https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/world/855066/taliban-bans-university-education-for-afghan-girls/story/GENEVA — The Taliban should instantly revoke their insurance policies focusing on girls and ladies in Afghanistan, the UN rights chief insisted Tuesday, condemning their “terrible” penalties.
“No country can develop—indeed survive—socially and economically with half its population excluded,” Volker Turk, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, stated in a press release.
“These unfathomable restrictions placed on women and girls will not only increase the suffering of all Afghans but, I fear, pose a risk beyond Afghanistan’s borders.”
He stated the insurance policies risked destabilizing Afghan society.
“I urge the de facto authorities to ensure the respect and protection of the rights of all women and girls—to be seen, to be heard and to participate in and contribute to all aspects of the social, political and economic life of the country,” stated Turk.
On Saturday, Afghanistan’s hardline Islamist rulers banned girls from working in non-governmental organizations. The Taliban have already suspended college training for girls and secondary education for ladies.
“This latest decree by the de facto authorities will have terrible consequences for women and for all Afghan people,” Turk stated.
“Banning women from working in NGOs will deprive them and their families of their incomes, and of their right to contribute positively to the development of their country and to the well-being of their fellow citizens.”
The transfer is the newest blow towards girls’s rights in Afghanistan because the Taliban reclaimed energy final yr.
“The ban will significantly impair, if not destroy” these NGOs’ capability to ship important providers, Turk stated, calling it all of the extra distressing with Afghanistan within the grip of winter, when humanitarian wants are at their highest.
Several overseas help teams introduced on Sunday they have been suspending their operations in Afghanistan.
Women have additionally been pushed out of many authorities jobs, prevented from touring with out a male family member and ordered to cowl up exterior of the house, ideally with a burqa, and never allowed into parks.
The worldwide neighborhood has made respecting girls’s rights a sticking level in negotiations with the Taliban authorities for its recognition and the restoration of help.
“Women and girls cannot be denied their inherent rights,” stated Turk.
“Attempts by the de facto authorities to relegate them to silence and invisibility will not succeed.” — Agence France-Presse
