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1 year ago - 232 Visits

The Secretary General of Amnesty International has reacted to the third Doha meeting and says that the Doha meeting has no validity without the participation of human rights defenders, women and regardless of human rights issues. Agnes Kalamar, Secretary General of Amnesty International, published a message in a message saying that the rights of Afghan women and girls are not negotiable and they should be at the center of the United Nations meeting in Doha. Mrs. Kalamar emphasized in her message that if the human rights crisis in Afghanistan is not properly investigated and women's rights defenders and other relevant stakeholders from the Afghan civil society do not participate, the credibility of the meeting will be in danger. He added that abandoning fundamental discussions about human rights is unacceptable. He said that surrendering to the conditions of the caretaker government to guarantee their participation in the Doha meeting brings the risk of legitimizing the repression system; A system that brutally excluded all women from the society and destroyed their fundamental rights. It should be said that the Doha meeting is scheduled to be held on June 30 and July 1 hosted by the United Nations in Qatar. Also, the caretaker government officials expressed their readiness to participate in the Doha meeting after long talks with the UN representatives. The UN Secretary General's representative had said that the new format was the only way forward. According to him, this is not the last Doha meeting and the process of talks will continue.

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1 year ago - 237 Visits

In the latest case, the United Nations has published a report stating that women journalists in Afghanistan are facing severe restrictions since the current government took over the country. The United Nations has stated that the basic rights and freedoms of women and girls in Afghanistan are still severely limited. The United Nations report on Afghanistan states that on March 20 of this year, with the start of the new school year in the country, girls above the sixth grade were still banned and could not go to school this year. The United Nations emphasized that in the ceremony to start the new school year in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Education of the current government, in its invitation to the media for media coverage of the program, ordered female journalists not to participate in the program due to "lack of suitable place". The organization said that women journalists in Afghanistan face severe restrictions and their basic freedoms, including access to information and freedom of movement, are severely restricted. The United Nations says that journalists and media workers are being arbitrarily detained, and the broadcasts of two television channels have also been suspended. Also, in another part of this report, it is stated that the officials and soldiers of the previous government of Afghanistan are still threatened by the current government, which includes arbitrary arrests, torture, ill-treatment and execution. The United Nations report on Afghanistan states that in February of this year, the current government executed three people publicly and said that these executions were carried out by three high courts and with the approval of the leader of the caretaker government. It should be noted that while this report is being presented at the UN Security Council meeting, the third UN meeting on Afghanistan will be held in Doha, the capital of Qatar, in two weeks. It is said that representatives of Afghan women and civil society were not invited to the third Doha meeting.

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1 year ago - 354 Visits

Nasir Ahmad Faiq, head of Afghanistan's delegation to the United Nations, reacted to the third Doha meeting and called the absence of civil society representatives and Afghan women and girls disappointing. In his speech at the UN Security Council, Mr. Faiq said that it is disappointing that the political process and human rights are not included in the agenda of the third Doha meeting as two important issues in their discussions, and representatives of civil society and women will not be present at the discussion table. had He stressed that this is seen as a departure from essential issues and international obligations, including Security Council resolutions. He further added that this issue as another setback indicates normalization without any noticeable changes in Afghanistan. The Head of Afghanistan's Mission to the United Nations says: "We reiterate that any discussion about the future of the Afghan people without addressing the main issues and concerns, including national legitimacy, Islamic and fundamental rights of all citizens, including women, girls and minority groups, and "Security threats such as extremism, terrorism and drugs that have contributed to the current stalemate will not achieve tangible results." It should be said that the third meeting of the special representatives of the countries in the affairs of Afghanistan, hosted by the United Nations, is scheduled to be held on the 10th and 11th of the month of Cancer in Doha, Qatar. According to reports, the subject of the official meetings in Doha are economic issues and the fight against drugs. Human rights and women's organizations emphasize women's participation and say that the main focus of the meeting should be women's rights. Faiq has also emphasized to ensure that Afghan women participate in all political discussions, including the Doha process. He said: "We should not ignore the legitimate demands of the Afghan people, especially Afghan women and girls, and normalize the gender apartheid regime in Afghanistan." He also emphasized in a part of his speech that the people of Afghanistan are tired of conflict and war and long for lasting peace, security and prosperity. This is only possible through a legitimate, accountable and comprehensive governance system based on the rule of law, justice and the will of the people and the protection of the basic rights and freedoms of all citizens and Afghanistan's international obligations.

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1 year ago - 238 Visits

The United Nations has published a new study on the impact of banning the work of Afghan women in 127 non-governmental organizations and United Nations agencies in 34 provinces. The findings of this survey show that now 18% of female employees of foreign institutions work from their homes. The Working Group on Gender in Humanitarian Action and the Humanitarian Access Group published the results of the seventh round of their survey aimed at investigating the operational trends after the order banning women from working in international institutions. The report found that 18 percent of female employees in surveyed organizations now work from home, a 6 percent decrease from the previous report in September. It is also stated in the section of the report that 45% of the respondents said that they work with women and men to some extent; While 27% work entirely with men and women. It is further stated that women's access to work and assistance is still affected by several obstacles imposed by various ministries of the current government. 60% of the respondents said that they face problems in registering new projects with awareness raising components, which are of particular importance to reach women and girls. Half of the responding organizations have problems registering projects related to female employees. The gender working group in humanitarian action and the humanitarian access group have said in this report that the "dress code" for women by the current government has also affected the work process of various institutions in Afghanistan. 60% of organizations reported to this organization that female employees censor their movements due to the fear of being caught. The evaluation of these institutions shows that various obstacles from the current government have affected the meaningful participation of women, both as employees and as recipients of aid. Also, 66% of the respondents said that more than ever, working from home has affected the ability of their female employees to interact with other team members. Meanwhile, the current government banned women's work in international institutions on December 24, 2022. Before this, various international institutions have warned that banning women from working in these institutions has affected the process of providing aid, especially for women and girls.

