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Pakistan urged to halt Afghan deportations to avoid ‘human rights catastrophe’

·October 28, 2023·1 min read

OHCHR is urging the authorities to halt deportations, which are set to begin on 1 November, Spokesperson Ravina Shamdasani told journalists in Geneva. Currently, more than two million undocumented Afghans are living in Pakistan, at least 600,000 of whom arrived after the Taliban returned to power in August 2021. ‘Grave...

World News in Brief: Funds dry up for Afghan quake survivors, child deaths alert in Sudan, diphtheria outbreak in Guinea

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·October 18, 2023·2 min read

That’s the message from the UN World Food Programme (WFP), which appealed on Wednesday for $19 million to provide emergency food assistance to those “in desperate need” in the country’s western Herat province. The agency’s deputy director in Afghanistan Ana Maria Salhuana stressed that to assist earthquake survivors WFP “is...

World News in Brief: Middle East crisis, Afghan quake, Karabakh refugee appeal

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·October 9, 2023·1 min read

UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed deep concerns for the civilian population, urging maximum restraint and that “all diplomatic efforts” are made “to avoid a wider conflagration”. Dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries continued to be reported during the day, including from rocket fire by Palestinian militants in Israeli cities and...

UN agencies call on Pakistan to protect Afghan refugees

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·October 8, 2023·1 min read

Amid a “severe humanitarian crisis”, Afghanistan currently faces several human rights challenges, particularly for women and girls, according to the UN. Pakistan’s new plans would have “serious implications” for all who have been forced to leave the country and may face serious protection risks upon their return, the UN refugee...

First Person: From Afghan refugee to Ukraine aid worker

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·September 30, 2023·3 min read

Having previously endured conflict in Afghanistan, Ali comprehended the far-reaching implications of large-scale military actions on the lives of civilians. Immediately after the start of the Ukraine war, Ali and his wife, the owners of a small clothing store in Odessa, began to engage in relief work and donate clothes...

From the Field: Literacy classes for Afghan girls and women

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·September 2, 2023·1 min read

More than 1,000 women and young girls, from 15 to 45, are now learning how to read, write, and calculate for the first time in their lives through literacy classes supported by the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Bi Bi, a 32-year-old home-based tailor, shared her story, which...

Afghan girls’ voices for education echo loudly through new global campaign

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·August 16, 2023·1 min read

#AfghanGirlsVoices comes precisely two years after the de facto Taliban authorities seized control in Afghanistan and will continue until September 18, which marks the start of their official ban on school for adolescent girls. Voices and visuals The campaign was developed in collaboration with ECW Global Champion Somaya Faruqi, former...

Canada: Over 30,000 Afghan refugees arrive with IOM’s support

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·April 14, 2023·1 min read

IOM has worked closely with the Government of Canada and other partners to safely resettle Afghans in the country since August 2021. “The safe and dignified resettlement of refugees globally has been a central part of IOM’s work for more than 70 years and we are proud to be part...

Top officials strongly condemn Taliban ban on Afghan women working for UN

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·April 5, 2023·2 min read

In statements on Wednesday, Secretary-General António Guterres was joined by deputy chief Amina Mohammed, in describing the latest escalation of the de facto authorities’ suppression of women, as a violation of their inalienable fundamental human rights. “It also violates Afghanistan’s obligations under international human rights law, and infringes on the principle of non-discrimination,...

Taliban order bars Afghan women from working with UN

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·April 5, 2023·3 min read

“Our colleagues on the ground at the UN mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) received word of an order by the de facto authorities that bans female national staff members of the UN from working,” Stéphane Dujarric, spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General, told reporters at UN Headquarters during the regular daily briefing....

Afghan girls and women made focus of International Education Day: UNESCO

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·January 20, 2023·2 min read

The agency announced on Thursday that it was dedicating the International Day of Education on 24 January, to the country’s women and girls. “No country in the world should bar women and girls from receiving an education. Education is a universal human right that must be respected,” said Director-General Audrey...

UN and top aid officials slam Afghan rulers’ NGO ban for women

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·December 30, 2022·1 min read

Top UN agency officials and civil society organization heads joined forces on Thursday to urge Afghanistan’s de facto authorities to reverse their ban on women working for NGOs that provide aid relief....