{"id":49314,"date":"2021-05-24T09:10:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T06:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/?p=49314"},"modified":"2021-05-31T20:11:37","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T17:11:37","slug":"afghanistan-unravelling-of-women-and-girls-rights-looms-as-peace-talks-falter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/vau-viikkokatsaus\/afghanistan-unravelling-of-women-and-girls-rights-looms-as-peace-talks-falter\/","title":{"rendered":"Afghanistan: Unravelling of women and girls\u2019 rights looms as peace talks falter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two decades of hard-won progress by Afghanistan\u2019s women and girls is at serious risk of being unravelled, said Amnesty International, in a statement highlighting the limited involvement of women in the peace talks and the major strides on women’s rights that are now under threat.\u00a0 As international troops continue to leave the country ahead of a full withdrawal on 11 September, and with talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban at an impasse, the prospects for Afghanistan\u2019s women and girls are at a critical juncture. A new date for a high-level round of peace talks in Istanbul, postponed since April, is yet to be confirmed.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfghanistan is at a tipping point. As peace talks falter, the conflict continues to take the lives of civilians on an almost daily basis. Taken alongside the forthcoming withdrawal of international troops, Afghanistan is drifting towards an outcome that threatens to undo more than twenty years of progress for women and girls,\u201d said Yamini Mishra, Amnesty International\u2019s Asia-Pacific Director.\u00a0Under Taliban rule from 1996-2001, Afghan women were subjected to severe restrictions including being banned from working outside the home and appearing in public without a close male relative. Women and girls were further denied access to education and had limited access to healthcare. These restrictions still invariably apply to women in areas currently controlled by the Taliban.<\/p>\n

While much work remains to be done, women\u2019s rights have improved significantly since 2001. There are now 3.3 million girls in education, and women more actively participate in the political, economic and social life of the country. Despite ongoing conflict, Afghan women have become lawyers, doctors, judges, teachers, engineers, athletes, activists, politicians, journalists, bureaucrats, business owners, police officers, and members of the military.<\/p>\n

However, Afghan women still face major obstacles to the full realization of their rights. Violence against women is rife, the participation of women at all levels of government remains limited and, according to UNICEF, 2.2 million Afghan girls still do not attend school.\u00a0In the current peace talks, which began in September 2020, the 21-member Afghan government negotiation team included only four women, with no women represented in the Taliban delegation. In the March peace conference on Afghanistan in Moscow, only one woman was included in the 16-member government delegation.<\/p>\n

Source: Amnesty\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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