United Nations: Afghan women are victims of Taliban 'gender apartheid'
Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, described the situation of Afghan women as "virtual prisoners," deprived of their most basic rights and freedoms.
He emphasized at the UN Human Rights Council meeting: "We cannot allow the global consensus around international human rights law to crumble before our eyes."
Richard Bennett, the UN Special Rapporteur for Afghanistan, by reposting Türk's remarks, once again called for global action to address the targeted suppression of women in Afghanistan.
He had previously urged countries at a UN human rights meeting to recognize the Taliban's gender apartheid as a "crime against humanity."
Human rights organizations have repeatedly warned that the Taliban, with their hardline policies, have excluded women from education, work, and public life, and this systematic oppression must be addressed internationally.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights warned that women and girls in Afghanistan under Taliban rule are facing "gender apartheid," a phenomenon unprecedented in today's world.
Farzana Ahmadi
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