NGOs suspend work in Afghanistan after Taliban regime bars women employees
The Taliban’s Economy Ministry announced Saturday that women could no longer work for NGOs as a result of complaints that some women had not adhered to the Taliban’s interpretation of the Islamic dress code for women, which includes wearing the hijab correctly. Earlier this year, the Taliban ordered all Afghan women to wear head-to-toe coverings in public.
Separately, the IRC said it was suspending services in Afghanistan for similar reasons. Nearly half of the committee’s employees are women.
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