Ban on Afghan Women’s Right To Work Impacts Delivery of Food & Medicine, Says Blinken
Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, said that banning women from work has impacted the delivery of food, medicine, and other needs of Afghan women and girls. Blinken has condemned the Taliban's order to ban the right to education and work of Afghan women.
In his recorded speech to the United Nations Human Rights Council, Blinken described the Taliban's order to ban girls from entering secondary schools and universities as part of the Taliban-controlled severe repression of women and girls in Afghanistan.
The US Secretary of State referred to the Taliban's order to ban women's work in non-governmental organisations and said that 29 million people depend on humanitarian aid for their survival in Afghanistan.
The Taliban imposed severe restrictions on girls and women after they have taken control of Afghanistan in August 2021. According to these Taliban orders, girls do not have the right to education in schools or universities.
