Aid groups suspend Afghanistan operations after ban on women working for NGOs

ailiphilia · Post by **@ailiphilia@feddit.it** » Mon 26-Dec-2022 16:43

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/26/aid-groups-suspend-afghanistan-operations-after-ban-on-women-working-for-ngos

Save the Children, the International Rescue Committee, the Norwegian Refugee Council and CARE said on Sunday they could not effectively reach people in desperate need without the women in their workforces. The NGO ban was introduced a day earlier, allegedly because women were not wearing the Islamic headscarf correctly.