The United Nations has called on the Taliban, for International Women's Day, to "immediately" end the "draconian restrictions" taken against women's rights in Afghanistan, "the most repressive country" in the world in this area.
"Afghanistan under the Taliban remains the most repressive country in the world with regard to women's rights", denounced in a press release Rosa Otunbaïeva, head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (Manua).
“It has been heartbreaking to witness their methodical, deliberate and systematic efforts to keep Afghan women and girls out of the public sphere,” she continued.
Since coming to power in August 2021, the Taliban have multiplied draconian measures against women.
Access to university and secondary school is forbidden to them.
They have also been excluded from many public jobs, or are paid a pittance to stay at home.
They are not allowed to travel without being accompanied by a male relative and must cover themselves fully when leaving their homes.
The international community has linked the recognition of the Taliban regime, and the disbursement of the humanitarian and financial aid that Afghanistan needs, to the respect by the Taliban of human rights, in particular those of women to be educated and to work.
In a symbolic and unprecedented step, the European Union adopted, on Tuesday March 7, sanctions against individuals responsible for violations of women's rights in six countries, including Neda Mohammad Nadeem, in charge of higher education, while Afghan women do not no longer have the right to go to university or attend secondary school.
To be able to offer an education to their daughters, many families have chosen to go into exile in Pakistan.
A country however far from being an ideal place of asylum given that it does not offer real prospects of employment and integration to Afghan refugees.
Born in 1970 in Trinidad, Cuba, Ramses Morales works as a graphic designer and draws political cartoons and illustrations for the international press.
Since 2016, he lives in Switzerland, works as a freelance illustrator and painter and publishes his drawings in the international press and the national press in Cuba.
In February 2019, he received the 1st prize from the World Press Cartoon for the Editorial Caricature category.
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