. programs.
(EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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