UNICEF, the United Nations Children’s Fund, has emphasized the right of women and girls in Afghanistan to access education on the occasion of Human Rights Day.
In a message posted on its X account, the organization stated that Afghan girls and women have been deprived of education for more than four years.
UNICEF stressed in its message that education is the right of all women and girls and is essential for their growth, health, and protection.
At the conclusion of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, UNICEF also called for the voices of adolescent girls in Afghanistan to be heard, adding that their voices are often ignored.
This comes as the current government, after taking control of Afghanistan, has barred women and girls from education. In its most recent restriction, it closed the doors of medical institutes to women and girls, even though the health sector across Afghanistan is facing a shortage of personnel.
This action by the current authorities has left millions of school-aged girls deprived of learning and education.
Additionally, women have been banned from going to gyms, restaurants, public bathhouses, being examined by male doctors, traveling without a male guardian, and working in domestic and international NGOs — and even in United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
