EU Official Admires Afghan Women’s Resilience
Raffaella Iodice, Chargé d'Affaires of the European Union Delegation to Afghanistan, expressed admiration for the resilience of Afghan women in a message commemorating International Women's Day.
On Friday, Iodice wrote on her X social media platform, "I congratulate my Afghan sisters for their resilience, strength, and achievements all along."
“If women are working together - united, informed, and educated – they can bring real change and prosperity,” she said.
Following the takeover of power in August 2021, the Taliban imposed extensive restrictions on women. Over the past two and a half years, human rights advocates inside and outside Afghanistan have called for the repeal of these restrictions.
Despite the ongoing suppression of protests by the Taliban, advocacy and demonstrations continue. In the most recent incident on Friday, a group of young women in Takhar marched through the streets, voicing slogans against the Taliban.
Videos received by Afghanistan International show women in the march stating that on International Women's Day, Afghan women are imprisoned. They chanted, "Anti-women government be overthrown”.
