![]() They have decimated the system of protection and support for those fleeing domestic violence, leaving women and girls with absolutely no recourse. ![]() Since they took control of the country, the de facto authorities have taken numerous arbitrary measures violating girls’ and women’s rights to education, work, freedom of movement, health, bodily autonomy and decision-making, freedom of peaceful assembly and association, and access to justice. “ We are alive, but not living”, said one of our woman interlocutors. ![]() Manifestations of systemic gender-based discriminationĭuring our mission, we have documented how women and girls’ lives in Afghanistan are being devastated by the crackdown on their human rights. The de facto authorities reiterated their message that they were working on the reopening of schools, without providing a clear timeline and indicated that the international community should not interfere in the country’s internal affairs. In meetings with the de facto authorities, they noted that women were working in the health, education and business sector, and that they were ensuring that women could work according to Sharia, separated from men. Many actors have sought entry points at the local level so as to continue providing crucial services and protection to the most marginalised populations, in a country ravaged by extreme poverty. Various concerned stakeholders continue to strongly object to the recognition of the de facto authorities. The Taliban impose certain interpretations of religion that appear not to be shared by the vast majority of Afghans. Since the collapse of the Republic, the de facto authorities have dismantled the legal and institutional framework and have been ruling through the most extreme forms of misogyny, destroying the relative progress towards gender equality achieved in the past two decades. We deeply regret the continuing deterioration of the human rights situation in the country, plagued by decades of conflict and historical human rights violations affecting all members of society, in particular women and girls, as well as minorities. ![]() We would also like to pay tribute to all these courageous and inspiring women and girls who continue their exhausting resistance and struggle for their human dignity despite the totalitarian rule and climate of fear in which they are surviving. We wish to extend our gratitude to all those who have shared their insights and powerful experiences, especially women and girls whose rights and fundamental freedoms are being obliterated. In addition to the capital, Kabul, and site visits there, the delegation also visited Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province. In this environment, the independent experts met with representatives of the de facto authorities, civil society, women groups, entrepreneurs, religious leaders, teachers, journalists, victims of human rights violations, United Nations entities and the diplomatic community. “The mission took place from 27 April to 4 May in a context of a chronic humanitarian crisis and profound turmoil due to the most recent edict banning Afghan women from working with the United Nations and non-governmental organisations, adding to a series of discriminatory rulings banning girls from secondary and tertiary education. GENEVA/KABUL () – Following an eight-day joint visit to Afghanistan, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Afghanistan, Richard Bennett, and the Chair of the Working Group on discrimination against women and girls, Dorothy Estrada-Tanck, shared their preliminary observations*: Context
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