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Ex-President Karzai calls for reopening schools, universities for girls in
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Former President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai met the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative in Afghanistan and head of UNAMA, Roza Otenbayeva and stressed the urgent need for reopening schools and universities for girls in Afghanistan.
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UAE and United States issue joint statement on situation of women and girl
Updated : 1 year, 6 months ago IST
The UAE and the United States reiterated their commitments to supporting the promotion and protection of the rights of women and girls, underscoring that these issues were critical to a durable and economically viable Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan has turned into "graveyard of girls' hopes" under Taliban: UN
Updated : 1 year, 10 months ago IST
Amid restrictions imposed on women, and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban, the United Nations has said that the country has become a graveyard of girls' hopes.
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Taliban's decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annually
Updated : 2 years ago IST
US special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, emphasised that the Taliban's restrictive decrees on women and girls in Afghanistan are costing the nation more than USD 1 billion annually, reported Khaama Press.
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Former President Karzai calls for reopening schools, universities for girl
Updated : 2 years ago IST
Former Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called upon the Taliban regime to allow girls back into schools and universities, and stressed that active involvement of both men and women is essential to Afghanistan's future, reported Khaama Press.
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UN women's division urges international community to stand with Afghan gir
Updated : 2 years, 2 months ago IST
The United Nations Women's Division has urged the international community to hear the voices of women and girls in Afghanistan, Afghanistan-based Khaama Press reported. The organisation called on nations to support Afghan women and girls and invest in their resistance.
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UNAMA reiterates its commitment to rights of women, girls in Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
As women and girls continue to face denial of basic human rights under the Taliban in Afghanistan, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has reiterated its commitment to the rights of women and girls in the country on the occasion of World Human Rights Day, according t
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Ban on education, work drives girls and young women away from Afghanistan
Updated : 2 years, 3 months ago IST
The restrictions placed on women and girls in Afghanistan have prompted them to move away from Afghanistan, leading to their migration at a fast pace, Khaama Press reported.
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UNAMA head Roza Otunbayeva criticizes violation of rights of Afghan women,
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) head Roza Otunbayeva has criticised the violation of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, TOLO News reported.
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"Taliban's harsh restrictions on women, denial of rights in Afghanistan mu
Updated : 2 years, 4 months ago IST
The UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J. Mohammed, has called for an assessment of the Taliban's stringent restrictions on women and girls in Afghanistan as well as the denial of fundamental rights granted by divine principles , TOLO News reported.
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'International community has betrayed Afghan women': UN special rapporteur
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amid the worsening women's rights situation in Afghanistan, the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett said that women and girls in Afghanistan have lost trust in the global community and the international community has betrayed Afghan women, reported Khaama Press.
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Amnesty Int'l calls on Taliban to reopen secondary schools for girls in Af
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Amnesty International has called on Taliban Afghanistan to take immediate steps to reopen secondary schools for girls in Afghanistan, according to TOLOnews.
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