OCHA: The ban on women’s work forces children to work on the streets
The United Nations says that by banning the work of women in national and international non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan, children are again forced to work in the streets and factories.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) said in a report that two weeks have passed since the Taliban banned women from working in national and international non-governmental organizations in Afghanistan, and with this action, children may be forced to work in the streets, factories or in people’s homes. because their support services have been stopped due to this ban.
This institution added that the Child Protection Organization has stopped its activities in Afghanistan due to the recent action of the Taliban to ban women’s work because women are necessary to provide safe and effective services of this organization.
According to the OCHA report, female aid workers make up 50% of the organization’s workforce and are very important to reach women and girls who cannot interact with male aid workers for cultural reasons.
OCHA said that this ban comes at a time when Afghanistan is facing the worst economic and food crisis in its history, and more than 28 million children and adults are in need of humanitarian support.
