• Women expressed deep disappointment with those Member States that, in their efforts to engage the DFA, overlook the severity of an unprecedented women’s rights crisis and the associated violations of international law, based on the treaties Afghanistan has ratified.6 • Women maintained that the best ways for the international community to improve their situation were to link international aid to. [...] Men primarily understood safety and security through the lens of the end of conflict that existed in the country before August 2021, including the Taliban’s violent assaults on women serving in public-facing roles and institutions of the Government of the Islamic Republic. [...] Impact on future generations “After the domination of the Taliban, women have become worthless in the eyes of my children.” Women worried that DFA policies and accompanying conservative shifts in social attitudes were increasingly normalized and entrenched in the fabric of society. [...] They continued to advocate for the international community to facilitate opportunities for women to talk directly with the Taliban.24 Afghan women specifically urged the international community to: Advocacy and engagement with the DFA • Advocate for inclusive and democratic governance, including gender and ethnic and religious diversity. [...] Afghan women specifically urged the DFA to: • Remove all restrictions on the rights of women and girls, including but not limited to restrictions on education and employment, and reopen public and private spaces for women and girls.
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