8am: The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) says that restricting women from working costs the Afghan economy $1 billion. The aid group tweeted on Friday (November 18th) that Afghanistan is estimated to lose $1 billion due to restrictions on women’s right to work. Following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, women’s freedom to work has been
Ariana: The United Nations has announced that 79% of Afghan people do not have access to heating equipment in the coming winter. Aleksandar Bodiroza, Representative of United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in Afghanistan tweeted Wednesday that, “79 percent of the country’s people do not have access to heating equipment.” He also said that survival in
Khaama: Following the unjustified detention of several women activists in Kabul, the Afghan capital, the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) demanded that the Taliban provide an explanation for its actions. The UNAMA demanded “reasons” for Zarifa Yaqoubi and other activists’ “continued” detention on Wednesday, November 16, in a statement on its social media
Margaret Besheer VOA News November 10, 2022 The United Nations General Assembly called on Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities Thursday to reverse their policies and practices restricting the human rights and fundamental freedoms of Afghan women and girls. “Afghanistan is now the only state in the world that would deny girls their full right to education,” General
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi November 4, 2022 The United Nations human rights office has voiced concern over the detention of five people after the Taliban disrupted a press conference in Kabul intended to launch a new women’s movement. One woman, Zarifa Yaqobi, and four male colleagues were arrested at the event and remained in detention
Hindustan Times: In a tweet, the UN refugee agency in Afghanistan wrote, “UNHCR Afghanistan is moving swiftly to provide 1000 earthquake-resilient houses to more than 8000 people in Barmal District before snows isolate the remote region.” The houses will be handed over to the victims of the earthquake, the UNHCR said in a thread of
8am: The United Nations Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for Afghanistan has traveled to Panjshir while this morning dozens of residents of the Peryan district of this province, including women, protested in response to the harassment of civilians by the Taliban. The Taliban, however, dispersed the protestors with aerial shots. Click here to read more
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 16, 2022 The United Nations’ new special representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbaeva has met with high-ranked officials of the Taliban-led government to discuss a “broad range of issues, including international assistance, drug abuse, and the importance of girls’ education,” the UN said on October 16. According to the UN Assistance Mission in
Khaama: Abdul Salam Hanafi, the deputy prime minister of the Taliban, stated during a meeting with Richard Bennett, the UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, that human rights violations in Afghanistan are mere “Facebook rumors.” The UN special rapporteur on the situation of Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, whose mandate was extended
Margaret Besheer VOA News October 10, 2022 NEW YORK — The U.N. General Assembly will vote Tuesday to admit 14 countries to the 47-member Human Rights Council; among them are some candidates with poor rights records, including Afghanistan and Venezuela. Seventeen candidate countries from five regional groups are running, but only two groups — Asia-Pacific and