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UN refugee agency seeks reversal of ban on women aid workers in Afghanista
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
More than 500 women staff work with UNHCR's 19 NGO partners in Afghanistan, serving nearly a million women and girls. The most recent restrictions will force the UN Refugee Agency to temporarily stop critical activities in support of Afghan people, especially women and children.
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Time-critical programmes' in Afghanistan suffer due to ban on women staff:
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The UN agencies in a joint statement urged the Taliban to reverse the decision banning women from working in NGOs and barring them from attending schools and universities.
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Blinken calls on Taliban to reverse ban on women working in NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Antony Blinken urged Taliban to reverse their decision of barring women from working in NGOs.
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Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan 'self-defeating': O
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha on Sunday expressed his "exacerbated concerns" over the Taliban's order banning women from working in all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Afghanistan. Taha described the ban on wome
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UN seeks clarity from Taliban over ban on women from working in NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
On Saturday, the Taliban regime ordered all local and foreign NGOs to stop female employees from coming to work in the country. The Taliban-led Ministry of Economy (MOE) ordered all national and international non-government organizations to suspend the jobs of female employees until further
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UN chief 'disturbed' by Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs in Afghani
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations and its partners, including national and international non-governmental organizations, are helping more than 28 million Afghans who depend on humanitarian aid to survive. The reported ban on women working with the international community to save lives and livelihoods in Af
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Afghan women protest against Taliban ban on university education of female
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
According to the videos circulating on social media, a group of women took to the street and marched around the province, chanting slogans like: "Education is our right", and "education for all or none".
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EU condemns Taliban ban on women working for NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The European Union on Saturday (local time) condemned the Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs and said that it was assessing the impact of its aid in Afghanistan.
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Taliban's ban on women's university studies contradicts with Sharia, says
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
The Grand Imam said that he "deeply" regrets the decision issued by the authorities in Afghanistan, preventing Afghan women's access to university education.
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Blinken raises concerns over China's Covid surge, Taliban's ban on women's
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday (local time) raised concern over the surging Covid cases in China, the Taliban banning women from universities and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.
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Islamic countries, US, condemn Taliban's decision to disallow women's righ
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamic countries -- Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Turkey -- and the US on Wednesday expressed concern and condemned the Taliban for disallowing women's right to education.
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US condemns Taliban's decision to ban women from universities, calls it "u
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
US State Department Spokesperson Ned Price called education an "internationally recognized human right" and warned that the Taliban's "unacceptable stance" will have consequences for them.
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