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EU binds aid with removal of ban on Afghan working women by Taliban
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
EU said that the ban on women working for UN organizations violates international law and that aid to Afghanistan cannot be delivered regardless of gender, aid activities will be reconsidered.
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OIC calls on Taliban to revisit ban on Afghan women UN staff from working
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has called upon the de-facto authorities of Afghanistan to once again revisit the ban on Afghan women staff of the UN agencies in the country from working, TOLOnews reported.
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Women start own enterprises in Afghanistan amid restrictions on employment
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
After losing their jobs to the Taliban's hardline policies, several former female employees in government institutions have started their own enterprises, TOLOnews reported.
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Taliban's decision banning women from working with UN will threaten vulner
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on the Taliban to put Afghans first and reverse the decision.
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UN Secretary General condemns ban on Afghan women working with UN in Afgha
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Antonio Guterres in a tweet said: "I strongly condemn the prohibition of our Afghan female colleagues from working in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province."
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Afghanistan: Taliban shuts women-run radio station for playing music durin
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In another repressive move, a women-run radio station in northeast Afghanistan has been shut down for playing music during the fasting month of Ramzan, Al Jazeera reported on Monday.
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As repression of Afghan women goes on under Taliban, global community urge
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
As the Taliban's continued repression of women in the nation, Nasir Ahmad Andisha, Afghanistan's permanent representative to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, criticised the Taliban's ban on women and girls attending school and called for women in Afghanistan to be given access to educa
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Women must be allowed to work, earn living in Afghanistan: USAID
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The situation of females in Afghanistan is already grim under the Taliban regime as they are not allowed to work or have access to fundamental rights in the country.
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Women in Afghanistan face financial hardships after being barred from work
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
The hardline Islamist policies of the Taliban for females of the country have barred them from work as a result of which the Afghan women are facing extreme economic difficulties which continue to surge with every passing day.
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Afghan women criticise Taliban's restrictions on employment
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
A former employee for the Administrative Reforms Commission, Farzia said that since losing her job, she has been faced with both financial and psychological problems.
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Restrictions on women would delay Kabul's international relations: US Stat
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
Patel said: "We have seen this now time and time again - denying them education, denying them the ability to work, denying them the ability to participate in the provision of humanitarian assistance that benefits all Afghans."
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Afghan women-run businesses on verge of collapse amid deepening Taliban re
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
UNHCR in a report highlighted that a considerable number of women's business centres have lost their clients and ceased operations throughout the country.
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