The UN has announced that it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers
The United Nations announced Wednesday it has suspended some of its “time-critical” programs in Afghanistan in the wake of the Taliban’s ban on female NGO workers. In a joint statement released by UN aid chief Martin Griffiths and other humanitarian groups, it warned that further activities will likely need to be paused as it cannot deliver “principled” humanitarian assistance without female aid workers.
“We urge the de facto authorities to reconsider and reverse this directive, and all directives banning women from schools, universities and public life. “No country can afford to exclude half of its population from contributing to society.” The Taliban last week ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations to stop their female employees from coming to work and suspended university education for all female students in the country.
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