Three foreign aid groups — Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE — announce suspending their programmes in Afghanistan, saying 'men and women can equally continue our lifesaving assistance'
Afghan female university students stop by Taliban security personnel stand next to a university in Kabul on December 21, 2022.
Three foreign aid groups, including Save the Children, announced they were suspending their work in Afghanistan after the Taliban ordered all NGOs to stop their women staff from working, a statement said. "Whilst we gain clarity on this announcement, we are suspending our programmes, demanding that men and women can equally continue our lifesaving assistance in Afghanistan," Save the Children, Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE said in a joint statement on Sunday.
Norge Siste Nytt, Norge Overskrifter
Similar News:Du kan også lese nyheter som ligner på denne som vi har samlet inn fra andre nyhetskilder.
Taliban bars women from working at NGOs in AfghanistanThe move comes as Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian crisis, with near-universal poverty and more than two-thirds of Afghans expected to need humanitarian aid in 2023.
Les mer »
UN officials, Afghanistan NGOs to meet over Taliban ban of women staffTop officials from the United Nations and NGOs working in Afghanistan are meeting to discuss the way forward following the announcement of ban on women staff by the Taliban authorities.
Les mer »
Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOsThe Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women.
Les mer »
Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOsThe Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn’t wear the Islamic headscarf correctly. The ban was the latest restrictive move by Afghanistan’s new rulers against women’s rights and freedoms.
Les mer »
Taliban Orders NGOs to Ban WomenThe letter from the Ministry of Economy announcing the edict threatened to cancel the license of any organization that refuses to fall in line.
Les mer »
Taliban orders NGOs to stop women from coming to workAfghanistan’s Taliban-run government ordered nongovernmental organizations to prevent female employees from reporting to work after it had “received complaints” that women were not following strict dress codes, a spokesman for the Economic Ministry says.
Les mer »