UN Says Women’s Rights Progress in Afghanistan Depends on Ending Restrictions

The United Nations said meaningful improvement in Afghan women’s lives will only be credible when discrimination and restrictions on work and education are lifted.

A UN spokesperson said on Monday that any claim of progress for women in Afghanistan would only be believable if systemic discrimination and widespread restrictions were genuinely reduced.

During a three-day visit to Kabul, UN Deputy Secretary-General Rosemary DiCarlo urged the authorities to lift bans on women’s...