United Nations chief, security council call on Taliban to reverse university ban for women – National | 24CA News
The United Nations chief and its most outstanding physique are each calling on the Taliban to reverse its ban on ladies and ladies in universities in Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tweeted that the most recent restrictions on the employment and training of ladies and ladies in Afghanistan are “unjustifiable human rights violations.”
“(They) must be revoked,” he stated.
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The UN Security Council echoed his sentiments in an announcement the identical day, saying that it’s “deeply alarmed” by the stories of the college ban and calling for the Taliban to reopen colleges and “swiftly reverse these policies and practices.”
“(They) represent an increasing erosion of the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms,” the safety council stated within the assertion.
On Dec. 20, the Taliban ordered Afghan universities to ban ladies from attending instantly.
The transfer comes after ladies have been additionally banned from center college and highschool, and ladies have been restricted from most employment and instructed to cowl themselves head to toe in public. Since regaining energy, the Taliban have broadly carried out a strict interpretation of Islamic regulation, or Sharia, regardless of initially promising a extra reasonable rule.
The Taliban’s minister for greater training has since justified the ban by saying it’s needed to stop genders from mixing throughout research and he believes some topics being taught violated the rules of Islam.
Some protests broke out a few days after the ban, with some 50 ladies gathering outdoors Kabul University chanting “Education is our right.” Women have been turned away from universities on the gates by the Taliban.
Since the college ban, the Taliban additionally barred ladies from NGO work on Saturday, inflicting 4 main worldwide help companies to droop their operations within the nation.
“The ban will significantly impair, if not destroy, the capacity of these NGOs to deliver the essential services on which so many vulnerable Afghans depend,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk stated in an announcement.
“No country can develop — indeed survive — socially and economically with half its population excluded.”
— with information from The Associated Press
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