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The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday stated it was “deeply alarmed” by the ruling Taliban’s ban on girls attending college or working for assist teams in Afghanistan.
In strikes broadly condemned by the worldwide group, the Islamist group final week ordered all native and worldwide non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to cease their feminine workers from coming to work and suspended college schooling for all feminine college students within the nation.
In its assertion Tuesday, the UNSC expressed its “deep concern” and known as for “the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan.”
It additionally urged the Taliban to reverse its insurance policies, “which represents an increasing erosion for the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms.”
The new restrictions mark yet one more step within the Taliban’s brutal crackdown on the freedoms of Afghan girls, following the hardline Islamist group’s takeover of the nation in August 2021.
Although the Taliban repeatedly claimed it could shield the rights of women and girls, the group has achieved the alternative, stripping away the hard-won freedoms for which girls have fought tirelessly over the previous 20 years.
Some of the Taliban’s most hanging restrictions have been round schooling, with ladies additionally barred from returning to secondary faculties in March. The transfer devastated many college students and their households, who described to Act Daily News their dashed goals of turning into docs, academics or engineers.
At least half a dozen main international assist teams have stated they’re briefly suspending their operations in Afghanistan following the ban on feminine NGO workers.
The NGO ban would affect humanitarian operations within the nation, together with these of the UN, the UNSC assertion stated.
“These restrictions contradict the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people as well as the expectations of the international community,” the UNSC added.
Writing on Twitter Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stated the restrictions had been “unjustifiable human rights violations and must be revoked.”
“Actions to exclude and silence women and girls continue to cause immense suffering and major setbacks to the potential of the Afghan people,” he stated.