Afghanistan: Women
Commons · Question 28618 · Tabled 4 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Ruth Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of restrictions on (a) education, (b) work and (c) public life placed on women and girls by the T
Answer
Answered by Hamish Falconer, 12 Feb 2025
We condemn the Taliban's draconian restrictions on the rights of Afghan women and girls, which seriously affect their everyday lives. These restrictions and those on freedom of religion and belief and hamper Afghanistan's development. We support the initi...