António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said on the occasion of International Women’s Day that women worldwide enjoy only 64 percent of the legal rights that men have.
Guterres wrote on X early Sunday, March 8, that when women and men are “not equal under the law, we are not equal”.
The UN Secretary-General emphasized that discriminatory laws and practices must be challenged to ensure justice, dignity, opportunity, and freedom for women and girls in all countries.
Meanwhile, women in Afghanistan have faced the strictest social, economic, and political restrictions for more than four years.
Since the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan in 2021, girls and women have been denied the right to education, and their participation in many jobs, economic activities, and political roles has been prohibited.
These restrictions have effectively made Afghanistan one of the most difficult environments for women in the world.
