A senior United Nations official has urged Afghanistan’s Taliban administration to reverse the ban placed on females working with Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs).
The administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) not to let female staff work until further notice.
The Taliban administration said the ban was justified because some women had not adhered to the Taliban’s interpretation of the Islamic dress code for women.
“Millions of Afghans need humanitarian assistance and removing barriers is vital,” the United Nations Assistant Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) said in a statement.
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The statement from the UNAMA also revealed that acting head and humanitarian coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov had met with economy minister Mohammad Hanif.
The directives barring women from working at NGOs came from Hanif’s ministry.
Although, the ban does not apply directly to the United Nations, many of its programmes are carried out by NGOs subject to the order.
The Taliban administration had also banned women from attending universities, last week.
