MANHATTAN: Volker Turk, the Chief of UN Human Rights, while denouncing the recent announcement by the Taliban Govt apropos revoking of licenses of those NGOs who employ local women, said the orders must be taken back.
UN, denouncing the gender apartheid noted, since the Taliban’s return to power in August 2021, women have been progressively erased from public spaces. He further pointed out that by means of a letter the Taliban’s economy ministry ordered national and international NGOs to comply with a decree issued two years ago that bars them from employing Afghan women.
He urged Afghan authorities to revoke “this deeply discriminatory decree and all other measures which seek to eradicate women and girls’ access to education, work and public services, including healthcare, and that restrict their freedom of movement…“No country can progress – politically, economically or socially – while excluding half of its population from public life.”
The Chief of UN Human Rights further noted: “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.”
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