The United Nations Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan has recently announced that since 2021 it has supported more than four million women in the country.
In a message posted today (Thursday, March 12 ) on its X account, the fund wrote that this number of women and girls have received assistance through programs supported by the fund.
The United Nations Special Trust Fund for Afghanistan further emphasized that it supports and stands by women and girls who contribute to their communities.
It is worth noting that various United Nations agencies have paid increased attention to women after 2021, following the restrictions imposed by the caretaker government.
This comes as the government has deprived women and girls in Afghanistan of education, employment, and personal freedoms.
After taking control of Afghanistan, the current government barred women and girls from education and studies. In its latest restriction, it also closed the doors of medical institutes to girls and women, despite the fact that the health sector across Afghanistan faces a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current government has caused millions of female students to remain deprived of education.
In addition, women have been banned from going to gyms, restaurants, and public bathhouses, being examined by male doctors, traveling without a mahram, and working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations, as well as even in United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
