The UN and Save the Children predict a new era of crisis in Afghanistan due to the Taliban ban on women

MADRID, 7 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The United Nations and the NGO Save the Children have predicted that the Taliban's veto of women's educational training and their participation in aid organizations will open a new era of crisis in the country and endanger "the lives of countless number of boys and girls.

Save the Children has been forced to interrupt its operations in the Central Asian country given that "women are essential for the safe and effective provision of its services" as they represent half of its workforce.

"They are crucial to reach women and girls who, for cultural reasons, cannot interact with male humanitarian workers," explains the NGO.

This is why Save the Children, together with other international NGOs, calls for the ban to be lifted immediately and for the relevant de facto authorities to ensure that their female staff can work safely and without restriction.

The NGO recalls that 28 million children and adults are in need of humanitarian aid. According to a recent analysis, 29 percent of female-headed households in 2022 had at least one working son or daughter, up from 19 percent in 2021.

For its part, the United Nations diplomatic mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) has warned that the country is about to enter a new "era of crisis" and recalled the suspension of the tasks of multiple NGOs due to the problems that Save specifically mentions. the Children.

The main UN envoy, Markus Potzel, recently met with the Taliban's Minister of Higher Education, Mohamed Nadim, considered one of the most extremist elements of the fundamentalist movement, to whom he has called for the urgent lifting of the bans.