Let Afghan women join the UN talks next week. It’s what the Taliban fear most

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The rights of women and girls will be off the table at next week’s UN summit on Afghanistan – it’s an inexplicable moral collapse, says Afghan politician and women’s rights activist Fawzia Koofi

Afghan women in Islamabad, Pakistan, hold up placards in a protest demanding women’s rights from the Taliban and a boycott of the Doha summit.Afghan women in Islamabad, Pakistan, hold up placards in a protest demanding women’s rights from the Taliban and a boycott of the Doha summit.The exclusion of women’s voices and discussion of their rights from next week’s summit allows the Taliban to oppress us with impunity.

It also disregards the lack of a legal framework and an inclusive and accountable governing system that ensures participation of all sides. Without a resolution to these two key issues, Afghanistan will never cease to be the centre of narcotics production and drug trafficking, nor will the country’s private sector develop without full participation of women – the two items on the UN’s agenda.

Given the moral collapse of the international community when it comes to upholding their own values for human rights, women’s rights, and equality for all, most Afghans feel there is no chance of a fair and transparent intervention by global bodies such as the UN to seek a reasonable and durable solution to the conflict in Afghanistan.

 

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