OHCHR / AFGHAN WOMEN NGOS

The UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani called on the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to reverse the decree prohibiting Non-Governmental Organizations from employing Afghan women. OHCHR

• Video Length: 00:01:01
• Production Date: 31 December 2024
• Asset Language: English
• Corporate Name: OFFICE OF THE UNITED NATIONS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS - OHCHR
• Subject Topical: HUMAN RIGHTS
• Geographic Subject: AFGHANISTAN
• MAMS Id: 3327222
• Parent Id: 3327222
• Alternate Title: unifeed241231c

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STORY: OHCHR / AFGHAN WOMEN NGOS
TRT: 01:01
SOURCE: OHCHR
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH/NATS

DATELINE: 31 DECEMBER 2024, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND / FILE

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FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

1.Wide shot, exterior, Palais Wilson

31 DECEMBER 2024, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ravina Shamdasani, Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
“We are deeply alarmed at the recent announcement by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan that they will revoke the licenses of NGOs if they continue to employ Afghan women. This is absolutely the wrong path. NGOs play a vital role in providing critical life-saving assistance – to Afghan men, women, girls and boys - and this measure will directly impact the ability of the population to receive humanitarian aid. We urge the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to reverse this deeply discriminatory decree, and all other measures which seek to eradicate women and girls’ access to education, work and public services. No country can progress - politically, economically or socially - while excluding half of their population from public life. For the future of Afghanistan, the de facto authorities must change course.”

FILE – GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

3.Wide shot, exterior, Palais Wilson

Storyline

The UN Human Rights Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani called on the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to reverse the decree prohibiting Non-Governmental Organizations from employing Afghan women.

Speaking from Geneva today (31 Dec), Shamdasani said, “We are deeply alarmed at the recent announcement by the de facto authorities in Afghanistan that they will revoke the licenses of NGOs if they continue to employ Afghan women.”

Her comments come in the wake of an announcement by the de facto authorities that they will revoke the licenses of NGOs that continue to employ women.

“NGOs play a vital role in providing critical life-saving assistance – to Afghan men, women, girls and boys - and this measure will directly impact the ability of the population to receive humanitarian aid,” she said.

Echoing remarks by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, the spokesperson said, “We urge the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to reverse this deeply discriminatory decree, and all other measures which seek to eradicate women and girls’ access to education, work and public services.”

“No country can progress - politically, economically or socially - while excluding half of their population from public life. For the future of Afghanistan, the de facto authorities must change course,” said Shamdasani.