By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, May 1, 2023The “Talk to Me, Not About Me” letter was prepared by 21 Afghan civil society and women’s organizations in response to the Doha meeting, where the UN and other nations will discuss recognition of the Taliban. They expressed their outrage over the Taliban’s recognition on Sunday, April 30, while Afghan women, members of civil society, and media organizations remain denied access to fundamental human rights.…
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By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 28, 2023The U.N. Security Council’s demand to lift the restriction on women working for the U.N. in Afghanistan was denied Friday by the Taliban’s Ministry of foreign affairs. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, “The decision to restrict Afghan women from working with the U.N. in Afghanistan is an internal social matter of Afghanistan that does not impact outside states,” the statement said.…
By Farnaz Fassihi in The NY Times, Apr 28, 2023In a rare show of unity, the United Nations Security Council adopted a resolution on Thursday condemning the Taliban’s discrimination against women and girls in Afghanistan and called for the country’s leadership to swiftly reverse policies banning education, employment and equal public participation of women and girls. The resolution, co-sponsored by over 90 countries, received 15 yes votes and was unanimously adopted in Russia’s last days…
by Swasti Gautam in The Kathmandu Post, Apr 24, 2023The writer holds a Masters’s Degree in Gender, Media and Culture from the London School of Economics.Crossing Nepal’s border alone, either by road or air, as a Nepali woman is often, if not always, an unpleasant experience. Questions asked by border security or immigration officers are downright derogatory, reflecting the patriarchal mindset of the state vested with the power to decide a woman’s mobility. In the…
report in Khaama Press online, Apr 21, 2023 The Taliban has prohibited women from attending Eid celebrations in two provinces of Afghanistan before the expected large festivities throughout the country. Two similar notifications stated that “it is forbidden for women to go out in groups during the days of Eid ul-Fitr” on Friday in the Takhar in the northeast and the Baghlan province in the north. Only the two provinces, Takhar and Baghlan in Afghanistan,…
By Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, April 20th, 2023UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations is ready to take ‘baby steps’ towards recognising the Taliban as it considers options to persuade Afghanistan’s de facto rulers to soften their attitude towards women. For reviewing the option, and its repercussions, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will host a meeting of special envoys for Afghanistan from around the world in Doha on May 1. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed told an…
By Banafsha Binesh in ToloNews, Apr 15, 2023 at 8:29 PMRussian Foreign Minister Russian Sergei Lavrov has said that the recognition of the current Afghan government is possible by establishing an inclusive government and respecting the rights of women and girls. Speaking at the sixth meeting of the CA5+Russia format on Friday, Lavrov said that it is necessary to maintain diplomatic relations between Afghanistan’s neighboring countries and the current Afghan government. “This will of course…
AFP REPORT in Dawn, April 15th, 2023BEIJING: Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang said his country is “concerned” about the impact of recent policies introduced by Afghanistan’s Taliban government on the rights of women, state media reported on Friday. Qin’s comments at a regional summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, come after a decision by the conservative Taliban authorities to bar women from working for the United Nations sparked international outrage. “China and other friendly neighbours of Afghanistan…
By Mohammad Farshad Daryosh in TOLOnews, April 14, 2023 at 10:06 PMParticipants at the Samarkand summit for countries neighbouring Afghanistan discussed the international community’s demands for an inclusive government and rights for women and minorities, as well as about countering terrorism and the drug trade, according to a statement of Uzbekistan’s foreign ministry. The statement said that the parties in the 4th meeting of neighboring countries of Afghanistan “discussed the existing condition in Afghanistan, the…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 11, 2023In a recent move, the Taliban authorities banned the entry of families and women in restaurants with gardens and green spaces in the Herat Province of Afghanistan on Monday. The Taliban on Monday barred entry of families and women into restaurants with gardens or green spaces in Herat province, Afghanistan. The de facto government decided after receiving a complaint from the religious clerics. The Religious…
By Mitra Majeedy in TOLOnews, April 11, 2023 at 8:18 PMWhile welcoming the release of women’s rights activist Nargis Sadat and university instructor Zakaria Osuli, the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) called for the “immediate release of all those arbitrarily detained. “UNAMA also said that “no Afghan should be detained for exercising their freedom of expression.” Nargas Sadat was detained nearly two months ago by the Islamic Emirate. Late Monday, UNAMA welcomed the release…