UN aid programmes in Afghanistan under threat after decision to bar women from agencies and charities, foreign ministers warn
, ActionAid, Save the Children, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE.
The International Rescue Committee, which provides emergency response in health, education and other areas and employs 3,000 women acrossSince returning to power in August last year, the Taliban had already barred teenage girls from secondary schools and universities.have also been pushed out of many government jobs, prevented from travelling without a male relative and ordered to cover up outside the home.
Adding their voice to the call to reverse the ban, UN agency chiefs said female staff were “key to every aspect of the humanitarian response in Afghanistan”. “They are teachers, nutrition experts, team leaders, community health workers, vaccinators, nurses, doctors and heads of organisations. “They have access to populations that their male colleagues cannot reach … They save lives,” said the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan, which brings together UN and other international humanitarian aid organisations, in a statement late on Wednesday.
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