Deputy UN chief pushes women’s rights during visit to Afghanistan

A group led by the highest-ranking female official at the UN asked the Taliban authorities to cease their oppression of women and girls during a four-day visit to Afghanistan, said the United Nations on Friday.

Amina Mohammad finished a four-day visit to Afghanistan on Friday, meeting Taliban officials in the Capital of Kabul after the administration banned most female aid workers and stopped women and girls from attending high schools and universities, Reuters reported.

My message was quite clear; Ms Mohammed said: “Even though we accept the significant exclusions offered, these restrictions provide Afghan women and girls a future that confines them to their own homes, violating their rights and depriving the communities of their services.”

She also said that part of the Taliban officials has been cooperative while others have not. As a result, there are many different points of view among the Taliban authority, and the UN team will try to get them to work together to help us to reach the proposed goals, including restoring women and girls’ fundamental rights, stated UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq.

The ban on Afghan female workers was announced by the Taliban in late December, which led to the stopping of humanitarian assistance by the international organization across the country. At the same time, millions of Afghans are desperately threatened during the severe winter in the country. On the other hand, thousands of female employees who desperately needed to feed their own families lost their income.

Furthermore, the UN emphasized that “The need for a revitalized and realistic political pathway was consistently highlighted, and all remained firm on the fundamental principles, including women’s and girls’ rights to education, work and public life in Afghanistan,”.

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