Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 28618
Afghanistan: Women
Tabled: 4 February 2025
Answered: 12 February 2025
Named DayQuestion
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport 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 FalconerWe 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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