UN body ‘deeply alarmed’ by women and girls being kicked out of high schools, universities, NGO jobs and government positions
The 15-member UN security council said it was “deeply alarmed” by the increasing restrictions on women’s education, calling for “the full, equal, and meaningful participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”.“to reopen schools and swiftly reverse these policies and practices, which represents an increasing erosion for the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms”.
“These restrictions contradict the commitments made by the Taliban to the Afghan people as well as the expectations of the international community.” The UN secretary general, António Guterres, echoed the security council’s message, calling the latest restrictions on women and girls “unjustifiable human rights violations” that “must be revoked”.“No country can develop – indeed survive – socially and economically with half its population excluded,” said Volker Turk, high commissioner for human rights.
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