MONITORING (SW) – In protest against the ban imposed by the Islamic Emirate, the UN has asked its local female employees not to go to work.
Nasir Ahmad Faiq, head of Afghanistan’s permanent mission to the United Nations, told this to Salam Watandar. He said that the organization has ordered local female employees not to go to their offices for 48 hours.
“The United Nations has told local female employees not to go to the office for 48 hours.”
Meanwhile, the office of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) wrote on its Facebook page on Tuesday that it expresses serious concern over the ban on female employees from working in Nangarhar province. UNAMA has said that the United Nations agencies cannot function without female employees. “We remind the ruling authorities that the United Nations offices cannot operate without female employees, nor is vital assistance possible.”
It should be mentioned that last year, after issuing the decree banning girls’ education, the Islamic Emirate also issued a decree banning women from working in domestic and foreign non-governmental institutions in Afghanistan. This decision of the Islamic Emirate has faced widespread reactions.
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman of the Islamic Emirate, however, following the issuance of the decree banning the work of women in domestic and foreign non-governmental institutions, said in an interview with the BBC that this decree was issued to “preserve the dignity and chastity” of women and that it applies to all non-governmental institutions, including the organizations of the United Nations.
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