Urgent Call to Action: Protect Women's Rights in Afghanistan from Taliban Suppression - Independent Human Rights Defender, Bangladesh

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Urgent Call to Action: Protect Women's Rights in Afghanistan from Taliban Suppression



Urgent Call to Action: Protect Women's Rights in Afghanistan from Taliban Suppression

 

H. E. Mr. António Guterres

Secretary-General

United Nations

New York, NY 10017


Your Excellency,

 

We write to you today with a heavy heart, as an observant the heartbreaking and alarming situation unfolding in Afghanistan. As you are aware, the elimination of women's rights, specifically in education and the workplace has become a major focus for the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is not just a concern for the women and girls of Afghanistan, but for the entire world.

 

The world cannot turn a blind eye to the atrocities being committed against Afghan women and girls. Women's participation in education, politics, media, business, and the nonprofit sector has been banned, and they are being treated as slaves in their own homes, forced to abide by the Taliban dress code. The consequences of the Taliban's actions are already being felt in the country's economy, with women and girls being removed from the educational sector and the workforce.

 

Female educators, women's rights activists, and women protestors who stand up for their basic human rights are being punished and persecuted, with some even being shot, stoned, whipped, raped, and killed. This is a complete violation of Article 1 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which states that all human beings are born "free and equal in dignity and rights."

 

It is unacceptable that, after years of progress in female empowerment since 2002, Afghan women and girls are once again being denied their basic human rights. They are not free human beings and are being robbed of their identity and freedom.

 

We urge you to recognize this emergency and take action. It is time for the world to come together to protect the human rights of Afghan women and girls. We must stand with Afghan women and girls and let them know that they are not alone in this fight. The United Nations and the world must take immediate action to ensure that they are given the freedom and equality that they deserve.

 

The world cannot allow the Taliban to continue their systematic elimination of women and girls from the educational sector and the workforce. Failure to act now will be a deep disrespect to Afghan women and girls and to the Afghan community.

 

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of my highest consideration.

 

Sincerely,

               

Minhaz Samad Chowdhury

Independent HR Defender

17th March 2023, Bangladesh

 

CC: The Honorable High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais Wilson – United Nations Geneva, Switzerland

Sincerely,

              

Minhaz Samad Chowdhury

Independent HR Defender

17th March 2023, Bangladesh




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