RASC News Agency: The United States’ representative at the United Nations Security Council, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, noted during the council’s latest session that Afghanistani girls confront coerced marriages and meticulously orchestrated violence in their homeland.
On Thursday, April 4th, international media outlets reported that Linda, speaking at a special session of the United Nations Security Council focused on “Children and Armed Conflicts,” shed light on the plight of Afghanistani girls and young women. She emphasized that young boys are coerced into becoming “child soldiers” and are subjected to sexual violence. Moreover, the American delegate in this council elucidated that Afghanistani girls encounter meticulously planned violence, including early marriages, sexual violence, and educational discrimination.
Simultaneously, representatives from other member nations responded to the ongoing situation by addressing aid for girls and young boys in Afghanistan. Among them, Nicolas de Rivière, the French representative, highlighted the challenges posed by gender discrimination against Afghanistani women to aid workers, impeding assistance to women and girls. The Swiss representative also underscored the detrimental impact of gender-based discrimination orchestrated by the Taliban on aid workers, particularly affecting children’s services.
In this session, Rina Amiri, the United States’ special representative on women and human rights in Afghanistan, described the closure of schools and universities to girls in the country as “disturbing,” characterizing it as an exceptional circumstance for women globally.
Previously, in a session titled “Rebuilding Security from the Perspective of Women Living under Taliban Rule,” Rina Amiri had emphasized that Afghanistani girls still cannot access education despite the commencement of Afghanistan school lessons.
