Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 16782

Afghanistan: Women's Rights

Tabled: 28 November 2024
Answered: 10 December 2024

Question

Samantha Niblett

LabourSouth 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 Falconer
We 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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