The Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugees Council, Jan Egeland, said on Monday that without female staff, they cannot work and will not work in Afghanistan.
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The ban on women workers of national and international non-government organisations (NGOs) sparked widespread reactons but some officials of the caretaker government say religious scholars are striving to resolve the issue.
the latest headlines: the severe arctic freeze claims 35 lives across the united states and canada. rescuers continue to search for two people missing after an avalanche an the austrian slopes. four major aid organisations are suspending all their work in afghanistan following the order by taliban authorities banning the employment of women at humanitarian agencies. the international rescue committee, irc, has become the latest agency to halt its activity in the country. earlier, care, the norwegian refugees council and save the children said they could not effectively reach afghans in desperate need without their female staff. zahra nader is the editor in chief of zan times, a media outlet that covers human rights in afghanistan. she told us more about what it s like for women
An advocacy organization has documented at least a dozen women residing in Juba’s Gumbo Sherkat, who have reclaimed their plots after suing land-grabbers in the recent months.