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Hundreds of women demonstrated outside the UN offices in New York on Sunday (local time) in protest of the Taliban’s violations of human and women’s rights in Afghanistan.
A number of female leaders at the United Nations General Assembly in New York have spoken out in support of Afghan women and girls, saying that their rights should not be taken away and that the Taliban should stop using violence.
In a joint statement released on Friday, female political leaders from around the world urged the Taliban to stop from violence against women and to maintain and enhance the rights of girls and women in Afghanistan. “We will continue to closely follow developments and listen to the opinions of Afghan women and girls,” the women leaders said in a joint statement issued by President Zuzana and Prime Minister Katrn Jakobsdóttir of Iceland. Following the departure of military forces from Afghanistan, the leaders asked the international community to pay particular attention to the plight and rights of Afghanistan’s most vulnerable people.
“We specifically urge Afghan authorities to prevent all forms of violence against women and girls,” they stated. In talks with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, these lawmakers emphasised the importance of Afghan women and girls retaining their rights, and they urged others to join them in supporting the campaign.President of Slovakia Zuzana remarked that Afghan women and girls have gained rights in the last two decades and that this progress must be preserved. “Girls and women in Afghanistan have been able to use their legal rights for the past two decades. This is something that should not be taken away from you. We have issued a call to support Afghan girls and women in collaboration with Iceland’s prime minister, New Zealand’s prime minister, and other female political leaders,” she said.
Meanwhile, hundreds of women demonstrated outside the United Nations headquarters in New York on Sunday, protesting what they called Taliban violations of human and women’s rights in Afghanistan. “Women make up half the world,” said Fatima Rahmati, an Afghan woman protester living in the United States. So, when you start (not letting them) work, the consequences are severe.” Protests are also taking place in other nations.“My message to other Afghan women is that we never lose hope,” Semona Lanzoni, an Afghan woman living in Italy and taking part in a protest, said. We’ll fight for it and take it.” A number of campaigners and women’s rights advocates in Afghanistan have stated that they are unable to continue their work.
Roya Afghanyar, an Afghan woman who has worked as a women’s rights activist for 20 years, claimed she has been unable to continue her job since the last government collapsed. “Women live in appalling circumstances. They no longer have the right to an education or a job. “This so-called Afghan government should grant us our rights,” she remarked. “Women are locked at home following the demise of the previous government. In Afghanistan, we’re like captives. Keya Sadat, a civil society activist, expressed her disappointment.
“The UN should focus on the constraints that the Taliban has imposed on the people of Afghanistan, especially women,” said Shakila Mujadadi, a women’s rights advocate. In the meantime, the Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) said its efforts to protect women’s rights are continuing. Banafsha Yaqoubi, an AIHRC commissioner, said, “We ask the international community and Afghanistan’s new administration to uphold women’s rights and not allow women to become victims.”On Sunday, a group of women demonstrated outside Kabul’s former women’s affairs ministry. However, the Taliban prohibited the demonstration from being covered by the media.
