Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28618

Afghanistan: Women

Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named Day

Question

Ruth Jones

LabourNewport West and Islwyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of restrictions on (a) education, (b) work and (c) public life placed on women and girls by the T

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
We condemn the Taliban's draconian restrictions on the rights of Afghan women and girls, which seriously affect their everyday lives. These restrictions and those on freedom of religion and belief and hamper Afghanistan's development. We support the initi...

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