Taliban bans 400 Afghan UN mission women from work

HY News 06 April, 2023 01:25 pm IST
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The situation in Afghanistan is concerning, especially for the UN women employees who have been banned from working by the Taliban. It is important to recognize the crucial role that these women play in providing aid to millions of people in Afghanistan who are starving and in need of assistance.

The United Nations told some 3,300 Afghan staff not to come to work in Afghanistan for the next two days after the Taliban authorities signalled on Tuesday that they would enforce a ban on Afghan women working for the world body.

Quoting UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, news agency Reuters reported that ‘UN officials in Afghanistan "received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members of the United Nations from working’.

The UN is looking into impacts and will meet with Afghan foreign ministry officials in Kabul on Wednesday to seek further clarity, he said. About 400 Afghan women work for the UN.

The UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) earlier on Tuesday expressed concern that female staff in the eastern province of Nangarhar had been stopped from reporting to work.

UNAMA tweeted: "The @UNin #Afghanistan expresses serious concern that female national UN staff have been prevented from reporting to work in Nangarhar province." The mission wrote: "We remind de facto authorities that United Nations entities cannot operate and deliver lifesaving assistance without female staff."

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