Statement by the UNDP Administrator on Taliban Ban on Afghan Women Working with United Nations
UNDP joins the Secretary-General and other United Nations (UN) agencies in calling on the Taliban de facto authorities to immediately revoke the decision banning Afghan women from working for the UN and reverse all measures restricting women’s and girls’ rights.
Afghanistan is on the brink of economic collapse, exacerbated with the takeover in August 2021. The effects of the pandemic, followed