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The European Union on Saturday (local time) condemned the Taliban’s ban on women working for NGOs and said that it was assessing the impact of its aid in Afghanistan, reported Al Jazeera.
„The European Union strongly condemns the Taliban’s recent decision to ban women from working in national and international NGOs,“ said a spokeswoman for EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell to the French news agency.
„We are assessing the situation and the impact it will have on our aid on the ground,“ she added.
In the latest crackdown on women’s freedoms in Afghanistan, the Taliban regime has ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) to stop female employees from coming to work in the country, reported Tolo News reported.
The Taliban-led Ministry of Economy ordered all national and international non-government organizations to suspend the jobs of female employees until further announcement, the Afghan news agency reported.
Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after „serious complaints“ about their dress code, the economy ministry said on Saturday.
The order came days after the Taliban-run administration ordered universities to close to women, prompting strong global condemnation and sparking some protests and heavy criticism inside Afghanistan, reported Al Jazeera.
It was not immediately clear how the order would affect United Nations agencies, which have a large presence in Afghanistan delivering services amid the country’s humanitarian crisis.
