by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, July 6th, 2023UNITED NATIONS: Religious scholars from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Indonesia are trying to convince Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers that Islam does not ban women from going to school or work, says the UN mission chief in Afghanistan. In an interview with UN News, UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan’s (UNAMA) acting chief Markus Poztel said the United Nations should work as a “bridge builder” in a very complex setting…
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AFP report in Dawn, July 5th, 2023KABUL: Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities have ordered beauty parlours across the country to shut within a month, the vice ministry confirmed on Tuesday, the latest curb to squeeze women out of public life. The order will force the closure of thousands of businesses run by women — often the only source of income for households — and outlaw one of the few remaining opportunities for them to socialise away from…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, July 4, 2023 at 9:25 PMThe UN deputy special representative for Afghanistan Markus Potzel said that if the issue of female education, and their work for international NGOs, national NGOs, and UN organizations is resolved, he “could imagine that Afghanistan would be integrated into the international community again.” Speaking to UN News, Potzel said in a speech that women have the right to participate in society. The UN deputy special…
By Mujeeb Rahman Awrang Stanikzai in TOLOnews, June 21,2023 at 10:08 PMThe UN special envoy for Afghanistan, Roza Otunbayeva, said that the “April 5 restrictions against the Afghan women working for the United Nations place a question mark over our activities across the country. We have been given no explanation by the de facto authorities for this ban and assurances that it will be lifted.” Speaking at UN Security Council’s Meeting on the situation in…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in The Khaama Press Online, June 18, 2023Heather Barr, the associate director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch described the ‘Doha Agreement between the US and Taliban’ as less transparent and incomprehensive, adding the deal excluded Afghan women from political engagement to a great extent. Heather Barr on Saturday in a tweet accused Zalmy Khalilzad, the former US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation of undermining women’s rights in the…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, June 16, 2023 at 10:53 PMA report authored by the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan Richard Bennett, and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, indicated “widespread and systematic discrimination to which women and girls in Afghanistan are subjected.” According to the report, between September 2021 and May 2023, more than 50 edicts were issued regarding women and girls by the Islamic Emirate, which has “deprived Afghan women…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews, June 16, 2023 at 10:53 PMA report authored by the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan Richard Bennett, and the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, indicated “widespread and systematic discrimination to which women and girls in Afghanistan are subjected.” According to the report, between September 2021 and May 2023, more than 50 edicts were issued regarding women and girls by the Islamic Emirate, which has “deprived Afghan women…
By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, June 1, 2023The head of the women’s rights division at Human Rights Watch said, on the one hand, the Taliban are persistently pleading for recognition and inflow of international aid, and on the other hand, they continue to intensify repressing Afghan women and girls. Heather Barr, interim co-director of the Women’s Rights Division at Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said on Twitter that the Taliban are reluctant for meaningful…
By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, May 25, 2023 at 7:33 PMFollowing the reactions to the restrictions imposed on women in the country, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said that “repressive policies against women and girls’ should immediately be overturned” in Afghanistan. Speaking in a press conference at the UN in Geneva Türk said that that restrictions on women are leading Afghanistan to poverty and despair. “I will never understand how anyone…
By Rasahi Chathurangi Gamage in Ceylone Today, May 19, 2023Vavuniya : Soldiers attached to the 4th Battalion of Women’s Corps engaged in a demonstration on Tuesday (16) against a transfer of a group of women soldiers, from Kokavil to Medawachchiya. There are 129 soldiers working in the Kokavil camp. This group has been demanding that the transfer given to Vavuniya be cancelled and to assign them to another camp nearby. A total of 104 female…