Afghanistan Peace Campaign29 Sept 2023
Speaking at a press conference, he said that “keeping the girls” out of their schools is not going to strengthen the country.
The president of the 78th session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Dennis Francis, called on the “Taliban to reconsider” policies regarding the education and work of women and girls in Afghanistan.
Speaking at a press conference, he said that “keeping the girls” out of their schools is not going to strengthen the country.
“Women and girls have unalienable rights, human rights that must be upheld and honored. So I would urge the Afghan authorities to reconsider the policy and allow girls to go to school to get an education. So that they can play a role in the development of the community and the society,” Francis said.
The Islamic Emirate said that the Islamic Emirate does not oppose the rights of education for girls and that efforts are underway to reach a “proper and logical stance” in this regard.
“We deny that the ground for their education will not be paved or that we are against education but we are working on a procedure which will take some time, ” said Zabiullah Mujahid, Islamic Emirate’s Spokesman.
However, a women’s rights activist said that the international community lacks a practical process to take actions in support of female education in Afghanistan.
“They should stop talking and making statements. They should take practical actions, so that the situation of women and girls improves in Afghanistan. Currently, they are seeing all issues about women through statements, said Frozan Daudzai, a women’s rights activist.
Earlier, the UN special rapporteur for Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, said that the “Afghan women must be meaningfully included with policy decisions … made within Afghanistan or by the international community.”