RASC: Richard Bennett, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in Afghanistan and the Working Group on Discrimination against Women and Girls have focused on the situation of women and systematic discrimination against them in the fields of work and education in Afghanistan in a new report.
This report was published on the website of the United Nations on Thursday, June 15.
Mr. Bennett said in an untimely tweet on Thursday that he will present this joint report to the 53rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council on Monday next week.
He further said that this report reflects the voice of Afghanistani women.
The report describes the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan under the rule of the Taliban in detail.
This report was prepared based on interviews with 79 people, including 51 women, and based on a survey that was launched in May.
In this survey, there were 2,112 women participated in eighteen provinces of Afghanistan.
In the report, the orders, decisions and procedures of the Taliban group regarding restrictions on girls’ education and ban on women’s work are mentioned.
The report states that Afghanistan is the only country in the world where women’s rights are widely violated.
After the Taliban took over in August 2021, female students above the sixth grade were banned from going to school. The Taliban closed universities to girls at the end of last year.
The Taliban have also banned women from working in domestic and foreign non-governmental institutions and United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
Restrictions have been imposed on women going to amusement parks and women’s bathrooms.
The Taliban have consistently said that they are committed to women’s rights within the framework of Islamic Sharia and Afghanistan traditions.
In a part of the report, the standing of women in Afghanistan against the restrictions imposed on them has been praised and the Taliban group has been asked to comply with all the international obligations in the field of human rights that Afghanistan has accepted.
In the report, the Taliban group is also asked to cancel their orders and decisions against women and girls.
In the report, the international community is also asked to be involved in the Afghanistan situation and to take strong steps to support the accountability of human rights violators.
