UN urges support for Afghan women’s aid five years into Taliban rule

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Live Click here to searchsearchSign upNews|Women's RightsUN urges support for Afghan women’s aid five years into Taliban ruleMore than half of women’s organisations still operating in Afghanistan could cease operations within the next year, UN Women warns.

Susan Ferguson, UN Women’s special representative in Afghanistan, appealed to donor countries on Friday not to cut funding for women’s programmes, saying to do so would only deepen the suffering of Afghan women.

list 1 of 3Deadliest form of malnutrition has reached critical levels in Afghanistan.

A UNESCO afirma que 2,4 milhões de meninas afegãs são negadas o acesso à educação superior.

list 3 of 3Nearly 4 million Afghan children ‘acutely malnourished’.

More than half of 74 women’s organisations surveyed in April are likely to have to suspend operations or close in the next year due to funding problems, Ferguson said.

The UN’s call comes as the Taliban marks five years since US forces withdrew from the country, effectively handing back power to the group in August 2021, after 20 years of war.

Bright white flags of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have been installed this week across the Afghan capital Kabul, with new murals declaring: “Independence is a sign of dignity, pride and identity”.

O Talibã também está sediando uma partida de críquete como parte das celebrações – mas, assim como grande parte da vida pública no Afeganistão, mulheres e meninas são proibidas de participar.

Crippling restrictions for Afghan women.

The Taliban has imposed more than 100 decrees restricting women’s rights since returning to power, affecting nearly every aspect of their daily lives, from education and employment to freedom of movement, healthcare and access to justice, Ferguson said.

Despite repeated Taliban promises to find an ideologically compliant way for them to attend school, girls are still banned from secondary schools and women from universities.

More than half of 3,200 women surveyed by UN Women said they now leave their homes only once or twice a month.

Sete em cada 10 mulheres descreveram sua saúde mental como ruim ou muito ruim, disse Ferguson.

On Friday, a group of 56 countries, including Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Lebanon, the United States and the United Arab Emirates, issued a joint statement at the UN renewing calls on the Taliban to reverse restrictions on women and girls, saying its “systematic repression of women and girls has become a defining feature of the current system”.

Five years of Taliban rule have left wider Afghan society facing a slew of other challenges.

More than half of primary school-aged children are out of school, and child malnutrition has reached critical levels in a third of Afghanistan’s provinces, according to the UN World Food Programme.

A infraestrutura do país foi danificada por uma série de terremotos e inundações mortais que também mataram milhares.

While deaths from “terrorism” have fallen precipitously since the Taliban took power, according to data compiled by the South Asia Terrorism Portal, the country has become embroiled in a series of deadly border confrontations with its neighbours in both Iran and Pakistan.

The country also remains relatively diplomatically isolated, with Russia being the only country worldwide to formally recognise Taliban rule.

• A UNESCO afirma que 2,4 milhões de meninas afegãs são negadas o acesso à educação.