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India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India has noted reports of suspension of access to universities for Afghan women, and girls, as well as a ban on female employees of NGOs and international organizations from going to work with utmost "concern", India's Permanent Ambassador to UN, Ruchira Kamboj, said on Wednesday, adding
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Afghanistan: A no women's land
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Ever since the American forces left Afghanistan in August 2021, and the Taliban grasped power, the country gradually started to change into a prison for women.
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End destructive policies against Afghan women, UN rights chief urges
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
On 24 December, the de facto authorities issued a decree banning women from working in NGOs, TOLOnews reported. This came after they had already suspended university education for women and secondary schooling for girls until what they termed further notice.
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NGO leaders say Taliban order to stop women to work in Afghanistan crosses
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
After the Taliban ordered a ban on NGOs employing women in Afghanistan, several humanitarian organizations like CARE and Save the Children have said that it has crossed a humanitarian red line, Khaama Press reported.
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Taliban's ban on women working for NGOs in Afghanistan 'self-defeating': O
Updated : 3 years, 3 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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'Taliban ban temporary, but impact will be extremely high': Afghanistan NG
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Following a decision by the Taliban regime to ban women from working at non-governmental organisations, four major international aid groups suspended their operations in Afghanistan on Sunday.
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3 foreign NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban ban women
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Foreign aid groups have suspended their work in Afghanistan in the wake of a recent decree by the Taliban, banning women from working in international and local non-governmental organisations (NGOs).
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Devastating for Afghan people: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tal
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voiced grave concerns over the Taliban regime's decisions to ban women from jobs in Afghanistan.
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UN seeks clarity from Taliban over ban on women from working in NGOs
Updated : 3 years, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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, 3 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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