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April 12, 2023

U.N. Staff in Afghanistan Unable to Go to Work Due to Taliban Ban on Working Women
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The U.N. Mission to Afghanistan said it is reviewing its operations
while its staff continues to remain out of the office following a
Taliban ban on women working for nongovernmental organizations. This is
U.N. spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric.

Stéphane Dujarric: "This is putting us in a horrendous situation, and
putting, frankly, the Afghan people in a horrendous situation, because
we have principles that we have to abide to, humanitarian principles on
nondiscrimination. We also have to abide by - the de facto authorities
themselves also have to abide by the charter in terms of letting us do
our work. But we also have to help the millions and millions of Afghans
- you know, almost 24 million Afghans need humanitarian assistance."



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