Afghanistan: Women tell UN rights experts ‘we’re alive, but not living’

Afghanistan: Women tell UN rights experts ‘we’re alive, but not living’

“We are alarmed about widespread mental health issues and accounts of escalating suicides among women and girls,” they said in a joint statement. “This extreme situation of institutionalized gender-based discrimination in Afghanistan is unparalleled anywhere in the world.” ‘Extreme’ discrimination Since the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan in 2021, de facto authorities have issued a…

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Despite the Saudi permission, Pakistani women pilgrims are deprived of great facilities

Despite the Saudi permission, Pakistani women pilgrims are deprived of great facilities

This year, Pakistani men and women will perform Jah under the old Hajj policy, Ministry of Religious Affairs: Photo: Saudi Ministry of Media Islamabad: Pakistani women will not be able to perform Hajj without Muharram this year. Despite Saudi Arabia allowing women to perform Hajj without Muharram, Pakistani women will perform Hajj under previous rules….

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The international community is concerned about the non-inclusion of Afghan women in the mainstream of society, Antonio Gutierrez

The international community is concerned about the non-inclusion of Afghan women in the mainstream of society, Antonio Gutierrez

File photo United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says that the international community is concerned about Afghanistan’s stability, terrorism, drug trafficking and the lack of inclusion of Afghan women in the mainstream of society. On the occasion of the two-day meeting of the United Nations on the situation in Afghanistan in Doha, the capital of…

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Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’

Afghanistan: Guterres says women worker ban ‘unacceptable and puts lives in jeopardy’

Secretary-General António Guterres was speaking to reporters in Doha, Qatar, after convening an international meeting of Special Envoys on Afghanistan. He said they had agreed on the need for a “strategy of engagement” with the Taliban, to help the country’s most vulnerable people. No question of Taliban recognition Mr. Guterres made clear that the gathering had not focussed…

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Security Council passes resolution against restrictions on women in Afghanistan

Security Council passes resolution against restrictions on women in Afghanistan

The world’s oldest newspaper announced to stop publication The world’s oldest newspaper has announced to stop publication. According to the Arab media from Vienna, the Austrian newspaper Wiener Tsätting started publication in 1703 under the patronage of the government. setTimeout(function(){ !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s) {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod? n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)}; if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version=’2.0′; n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0; t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,’script’, ‘https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/fbevents.js’); fbq(‘init’, ‘836181349842357’); fbq(‘track’, ‘PageView’); }, 6000); /*setTimeout(function(){…

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Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN

Afghanistan: Security Council condemns Taliban’s ban on women working for UN

The resolution passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York, calls for the “full, equal, meaningful and safe participation of women and girls in Afghanistan”, and urges all countries and organisations with influence on the fundamentalist rulers of the country, “to promote an urgent reversal” of policies which have in effect erased women from public…

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