At United Nations, Afghan women appeal: don’t let Taliban in
United NationsReuters A group of Afghan women urged the United Nations to block the Taliban from gaining a seat at the world body, calling for better representation for their country during a visit to the organisation’s New York headquarters on Thursday. “It’s very simple,” former Afghan politician and peace negotiator Fawzia Koofi told reporters outside […]
Afghanistan’s first female UN envoy warns over women’s rights
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation The Taliban’s stance on women’s rights should concern the world, one of Afghanistan’s top female diplomats has warned, as the government holds power-sharing talks with the Islamist group that once banned girls from going to school. Afghanistan’s first female ambassador to the United Nations Adela Raz said the world had invested […]
Shooting fails to deter Afghan woman on Taliban talks team
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation Afghan women’s rights advocate Fawzia Koofi had nightmares for days after a volley of bullets was fired at her car as she travelled with her daughter in the restive province of Parwan. Just two weeks later and with her arm still in a cast, Koofi, one of the few female members […]
Afghan women play “crucial” role in Taliban talks, says negotiator
Kabul, AfghanistanThomson Reuters Foundation Afghanistan’s “fragile gains” in women’s rights are at risk unless women play a key role in peace talks with the Taliban, one of the few female members of the government’s negotiating team has said. Lawmaker Fawzia Koofi, a vocal critic of the Taliban, is one of five women on the 21-member […]