The organization Women for Afghanistan has recently announced that Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs will name a room after Afghan women and girls.
In a statement, the organization said that Spain’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, José Manuel Albares, made this announcement at the “Listen to Us” meeting. The Spanish foreign minister emphasized that the room will be named in honor of the struggle and resistance of Afghan women and girls.
The organization further noted that this room is the same venue where the first round of the “Listen to Us” meeting was held in 2022, during which a photograph was taken of the Afghan women participants.
Spain’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with the organization Women for Afghanistan, hosted the “Listen to Us” meeting to follow up on mechanisms for holding the de facto authorities accountable.
Women for Afghanistan also stated that around 50 women activists from Afghanistan participated in the meeting.
During the meeting, Spain’s foreign minister reiterated his support for Afghan women and girls and said that his country will never recognize the current authorities.
After taking control of Afghanistan, the current authorities have deprived women and girls of education. Most recently, they closed the doors of medical institutes to women and girls, despite the fact that the healthcare sector across Afghanistan is facing a severe shortage of personnel.
These actions by the current authorities have resulted in millions of female students being denied access to education.
In addition, women have been banned from going to sports clubs, restaurants, public baths, being examined by male doctors, traveling without a male guardian (mahram), and working in domestic and international non-governmental organizations, as well as even in United Nations offices in Afghanistan.
