Foreign Ministers Of US, UK, Japan, 9 Others Urge Taliban To Reverse Ban Barring Afghan Women From Working For NGOs

Twelve foreign ministers including those of the United States and the United Kingdom have appealed to the Taliban government of Afghanistan to urgently reverse its order barring females from working for national and international non-governmental organisations (NGOs).

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States and the High Representative for the European Union in a joint statement on Wednesday, expressed concern that such an order could potentially put at risk millions of Afghans who depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival.

According to the statement, the Ministers stated that women are absolutely central to humanitarian and basic needs operations.

They maintained that unless they (women) participate in aid delivery in Afghanistan, NGOs will be unable to reach the country’s most vulnerable people to provide food, medicine, winterization, and other materials and services they need to live.

The statement reads in part, “This would also affect the humanitarian assistance provided by International Organisations, as International Organisations utilise NGOs to deliver such materials and services. The Taliban continue to demonstrate their contempt for the rights, freedoms, and welfare of the Afghan people, particularly women and girls, and their disinterest in normal relations with the international community.

“We support the Afghan people’s calls for girls and women to return to work, school, and university, and for women to continue to play essential roles in humanitarian and basic needs assistance delivery, and we urge the Taliban to respect the political, economic, social, and cultural rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.

“To this end we are in close contact with the United Nations, who are urging, also on behalf of all international donors, that the Taliban reverse this decision immediately. This would avoid any disruption and allow the continuation of all humanitarian operations of international and national NGOs.”

Source :- Sahara Reporters

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