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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recently announced that six athletes from Afghanistan, including three women and three men, will participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. Mark Adams, the spokesperson of the International Olympic Committee, raised this issue in a press conference and said that the male athletes of Afghanistan will compete in the disciplines of shower, swimming and judo. Mark Adams says that Afghan female athletes will participate in running and cycling. He added that the formation of the gender-based team is a message to the caretaker government, which has limited the access of Afghan women and girls to sports. "We made it clear that we wanted a gender-equal team and that's what we got," he stressed. Adams says that none of the current government officials will be allowed to participate in the 2024 Paris Olympics. The spokesperson of the International Olympic Committee said: "There will be no place for the current government officials in Paris itself. "No representative of the Afghan government will be eligible for the 2024 Olympic Games." This is despite the fact that the International Olympic Committee had previously announced that it is negotiating with the National Olympic Committee of Afghanistan and also with the sports authorities with the aim of removing the current restrictions on the access of women and young girls to sports in the country. It should be said that the 2024 Olympics will be held from 26 July to 11 August (5 to 21 August) and the 2024 Paris Paralympics will be held from 28 August to 8 September (7 to 18 August) in Paris, the capital of France. It should be noted that Afghan sports have not been spared from the strict measures of the current government and all sports fields in the women's section have faced severe restrictions.

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1 year ago - 333 Visits

The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has announced that forced displacement in the world continued to increase in the first four months of 2024, and at the end of April this year, it exceeded 120 million people. This organization published a report today (Thursday, 24th of Gemini) and said that at the end of 2023, the number of forced refugees in the world was 117.3 million people. The report states that for 12 consecutive years, the number of forced refugees has been increasing around the world. This international organization has named war, violence, harassment, human rights violations and events that severely disrupt public order as the main causes of forced displacement of people in the world. The report quoted Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, as writing that behind the high and rising numbers lay "countless humanitarian tragedies". He emphasized: "This suffering should force the international community to take immediate action to deal with the root causes of forced displacement." The report states that in 2023, more than 1.7 million people, which constitutes 75% of the population of the Gaza Strip, have been displaced by the war, and some of them have been forced to flee several times. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has said that the war in Sudan created one of the world's largest humanitarian and displacement crises, and at the end of the year, 10.8 million people were forcibly displaced in this country. Forced refugees in Afghanistan It is also stated in the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees that a total of 10.9 million Afghan citizens remained displaced at the end of 2023. It follows that almost most of them have been displaced within their own country or to neighboring countries. It said that in 2023, the number of Afghan refugees increased by 741,400 and reached 6.4 million. This organization says that this increase is mainly due to new estimates of the population of Afghan refugees in Iran and Pakistan. This organization emphasized that the opportunities for the sustainable return of migrants and refugees to Afghanistan are still limited; Half of the country's population is facing severe food insecurity and millions of people are internally displaced. It should be said that the process of expelling Afghan refugees and asylum seekers from Iran and Pakistan is going on vigorously and thousands of people from these two countries enter Afghanistan every day.

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At the same time as the 1,000-day ban on girls' education above the sixth grade by the caretaker government, Catherine Russell, the executive director of UNICEF, or the United Nations Children's Fund, says that children, especially girls, cannot be held hostage to politics. Mrs. Russell today (Thursday, 24th of Gemini) by publishing a newsletter on the occasion of the passing of a thousand days of the ban on girls' education above the sixth grade, said that the passing of a thousand days of the ban on girls' education is described as "a sad and worrying milestone". He emphasized that three billion hours of educational opportunities for girls have been lost in these thousand days. He added: "For 1.5 million girls, this systematic deprivation is not only a clear violation of their right to education, but also leads to a decrease in opportunities and deterioration of their mental health." The executive director of UNICEF stated that the effect of the ban on girls' education goes beyond them and exacerbates the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan and has serious consequences for the country's economy and development path. The executive director of the United Nations Children's Fund said that education not only provides opportunities for girls, but also protects them from early marriage, malnutrition and other health problems, and builds resilience against disasters such as floods, droughts and earthquakes, which often occur in Afghanistan. Occurs, strengthens. Mrs. Russell added that her colleagues are working hard to support all children in Afghanistan and together with the partners of this organization, she has provided the foundation of primary education for 2.7 million children. In a part of his statement, the executive director of UNICEF said that they have also set up community-based educational classes for 600,000 children, two-thirds of whom are girls. He emphasized that they are doing everything they can to maintain Afghanistan's educational infrastructure. He also asked the caretaker government to immediately allow all children to resume learning and asked the international community to continue supporting girls' education. Mrs. Russell said: "No country can move forward when half its population remains behind." This is despite the fact that the caretaker government after taking control of Afghanistan, first closed girls' schools, but the Ministry of Education of this group announced in the third month of Hajl 1401 that schools for girls above the sixth grade are closed until further notice. After that, girls were banned from studying in universities and private schools were also closed to them.

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