Afghan envoy to UN stresses importance of women’s education, participation in society

Kabul: Nasser Ahmed Andisha, Afghanistan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, stressed the importance of women’s education, work and participation in society on the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). News reported.

Tolo News is an Afghan news channel broadcast from Kabul.
The statement of the UDHR conference called on the international community to take necessary steps to address human rights violations in Afghanistan, especially in the field of women’s rights.

The statement said: “The Taliban must reverse its repressive policies, allowing women in Afghanistan to study, work, and participate in society. Their harsh rules, which include denying girls education beyond the primary level and restricting women’s freedom and employment, have led to an increase in suicides and suicide attempts among women since the Taliban took over.

According to Tolo News, gender apartheid is erasing women from society, undermining Afghanistan’s prospects for a peaceful and prosperous future.
However, the Taliban stressed the provision of human rights in the country and said the presence of a representative of Afghanistan at such conferences is a requirement.

Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said, “In the case of Afghanistan, if there is a meeting then the presence of Afghanistan is necessary so that the situation in Afghanistan can be explained more accurately.”

But some women workers do not consider such meetings meaningful.
“If there were meetings in Afghanistan or outside Afghanistan, especially with the world and the United Nations, they were limited to only slogans and speeches and were based on the same text; They never wanted to take action; They never wanted to live with the people of Afghanistan, especially the women. We hope the world will still listen to the voices of the Afghan people, especially women, and that the Taliban will also pay attention,” said Tafsir Sayaposh, a women’s rights activist.

Earlier, on World Human Rights Day, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan called on the current authorities in Afghanistan to accept and support human rights obligations as a cornerstone of Afghanistan’s stable, peaceful and prosperous future.