INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The head of a significant aid group that suspended work in Afghanistan after the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) prohibited female NGO
workers said on Thursday he would write to the administration&& s senior figures in Kandahar and ask them to change the policy, Reuters
Jan Egeland, the Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, stated it was crucial to engage with the management in the southern
city, house to the IEA&& s supreme leader, Hebatullah Akhundzada.&& The letter I & m drafting will say: We know you, we operated in &
hellip; areas controlled by the Taliban (IEA) for many years
You understand us,& & stated Egeland
& You understand that our female personnel have actually constantly utilized the hijab
They&& ve had & hellip; a male chaperone on longer travel
Your people are suffering due to the fact that of your ban on female workers.&& The IEA last month bought all local and foreign aid groups
to stop letting female staff work until further notice.It said the relocation, which was condemned internationally, was warranted because
some females had not stuck to the IEA&& s interpretation of the Islamic gown code.Many NGOs suspended operations in reaction, stating they
needed female employees to reach women in the conservative country.Egeland, who checked out the capital Kabul this week, said authorities
there had informed him they were in favor of ladies operating at NGOs, but that the order had originated from Kandahar
Spokespeople for the IEA administration did not immediately respond to a request for comment.Egeland stated he had actually arranged
conferences in Kandahar with the Ulema Council, comprised of spiritual scholars, and the provincial governor, as it was not possible for
foreign humanitarian firms to fulfill directly with Akhundzada, Reuters reported.But after bad weather condition halted flights, he said he
would write rather and attempt to organize online meetings.He stated he welcomed some signs of flexibility in health and others areas, where
some female and male employees worked along with each other
However he required a complete turnaround of the restriction.& & Our male personnel can not go to widows, single moms and their children,
to all of the vulnerable female groups here and thus were prevented from doing all work,& & he said.The post Secretary General of NRC gets
in touch with IEA to scrap female worker ban initially appeared on Ariana News.
