Weekly Jade-Abresham (Silk Way): Afghan women rights activists in a protest in Islamabad of Pakistan urged the international community to put the Taliban under pressure to open the doors of girls’ schools on Afghan girls.
These women activists issued a statement in Islamabad on Friday March 25, 20222, which calls the Taliban school ban decision contrary to sharia and considers it an explicit violation of human rights.
“Preventing girls from school means insulting women and violating the verses of the Holy Quran and teachings of prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
Afghan women rights activities in Pakistan claim the Taliban violate women and girls’ rights systematically and restrict their freedoms. “There are numerous cases of violating women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan by the Taliban. Currently women are deprived of freedom of speech, participation in socio-political activities, education and employment opportunities.”
Afghan women rights activists in Pakistan has urged the international community to put the Taliban under pressure in order to avoid further restrictions on women. “We ask women rights defenders and international community to hear the voice of Afghan women and press the Taliban care taker government to avoid further restrictions on women and open the doors of schools on the Afghan girls.”
The international community must and the UN shall not forget Afghan women and shall be heed attention to their catastrophic situation of them, the statement added.
In terms of the Afghan refugee’s status in Pakistan, the Afghan women rights activists said they thank Pakistan government and people for their hospitability. However, Pakistan is not an immigrant state, and thus the international community shall fulfill its humanitarian and ethical obligations against the Afghan refugees in Pakistan. “We ask the international community to fulfill its humanitarian and ethical responsibilities against the refugees and pay heed attention to the unfortunate situation of refugees in Pakistan.”
Currently there are thousands of Afghan refugees in Pakistan which most of them are women and children.
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