UNITED NATIONS: Almost three years after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, women’s rights continue to be under attack, the United Nations said.
UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) spokesperson Liz Throssell revealed that in its latest act of disempowerment, the Taliban have told women civil servants prohibited from working that despite qualifications or experience, their salaries will now be cut to the lowest level.
The Taliban overtook Kabul in August 2021.
According to Ms. Throssell, authorities had told women they could return to work when “the necessary conditions” are in place, yet women have not received any information on when that might be.
But three years on, the UN said, steps to allow women civil servants to all return to the workplace have not been taken.
“This latest discriminatory and profoundly arbitrary decision further deepens the erosion of human rights in Afghanistan, following decisions to restrict women and girls’ access to education and employment, limit their freedom of movement, and curtail their presence in public spaces, effectively entrenching the exclusion of women from public life,” Ms. Spokesperson Throssell said.
Thursday also marks 1,000 days since the Taliban banned education for girls beyond the sixth grade – a “sad and sobering milestone”, according to the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF). –Agencies
