Category: Women
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Malala Fund: Afghan Girls Deprived of Education for the Fifth Year
The Malala Fund has criticized the continuation of educational restrictions against women and girls in Afghanistan for the fifth consecutive year and has called for an end to these restrictions. On Thursday September 17, the 26th of Sunbula, the fund said on its X page that Afghan girls have now entered the twentieth decade of…
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UN Women: Women in Sports Deserve Respect and Equal Opportunities
UN Women has reaffirmed the rights and place of women in sports, saying women in athletics deserve respect and equal opportunities. In a post on X on Tuesday, September 15, UN Women said that discussions about female athletes should focus on their skills, achievements, leadership and performance. The UN agency added that equality in sports…
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UNICEF: More Than 2.6 Million Girls in Afghanistan Deprived of Secondary Education
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has announced that more than 2.6 million girls in Afghanistan have been deprived of secondary education over the past five years. UNICEF said in a message posted on its X page on Thursday, 26 Sunbula, that the Taliban must lift educational restrictions and provide the ground for the immediate…
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Nargis Nehan: Afghanistan’s Future Must Be Determined Through a Political Process That Includes Women
Nargis Nehan, women’s rights activist and former Minister of Mines and Petroleum of Afghanistan, described the country’s current crisis as a serious human rights and humanitarian situation and emphasized the need for a credible political process to address it. Nehan said on Wednesday, September 16 (25 Sunbula), at the UN Security Council meeting on Afghanistan,…
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Panama: Removing Women from Afghan Society Is Incompatible with Religious Values
Panama’s representative to the UN Security Council, emphasizing the rights of Afghan women, said that women’s and girls’ access to education, employment, and presence in social spheres does not contradict the culture and religious beliefs of the people of Afghanistan. On Wednesday, September 16 (25 Sunbula), at the meeting, referring to the position of the…
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Sima Bahous Welcomes Appointment of Rabab Fatima as UNAMA Head
Sima Bahous, the head of UN Women, has welcomed the appointment of Rabab Fatima as the head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA). Sima Bahous, in a message published on X on Saturday, September 19, has expressed hope for joint cooperation with Rabab Fatima in supporting the rights of Afghan women and…
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Taliban’s Morality Police Spokesman: Women in Afghanistan Have Gained Unprecedented Rights
Saif ul-Islam Khyber, spokesman for the Taliban’s Ministry of Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice, in response to international criticism regarding the situation of women in Afghanistan, has claimed that women in this country now enjoy rights that he says are unprecedented in Afghanistan’s history. The ministry’s spokesman on Sunday, September 20 (Sunbula 29),…
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Malala Yousafzai: The World Must Not Forget the Women and Girls of Afghanistan
Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate and human rights activist, has called on world leaders not to forget the women and girls of Afghanistan and to take action to end the restrictions and repression against them. Yousafzai made these remarks on Monday, the 21st of September, at a meeting about the situation of women and girls in…
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Volker Türk: Women’s Rights Must Be at the Center of Engagement with the Taliban
Volker Türk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, says the Taliban group has institutionalized restrictions and repression against women in Afghanistan by issuing around 200 decrees and directives. Türk said on Monday, the 20th of September, at a meeting about the situation of Afghan women in New York that he uses the term…
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Faiq: Reconciliation in Afghanistan Is Not Possible Without Women’s Participation
Nasir Ahmad Faiq, the acting head of Afghanistan’s mission to the United Nations, says that the country’s women are not only victims of Afghanistan’s developments, but are also among the stakeholders and political leaders of Afghanistan. Faiq said on Tuesday, the 22nd of September, in remarks at a high-level side event of the United Nations…
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