UN agency heads urge Taliban to allow women to study and work in NGOs

This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to a joint statement.

“We call on the de facto authorities to review and repeal this directive and all directives that prohibit women from attending schools, universities and participating in public life,” the document says.

The heads of the UN agencies added that no state can exclude any part of its population from the life of society.

Earlier, UN Secretary General António Guterres addressed the Taliban with the same call.

On December 24, it became known that the Taliban ordered NGOs in Afghanistan to suspend the work of women.

* "Taliban" - the organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities.