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Afghanistan: Women's Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the human rights situation of women in Afghanistan; what his policy is on the concept of gender

answeredForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
2 Dec 2024
Answer
10 Dec 2024 · 12 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 28 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the human rights situation of women in Afghanistan; what his policy is on the concept of gender

  2. 2 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 10 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    We have repeatedly condemned Taliban restrictions on women and girls' rights, including through UN Security Council and Human Rights Council resolutions. As the Foreign Secretary has said, exclusion of women from all aspects of public life is another trag...

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