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Afghan women’s ingenuity and dynamism are needed urgently to help relieve profound and staggering economic and humanitarian needs. A stable, economically viable, and peaceful Afghanistan is only attainable and eco friendly if all Afghans, including women and girls, can completely, equally, and meaningfully take part in and contribute to the country’s future and development.
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The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, the Governments of Australia, Canada, Italy, Germany, Italy, Japan, holland, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, as well as the United Kingdom, and the High Associated with the European Union on the occasion from the Taliban’s decision to ban women from universities.
The particular Foreign Ministers of Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italia, Japan, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the Usa and the High Representative of the European Union strongly condemn the Taliban’s recent decisions to prohibit women from universities, to keep to bar girls through secondary schools, and to inflict other harsh restrictions to the ability of women and girls in Afghanistan to exercise their human rights plus fundamental freedoms.
The Taliban’s oppressive actions against Afghan girls plus women have been relentless plus systemic. Over the last sixteen months, the Taliban have got issued no fewer than 16 decrees and edicts that, among other things, constrain women’s flexibility, remove women from workplaces, require head-to-toe coverings for females, ban women from using general public spaces such as parks and gyms and leave widows and women-headed households in dire circumstances by the dependence on male guardianship. These types of policies make clear the Taliban’s disregard for the human legal rights and fundamental freedoms from the people of Afghanistan.
We stand using Afghans in their demand to exercise their human rights consistent with Afghanistan’s obligations under international law. Using these moves, the Taliban are further isolating themselves from the Afghan population and the international community. We urge the Taliban to immediately abandon the new oppressive actions with respect to university education for women and girls and to, immediately, reverse the existing decision in order to prohibit girls’ access to supplementary school.
Taliban policies designed to erase females from public life will have consequences for how our countries engage with the Taliban. Our foremost issue will continue to be the welfare, legal rights, and freedoms of the individuals of Afghanistan.
