Four years after the Taliban takeover in August 2021, the scale and seriousness of the women’s rights crisis will continue to intensify. Afghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are forbidden to go to high school.
Still, in a rural door-to-door survey of more than 2,000 Afghans, more than nine out of 10 supported girls’ rights to learn.
‘It is clear: despite the existing forbidden, the Afghan people want their daughters to exercise their right to educationSaid Sofia Calltorp, UN womenS Head of Humanitarian Actionon one press conference In Geneva on Friday.
‘Education is the difference’
A long -term humanitarian crisis takes place in Afghanistan in combination with systemic and institutionalized limitations on women and girls’ rights.
Mrs. Calltorp insisted that it is more important than ever to continue to invest in community organizations of Afghan women who offer health care, mental health care and an opportunity to connect.
‘In a country where half of the population lives in poverty, education is the difference between despair and possibilities“She said, and expressed that their desire is back in a school environment.
‘This is almost always the first thing girls tell us – they are desperate to learn and just want the chance to get a course“Said the special representative of the UN women in Afghanistan, Susan Ferguson.
A year after the introduction of a stricter so -called morality law, a major series of limitations, the new alert, emphasized the in -depth standardization of the women’s right crisis.
NGO work ban
The prohibition of the Taliban on women who work for NGOs – announced almost three years ago – continues to have a devastating impact, according to UN women.
More than half of the NGOs in Afghanistan report That it has influenced their ability to reach women and girls with vital services.
A UN women’s investigation in July and August showed that 97 percent of Afghan women said it had negatively influenced them.
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