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and its humanitarian partners are committed to the delivery of life-saving services to the people of Afghanistan during these difficult times, a UN envoy for Afghanistan said on Thursday.
In a media briefing, in New York, on Thursday, Ramiz Alakbarov, the UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan said, despite the Taliban
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"Humanitarian needs of the (Afghan) people are absolutely enormous, and it’s important that we continue to stay and deliver," Ramiz Alakbarov, UN resident and humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, told a press briefing at the UN headquarters in New York. "We do not believe that it is possible to deliver a comprehensive humanitarian action without the participation of women," he said.
This comes as Afghanistan’s interim government announced a complete ban on women employees working for private and international non-government organizations effective from December 24. The move prompted massive condemnations on national and international levels, calling on the ruling regime to reverse the decision and allow women to return to work with humanitarian aid agencies.
Furthermore, the de facto authorities had also banned women from attending universities nationwide, accompanied by global condemnations. Amid the dire economic and humanitarian crisis, the recent decisions by the Taliban authorities have further complicated the living conditions for ordinary people. The temporary suspension of the humanitarian aid programs by some NGOs across the country puts the lives of millions of vulnerable people at immediate risk.
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in a statement said that some agencies in Afghanistan have stopped their activities and warned that some other programs will also halt their operations because of the Islamic Emirate’s decision to ban women from working in non-governmental organizations.
UN’s Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee on Afghanistan in a statement said that banning women from working in humanitarian non-governmental organizations is a major blow to vulnerable communities, women, children, and the country.
The committee added that women are teachers, nutrition experts, team leaders, community health workers, vaccinators, nurses, doctors, and heads of organizations, and have access to populations that male employees cannot reach, their participation in aid delivery is not negotiable and must continue, some organization for lack of female staff has to pause their activities.
"We foresee that many activities will need to be paused as we cannot deliver principled humanitarian assistance without female aid workers," the committee said.
The UN committee urged the Islamic Emirate to reverse the ban on women’s schools, universities and work.
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foreign ministries of 12 countries, including the US and the UK, in a statement expressed grave concern about the Islamic Emirate’s decision to bar women from working in NGOs. They said that the decision puts at risk millions of Afghans who depend on humanitarian assistance for their survival.
"NGOs will be unable to reach the country’s most vulnerable people to provide food, medicine, winterization, and other materials and services they need to live, this would also affect the humanitarian assistance provided by international organizations, as international organizations utilize NGOs to deliver such materials and services," the statement said.
They called on the Islamic Emirate to reverse immediately their decision to ban women from working in NGOs.
According to international organizations, over 28 million people in Afghanistan, including millions of women and kiddies, require assistance to survive as the country grapples with the risk of famine conditions, economic decline, entrenched poverty and a brutal winter.