Statement Signed By Over 70 Nations, EU on Afghan Women’s Rights
More the 70 countries and EU representatives in a UN CSW statement said the ban on female education puts Afghan women and girls at increased risk of “gender-based violence, including child, early, and forced marriage” and it “undermines Afghanistan’s stability.” “In addition, the order barring female employees of national and international NGOs from the workplace means that millions of Afghans will be unable to access life-saving humanitarian assistance,” it said. The statement said one-third of the humanitarian workforce in Afghanistan is female: “They are now unable to work or reach women and other vulnerable people in...