UN urges support for Afghan women’s aid five years into Taliban rule
- More than half of women’s organisations still operating in Afghanistan could cease operations within the next year, UN Women warns.
- Five years since the Taliban came to power, the United Nations has warned that funding issues mean more than half of women’s organisations still operating in Afghanistan could cease operations within the next year.
- Susan Ferguson, UN Women’s special representative in Afghanistan, appealed to donor countries on Friday not to cut funding for women’s programmes, saying to do so would only deepen the suffering of Afghan women.
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- More than half of women’s organisations still operating in Afghanistan could cease operations within the next year, UN Women warns.
- Five years since the Taliban came to power, the United Nations has warned that funding issues mean more than half of women’s organisations still operating in Afghanistan could cease operations within the next year.
- Susan Ferguson, UN Women’s special representative in Afghanistan, appealed to donor countries on Friday not to cut funding for women’s programmes, saying to do so would only deepen the suffering of Afghan women.
Sources: Al Jazeera