The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Afghanistan, hosted by Switzerland and supported by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, while the details of the meeting have not been shared with the media. This meeting was held behind closed doors by the United Nations Security Council on Monday, December 12, under the title […]
The United Nations Security Council held a meeting on Afghanistan, hosted by Switzerland and supported by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, while the details of the meeting have not been shared with the media.
This meeting was held behind closed doors by the United Nations Security Council on Monday, December 12, under the title “Women’s Perspective on Afghanistan”.
Fawzia Kofi, a former member of the Afghan Parliament, Asila Wardak, a former diplomat, and Yalda Royan, a human rights activist, attended the meeting on behalf of Afghan women activists.
Women activists demanded the presence and active role of women in the United Nations meetings and asked the international community not to make decisions about women without the presence of Afghan women.
“In this meeting, we shared all the concerns, the bad situation of women and political-civil groups in Afghanistan.”, Fawzia Kofi said.
Regarding the features of the special representative chosen by the United Nations, Asila Wardak said: “The person who is chosen as a special representative must be someone who has a history of human rights, gender issues, and women’s issues.”
Further, Yalda Royan said: “Interaction with the Taliban should not take place without preconditions and certain benchmarks should be determined for interaction with the Taliban, which can be such as removing all restrictions on women, releasing female protesters, human rights activists, and journalists, who are imprisoned by the Taliban.”
Meanwhile, in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan, Afghan women are deprived of their most basic rights and under the rule of this group, they assess their present and future as dark.
