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NEW YORK, 30 January 2023 - "In addition to [requesting the repeal of] the ban [on female humanitarian workers at national and international NGOs from working across Afghanistan] we have requested and advocated for the full…

By Vanda Felbab-Brown Afghanistan in 2023 will be shaped by whether or not the Taliban’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, retains his tight grip on all decisionmaking. The second crucial dynamic will be terrorism and militancy. The Taliban…

Highlights In 2022, Afghanistan remained one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. Already strained by decades of conflict and natural disasters, and distanced from the global community, the situation nationwide deteriorated in 2022. Physical access improved to some…

For families living on the brink, cash and other support from UNHCR are a lifeline this winter. By Caroline Gluck in Bamyan province, Central Highlands Fatima* nurses her youngest child in her lap, as her two other children…

Roald Høvring Our female colleagues who are affected by the Taliban’s ban on women NGO workers are deeply distressed – they can no longer provide life-saving aid to vulnerable families during the freezing winter. Without female aid workers,…

Thank you very much, everyone, for joining us this morning. And yes, we just got back – myself, Executive Director for UN Women and our ASG (Assistant Secretary-General) from DPPA (Department of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs) and…

Displaced women fear they will be unable to support their families without access to work and education. On a recent snowy winter morning, with temperatures hovering at -10° degrees Celsius, a group of worried women have gathered…

Context, shocks/events, and impact of the crisis Afghanistan is facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis with a very real risk of systemic collapse and human catastrophe. In addition to unimaginable human costs, this humanitarian crisis is reversing many…

GENEVA (20 January 2023) – Lawyers, judges, prosecutors and other actors involved with the legal system in Afghanistan face grave risks to their safety, and lawyers still practicing must navigate a deeply challenging, non-independent legal system,…

The future of female patients and health workers in Afghanistan is being threatened by the recent decree issued by the Ministry of Economy prohibiting women from working for non-governmental organisations (NGOs). Though health workers, including MSF…