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UN urges support for Afghan women amid tightening Taliban curbs
UN agencies say more than 100 Taliban decrees have restricted Afghan women’s work, movement and schooling, leaving 2.4 million girls out of secondary education.
- On Friday, the United Nations appealed to international donors to continue funding women's programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, warning that the $1.7 billion humanitarian appeal remains only 25% funded.
- The Taliban has imposed more than 100 decrees restricting women's rights since returning to power, affecting education, employment, and freedom of movement; the UN decried these measures as "institutionalised discrimination."
- UNESCO estimates 2.4 million girls remain excluded from secondary education, while more than half of 3,200 women surveyed by U.N. Women reported leaving their homes only once or twice a month.
- A group of 56 countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Japan, the United States, and the United Arab Emirates, issued a joint statement at the United Nations renewing calls to reverse restrictions, citing "systematic repression."
- More than half of 74 women's organizations surveyed in April face potential closure in the next year due to funding shortages, Susan Ferguson, U.N. Women's special representative in Afghanistan, warned reporters.
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UN urges support for Afghan women amid tightening Taliban curbs
The United Nations appealed to donors on Friday not to cut funding for women's programs in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, saying this would add to suffering in a country where conditions for women are already the worst in the world.
·London, United Kingdom
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Afghan women are erased from public life
Five years into Taliban rule in Afghanistan, women have been particularly affected by the government’s restrictions. They are banned from public places including parks and excluded from most jobs, while girls are barred from education beyond the age of 12. FRANCE 24’s Peter O’Brien spoke to independent researcher Melissa Cornet from Kabul.
·Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
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