UN chief urges Taliban to respect women's rights

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has said he is “particularly alarmed” to see the Taliban breaking their promises, Report informs, citing UN.

“Broken promises lead to broken dreams for the women and girls of Afghanistan”, he stated. “Women and girls need to be the centre of attention”.

About 80 per cent of Afghanistan’s economy is informal and dominated by women.

Since 2001, three million girls have enrolled in school and, on average, education has increased from six years to 10.

“Without them, there is no way the Afghan economy and society will recover”, upheld the UN chief.

“I strongly appeal to the Taliban to keep their promises to women and girls and fulfil their obligations under international human rights and humanitarian law”, he concluded.