Positive signs for Afghan women's rights reported by Inter-Agency Standing Committee Mission

Women's right in Afghanistan has shown a positive development, reported by an Inter-Agency Standing Committee mission. In effect of the ban on women being employed in national and local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), a mission was done to investigate the consequences on December 24, 2022.

The Afghan minister of public health declared that the health industry would not be responsible for it days after the mission started. Following that, the educational sector also released the same statement. There was already a list of exceptions, according to UN Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths, who is also the chairperson of the committee and also leads the mission.

Omar Abdi, the UN Children Fund's deputy executive director for programs, stated that the Taliban ban on girls attending secondary education has shown rapid encouraging developments. According to him, since December 20, almost 200,000 females have continued their studies in about 12 provinces and received their pay from de facto authorities.

The positive signs are the results of the de facto authorities and also the pressure of the local community to maintain the educational flow of girls in Afghanistan.

The authorities have also mentioned that if the prohibition on humanitarian work for Afghan women will not be erased, then they will probably face consequences.