Written questions

Afghanistan: Women

Commons · Question 35673 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 11 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support the rights of Afghan women and girls.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 11 Mar 2025

The UK Government condemns the Taliban's inhuman repression of Afghan women and girls. We are working with international partners to maintain collective pressure to press the Taliban to respect the human rights of women and girls. While in New York in Jan...