Coverage dated December 23, 2022 to December 24, 2022

The Taliban have banned women from working for NGOs in Afghanistan

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The Taliban government have ordered all non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.

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  1. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.

  2. France 24

    Taliban orders all NGOs in Afghanistan to forbid female employees from working (opens France 24)

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    Afghanistan's Taliban-run administration on Saturday ordered all local and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGO) to stop female employees from coming to work, according to an economy ministry…

  3. France 24

    Taliban ban women from working in national, international NGOs (opens France 24)

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    Afghanistan's Taliban rulers ordered all national and international NGOs to stop their women employees from working after "serious complaints" about their dress code, the Ministry of Economy told AFP…

  4. WTOP Washington DC

    The Taliban government orders domestic and foreign NGOs in Afghanistan to suspend employing women (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The Taliban government orders domestic and foreign NGOs in Afghanistan to suspend employing women.

  5. The Guardian

    Taliban stop women from working for aid organisations (opens The Guardian)

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    Female employees of NGOs told to stop coming to work in latest move to curtail women’s freedoms in Afghanistan

  6. Voice of America

    Taliban Order NGOs to Ban Female Employees (opens Voice of America)

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    Aid workers say female employees are critical to ensuring women can access aid

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Afghanistan: Taliban tells NGOs to stop women from working – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Taliban officials said the ban was due to some women not keeping to the country's strict dress code. The move follows a similar ban on women attending universities.

  8. Los Angeles Times

    Taliban bans women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    The Taliban government in Afghanistan has ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups to suspend employing women.

  9. PBS NewsHour

    Taliban ban women from working for domestic, foreign NGOs in Afghanistan (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The Taliban government on Saturday ordered all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.

  10. Fox News

    Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from working (opens Fox News)

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    The Taliban government has announced that women in Afghanistan will no long be allowed to come to work for NGOs in the country due to dress code concerns.

  11. NBC News

    Taliban orders NGOs to stop women from coming to work (opens NBC News)

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    A spokesman for the Economic Ministry told NBC News it had “received complaints” that women were not following strict dress codes.

  12. UPI

    Taliban issues decree banning female aid organization workers (opens UPI)

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    The Taliban government of Afghanistan decreed on Saturday that all female employees of non-governmental aid organizations be barred from working in the country.

  13. The Times of Israel

    Taliban orders all NGOs to stop employing women over alleged hijab violations (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Move sparks outcry, coming less than a week after Islamist authorities banned women from attending universities; Afghan women are effectively being squeezed out of public life

  14. Delaware Public Media

    The Taliban have banned women from working for NGOs in Afghanistan (opens Delaware Public Media)

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    The Taliban government have ordered all non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.

  15. WFMZ Allentown

    US slams Taliban for women's NGO jobs ban in Afghanistan (opens WFMZ Allentown)

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    The U.S. has condemned the Taliban for ordering non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to stop employing women. It is the latest blow to female rights and freedoms since the Taliban seized

  16. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Taliban ban women from NGOs (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    The Taliban government ordered Saturday all foreign and domestic non-governmental groups in Afghanistan to suspend employing women, allegedly because some female employees didn't wear the Islamic headscarf correctly.

  17. KRDO

    Taliban orders NGOs to ban female employees from coming to work (opens KRDO)

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    By Ehsan Popalzai, Sahar Akbarzai and Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN The Taliban administration in Afghanistan has ordered all local and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to stop their female employees from coming to work, according to a letter by the Ministry of Economy sent to all license…

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