The United Nations has recently stated that for millions of girls and women around the world, rights exist only on paper rather than in practice.
In a message published today (Wednesday, March 4) on the occasion of International Women’s Solidarity Day through its official X account, the organization wrote that justice must be accessible, implemented, and real.
In part of its message, the United Nations called for collective efforts to achieve justice for women that is practical in nature and not limited merely to legal texts.
This comes as millions of women and girls in Afghanistan also lack access to their fundamental rights, and in recent years, many rights for women have not even remained on paper.
The United Nations raised this issue while noting that the current government, after taking control of Afghanistan, has deprived women and girls of education and learning opportunities. In its latest restriction, the authorities also closed the doors of medical institutes to girls and women, despite the fact that the healthcare sector across Afghanistan is facing a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current government has resulted in millions of female students being deprived of education.
In addition, women have been banned from going to gyms, restaurants, and public bathhouses, from being examined by male doctors, from traveling without a male guardian, and from working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations, as well as even in United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
