Afghanistan: Taliban Bans Women From Working In NGO’s

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KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- SEPTEMBER 8, 2021: Protesters march through the Dashti-E-Barchi neighborhood, a day after the Taliban announced their new all-male interim government with a no representation for women and ethnic minority groups, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (MARCUS YAM / LOS ANGELES TIMES)

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all national and international Non-Governmental Organisations to stop their women employees from working after “serious complaints” about their dress code.

The order threatened to suspend the operating licences of the NGOs that failed to implement the directive.The latest restriction comes less than a week after the Taliban authorities banned women from attending universities, prompting global outrage and protests.While the Taliban had promised a softer form of rule when they returned to power in August last year, they have instead imposed harsh restrictions on women – effectively squeezing them out of public life.

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“There have been serious complaints regarding the non-observance of the Islamic hijab and other rules and regulations pertaining to the work of females in national and international organisations,” said a notification sent to all the NGOs, a copy of which was obtained by AFP and confirmed by a spokesman for the ministry of economy.

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“The ministry of economy … instructs all organisations to stop females working until further notice,” the notification said.

“In case of negligence of the above directive, the license of the organisation which has been issued by this ministry will be cancelled,” it added.

Two international NGOs confirmed that they had received the notification.

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