Geneva [Switzerland], December 29 (ANI): The UN Excessive Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi on Thursday joined the heads of different humanitarian organisations in calling on Afghanistan's de facto authorities to reverse its directive that restricts ladies from working with non-governmental organisations.
"Stopping ladies from humanitarian work is a grave denial of their humanity. It would solely lead to additional struggling and hardship for all Afghans, particularly ladies and kids. This ban have to be lifted," Grandi mentioned in a UNHCR assertion.
The UN company mentioned greater than 500 ladies employees work with UNHCR's 19 NGO companions in Afghanistan, serving practically one million ladies and women. The newest restrictions will power the UN Refugee Company to quickly cease essential actions in help of Afghan individuals, particularly ladies and kids.
Along with offering essential humanitarian help, ladies employees are on the forefront of efforts to search out options for Afghans affected by 4 many years of battle and persecution, together with thousands and thousands of refugees and internally displaced individuals. Some 3.4 million persons are at present displaced inside Afghanistan and one other 2.9 million are displaced outdoors the nation as refugees.
"Severely limiting the rights of Afghan ladies and their involvement in humanitarian and growth efforts dangers pushing extra households to flee throughout the borders as refugees. It additionally diminishes prospects for long-term options for these already displaced, reminiscent of making the choice to voluntarily return residence to rebuild their lives," mentioned Grandi.
Throughout Afghanistan's 34 provinces, ladies have been actively main and interesting within the humanitarian response, enabling UNHCR to achieve over six million Afghans since August 2021. With so many different restrictions on ladies, this new decree will devastate Afghanistan's inhabitants, comprising an estimated 40 million individuals.
On December 24, the Taliban issued a decree banning ladies from working in NGOs. This got here after that they had already suspended college training for ladies and secondary education for women till what they termed additional discover.
UN Excessive Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Tur known as on the Taliban to revoke a raft of insurance policies that focus on the rights of ladies and women, noting each the "horrible, cascading results" on their lives and the destabilizing dangers such insurance policies pose to Afghan society.
"No nation can develop - certainly survive - socially and economically with half its inhabitants excluded. These unfathomable restrictions positioned on ladies and women is not going to solely improve the struggling of all Afghans however, I concern, pose a threat past Afghanistan's borders," Turk was quoted as saying in a press assertion by United Nations Human Rights Workplace.
"I urge the de facto authorities to make sure the respect and safety of the rights of all ladies and women - to be seen, to be heard and to take part in and contribute to all points of the social, political and financial lifetime of the nation, according to Afghanistan's worldwide obligations," he mentioned. (ANI)
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