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Representatives of the United Nations and humanitarian organizations are discussing a ban on women working for a humanitarian organization today in Kabul. That prohibition was yesterday set up by the radical Islamic Taliban government. The question on the table today is whether international aid organizations should now stop their work, aid workers told French news agency AFP.
Humanitarian agencies and governments of other countries warn that the consequences of the ban for the population could be disastrous. “Women are crucial in humanitarian operations around the world,” said US Secretary of State Blinken. “This decision could have catastrophic consequences for the Afghan people.”
UN Secretary-General Guterres called the decision extremely worrying. “The UN and its partners are helping more than 28 million Afghans who depend on humanitarian aid for survival.”
Lost permit
The Taliban Minister of Economic Affairs. Qari Din Mohammed Hanif announced yesterday that humanitarian organizations that still employ women will lose their permits. The reason for the ban, according to the ministry, is that complaints have been received that women in humanitarian organizations do not respect the Islamic dress code.
This was a new violation of the position of women, which has come under pressure since the Taliban movement took over the country last year. They then said that women were allowed to work and study, but within the framework of the Sharia.
Since then, women have been deprived of all kinds of rights. They turned one earlier this week ban on university education imposed. There have been protests against this in cities and universities. Attending secondary education had long been prohibited.
