Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 16782
Afghanistan: Women's Rights
Tabled: 28 November 2024
Answered: 10 December 2024
Question
Samantha Niblett
Labour — South Derbyshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the human rights situation of women in Afghanistan; what his policy is on the concept of gender
Answer
Mr Hamish FalconerWe have repeatedly condemned Taliban restrictions on women and girls' rights, including through UN Security Council and Human Rights Council resolutions. As the Foreign Secretary has said, exclusion of women from all aspects of public life is another trag...
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