The prominent heads of two major United Nations agencies issued a joint statement urging the Taliban government to immediately provide the necessary environment for the full and unconditional participation of women in society. Expressing severe concern, they warned that the country's economic recovery directly depends on this active participation across all social sectors.
Achim Steiner and Filippo Grandi strongly emphasized the vital importance of securing fundamental rights for women, especially in the current challenging situation, during their recent high-level meetings with senior Taliban government officials. This critical request is being made exactly as the country faces one of the largest waves of returning refugees and a severe, deepening economic crisis.
These senior officials further added in their detailed remarks that female humanitarian aid workers are absolutely essential for properly assisting returning migrants and highly vulnerable Afghan families. They sternly warned that any reduction in vital international aid could drastically spread extreme poverty across the entire country and significantly worsen the overall humanitarian situation.
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