UN Special Representative for Afghanistan calls on Taliban to reverse restrictions on women

Calling on the Taliban to reverse the restrictions on women and girls, the United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Representative for Afghanistan Roza Otunbayeva warned that the longer these restrictions remain in place, “the more damage will be done,” according to TOLOnews.

She said the question of recognition and the function of the special envoy to Afghanistan are on the agenda.

Otunbayeva said in a press conference following the end of the UN Security Council meeting on the state of affairs in Afghanistan that they anticipate keeping up the recognition issue and the special envoy’s function in the third meeting in Doha.

A few members of the Security Council and the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative for the full observance of women’s and girls’ rights in Afghanistan also underlined the importance of human rights problems, one of the meeting’s primary agenda items, according to TOLOnews.

“Many women are currently afraid to move in public places. I take this opportunity to call again on the de facto authorities to reverse these restrictions. The longer these restrictions on women and girls continue, the more damage will be done,” stated Roza Otunbayeva.