Women and Girls in Afghanistan: 5 years of Resistance, Solidarity and the search for Accountability.


 Five years on from the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian, socio-economic and human rights crisis. Women and girls are living under unparalleled restrictions brought about through more than 200 laws and decrees, denying over 2.6 million girls access to secondary education and removing women and girls from public life.


Five years on from the Taliban takeover, Afghanistan faces a dire humanitarian, socio-economic and human rights crisis. Women and girls are living under unparalleled restrictions brought about through more than 200 laws and decrees, denying over 2.6 million girls access to secondary education and removing women and girls from public life.

In an increasingly complex world of proliferating conflict and instability, Afghanistan and in particular the lived experiences of Afghan women and girls must remain firmly on the agenda of the international community. How can we take action to tackle the deteriorating women's rights crisis and ensure principled, human-rights based engaged?

On the margins of UNGA81 High Level Week, Ireland and the Malala Fund will co-host a side event, with co-sponsors Canada, Mexico and Portugal, entitled, ' Women and Girls in Afghanistan: 5 years of resistance, solidarity and the search for accountability'.

Speakers:

Volker Türk, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

Helen McEntee T.D., Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Ireland

Gaisu Yari, Malala Fund

Metra Mehran, Afghanistan Accountability Collective

Asila Wardak, Women's Forum on Afghanistan

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