"What happens to Afghan women and girls is the responsibility of the world," says UN

“What happens to Afghan women and girls is the responsibility of the world”, says UN

By Isabella Caminoto / 15/08/2022 / 2 minutes reading

About a year ago, the Taliban invaded Kabul and returned to power in Afghanistan after 20 years of occupation by troops from the US and other Western countries. Since then, the Islamic fundamentalist group has ended almost all the freedoms gained by Afghan women. In this scenario, the UN calls on Afghan women and girls not to be forgotten.

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) called, this Monday (15), for “Afghan women and girls not to be forgotten”, despite other important crises affecting the world.

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The appeal was made a year after the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan.

Over the past twelve months, radical Islamists have wiped out almost all of the freedoms gained by Afghan women since the movement last came to power two decades ago.

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“One year after the Taliban regained power, the country finds itself in a deep economic and humanitarian crisis. Skyrocketing food and energy prices, exacerbated by drought and war in Ukraine, have left around 95% of the population and almost all female-headed households without enough to eat,” said Natalia Kanem, executive director of UNFPA.

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In another statement – released this weekend – the director of the UN Women agency, Sima Bahous, denounced the “meticulous construction of inequality policies” by the Taliban.

“We must continue to give a voice to Afghan women and children who fight every day for the right to live in freedom and equality,” he added.

“Your fight is our fight. What happens to Afghan women and girls is the responsibility of the world,” she highlighted.

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