Question follow-through · 17861
Afghanistan: Women
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Afghan counterpart on the treatment of women and girls in that country.
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 4 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Dec 2024
- Answer
- 17 Dec 2024 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
4 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Afghan counterpart on the treatment of women and girls in that country.
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
17 Dec 2024
Answer published
We have repeatedly condemned Taliban restrictions on women and girls' rights, both bilaterally and internationally. As the Foreign Secretary has said, exclusion of women from all aspects of public life is a tragic setback for Afghanistan.Officials from th...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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