Afghanistan: Women’s full participation in public and political life is crucial | UN Human Rights Experts (Sept 15, 2021)

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Press Release by United Nations Human Rights Experts

GENEVA (15 September 2021) - Women’s full and equal participation in public and political life in Afghanistan is essential to addressing the multiple crises confronting the country and must be seen as a guarantee of their human rights, UN experts* said today.

The experts specifically pointed to women’s right to work, education, housing and health, to freedom of expression and their ability to participate in cultural life without discrimination.

“We are deeply concerned at the rapid rolling back of women’s rights on full display to the world, notably in the area of women’s political and public life, with the Taliban’s formation of an all-male interim administration and the imposition of restrictions on women in public spaces,” the experts said in a statement.

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