to reopen schools immediately. here is the spokesperson for un secretary general antonio guterres. the de facto authorities s failure to reopen school for girls above the sixth grade, despite repeated commitments, is a profound disappointment, and deeply damaging for afghanistan. the secretary general says the denial of education not only violates the equal rights of women and girls to education. it also jeopardises the country s future in view of the tremendous contributions by afghan women and girls. the secretary general urges the taliban de facto authorities to eopen schools for all students without delay. i m joined now by adela raz, who is the former afghan ambassador to the us up until the closure of the afghan embassy a week ago. she was appointed by the former ghani government, but not recognised by the taliban. thanks forjoining us on the
you were a student who was denied an education when you arrived at the gates of your school. tell us about that experience. that experience. exactly. unfortunately that experience. exactly. unfortunately history - that experience. exactly. j unfortunately history has that experience. exactly. - unfortunately history has repeated itself here for afghan girls again. in the mid 1990s the taliban closed down our schools, or schoolgirls in her rap city where i was living, it all happen overnight. i remember very distinctly that i packed my school and there was a taliban fighter at the gates and he returned me and a number of other girls who were waiting there, returned us all back home saying the schools are closed and they will remain closed until further notice. closed and they will remain closed untilfurther notice. in closed and they will remain closed until further notice. in fact that was one of the most dreadful experiences that millions of schoolgirls in afghanistan had in the mi
afghanistan can play the role as their partners in the international arena but half of the population are women and we want to work with international partners. we need to see more from our allies and friends and partners, invested in the country, invested in afghanistan. but there are many afghan women and girls who now feel a sense of abandonment because of what s happened in august, the taliban takeover. you said you d waited five years for some sort of miracle. the teenage girls left in tears yesterday, devastated in the country, will there be a miracle when they too can go to school and get to school and have a life where they feel empowered? it’s get to school and have a life where they feel empowered? they feel empowered? it s a difficult answer, they feel empowered? it s a difficult answer, what - they feel empowered? it s a difficult answer, what i - they feel empowered? it s a l difficult answer, what i should they feel empowered? it s a - difficult answer, what i should
communication must be very clear to the taliban because the taliban is looking forward to have recognition by the international community and if they are not delivering on the basic rights of afghan women, of women in islam, which is education, then they are banning women to have access to schools, that s not going to take them any closer to any kind of recognition that they hope and expect to see. share of recognition that they hope and exoect to see- of recognition that they hope and expect to see. are you disappointed in the resoonse expect to see. are you disappointed in the response of expect to see. are you disappointed in the response of the expect to see. are you disappointed in the response of the international| in the response of the international community? given that they spent billions supporting, funding, backing afghan women and girls when they entered the country in 2001. you are a product of that and you lived your childhood under the taliban but went on to be ed
decades. , ., ., ., , decades. yes and not only me, there are so many decades. yes and not only me, there are so many afghan decades. yes and not only me, there are so many afghan women - decades. yes and not only me, there are so many afghan women that - decades. yes and not only me, there| are so many afghan women that truly made tremendous progress with their lives. they were contributors to society and in 20 years we bought a change in the country. you can measure the lives of people and their access and the kind of education they received. it s true that 25 years ago i was in the country and i was banned from going to school for five years. i remember every day we came and hoped that the miracle happens and i would be able to go to school, and the miracle never happened. the response from the international community, i think it s not only to me but to other afghan women, we hope to see more from the international community. we always say that today the women of