A number of women’s rights defenders have met with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) officials in Kabul.
UNAMA tweeted on Friday (November 18th) that Women in Kabul asked the United Nations to help open spaces for dialogue between them and Afghanistan’s de facto authorities, to restore their basic rights.
Women asked UNAMA officials to help them increase economic and education opportunities and to safeguard the achievements on gender empowerment on the occasion of the 22nd anniversary of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security.
“In the current situation, gender discrimination against women and their exclusion from decision-making mechanisms is systematic,” said women leaders in Kabul.
“We’re constantly reminding the authorities of the State’s obligations as party to human rights and women rights conventions”, Markus Potzel, Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan, said at the event in Kabul.
UNAMA says that more than 100 women have participated in the weekly meetings of this organization to discuss the rights of women and girls.
Women have asked UNAMA officials to establish a communication mechanism that allows women to quickly raise issues with the authorities, putting pressure on the Taliban to stop violence and respect women’s rights.
