The Taliban have demanded that Afghanistan's participation in the upcoming UN meeting in Doha be restricted to men and that women's rights be excluded from the agenda, as reported by The Guardian. This meeting, scheduled to begin on June 30, aims to discuss the international community's response to Afghanistan.
Since seizing power in August 2021, the Taliban have severely restricted women's access to education, work, and public spaces. Recent reports also suggest a resurgence of brutal punishments, such as mass beatings and stoning for adultery.
Rights organizations and former politicians have condemned the exclusion of women from this meeting. Tirana Hassan, executive director of Human Rights Watch, emphasized that excluding women could legitimize the Taliban's violent practices and undermine the UN's credibility as a defender of women's rights. She stressed that law, democracy, and sustainable peace are unattainable without the inclusion of women, who represent half of society's population.
Another representative labeled the situation in Afghanistan as the worst crisis for women's rights globally. They argued that the UN should not conduct such a meeting without addressing women's rights and ensuring Afghan women's presence.
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