INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Afghan men, inside and outside the country, must stand with their wives, daughters, and sisters to support a hopeful and viable future for
the country, Rina Amiri, United States Special Envoy for Afghan Women, Girls and Human Rights, said on Saturday.The statement comes as the
world next week marks two years since the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) banned Afghan women and girls from universities and women
from working for nongovernmental organizations.Amiri said an open letter on X that through these and more than 80 gender discriminatory
policies, ''the Taliban (IEA) have stripped women and girls of their agency, mobility, education, livelihood, voice, and access to
life-saving medical institutes.She called on the international community to continue prioritizing human rights, particularly the rights of
women and girls, in any engagement with the IEA
&Progress in improving diplomatic and economic ties must be meaningfully linked to concrete measures to reverse extreme policies targeting
women and girls.Amiri also called on states, donors, academic institutions, and the private sector to match the resilience and creativity of
Afghan women and girls with concrete support equipping them with resources, technology, education, employment tools, and economic
opportunities.Afghanistan will remain in darkness so long as the dreams of Afghan women and girls are dimmed,& Amiri said
&The road ahead will be long, but hopelessness and resignation are not an option
The world is being tested. If we fail Afghan women and girls, we fail women and girls everywhere and set a dangerous precedent that will
be replicated elsewhere, far beyond Afghanistan.This comes as the Islamic Emirate has repeatedly said that the rights of women and girls are
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