OCHA, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Afghanistan, has announced that challenges against the activities of female employees in domestic and international NGOs have increased.
This office stated today (Tuesday, January 1) in a recent survey that many women and girls across Afghanistan are no longer able to work from the office or in the field.
According to the survey conducted by OCHA, women and girls in Afghanistan were able to travel to service points earlier this year, but now this ability has been taken away from them.
In part of its report, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Afghanistan emphasized that there have not been significant changes in the activities of health institutions.
The survey noted that in September of this year, the percentage of women who could travel for humanitarian assistance was 64%, but it has now decreased to 52%.
This international organization has identified the government’s enforcement of morality and prohibition laws as one of these challenges and emphasized that this law has primarily hindered women’s activities.
According to the survey conducted by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for Afghanistan, 43% of aid organizations reported that some women have been forced to leave their jobs due to the restrictive orders of the current government.
This comes as, in a recent incident, the Ministry of Economy of the interim government, following an order from the group’s leader, has once again warned international organizations not to employ women and to prevent them from working in offices.
