UN Urges Taliban to Reverse Ban on Women Working for NGOs in Afghanistan

The United Nations warns that the Taliban's policy undermines humanitarian efforts and exacerbates Afghanistan's ongoing crisis.

The Taliban government has threatened to revoke the licenses of NGOs employing Afghan women, enforcing a two-year-old decree banning such employment.
UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk condemned the policy as a form of 'gender apartheid' and called for its immediate reversal to safeguard Afghanistan's future.
The ban is expected to severely impact humanitarian aid delivery, with over half of Afghanistan's population already living in extreme poverty.
Since returning to power in 2021, the Taliban have imposed increasingly restrictive measures on women, barring them from education, public spaces, and most forms of employment.
The Taliban claim their policies align with Islamic law, despite widespread international condemnation and warnings of worsening humanitarian conditions.