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Watchdog urges unconditional support to protect Afghan women

While donor countries to Afghanistan say they want to keep protecting the human rights of women and girls, a bill introduced in the United States Senate last week raises issues about how requiring the Afghan government to respect rights could potentially lead to cuts in funding for essential services for women and girls.

In an article by Heather Barr, Human Rights Watch Interim Co-Director, Womens Rights Division, she stated the Protect Womens and Girls Rights in Afghanistan Act would require the US Secretary of State to report twice yearly to Congress on the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan.

It would continue US support to "preserve the rights" of Afghan women but warns that the US will "refuse to provide economic aid to an Afghan government" that violates these rights, Barr stated.

According to her, the bill follows a November 2020 joint statement by Afghanistans main donors, including the US, that laid out the "key elements" that would be taken into account when considering whether to continue their current development and budgetary support to the country.

Among those elements was respect for womens rights.

Efforts to hold this and any future Afghan government to account are vital, she stated. The Afghan government has a poor track record on womens rights, including failing to investigate and provide accountability for violence against women, she said.

The Taliban, which controls large parts of the country and could gain a role in the government through a peace deal or military success, retains many of their deeply abusive pre-2001 policies toward women and girls, Barr stated.

But donors should consider how they can respond to government abuses without harming women and girls by cutting essential services.

Over 75 percent of the Afghan governments budget comes from international donors. Cuts in donor funding to Afghanistan have already damaged womens access to health care and could imperil girls access to education, she said.

Barr stated that with the withdrawal of international troops, donor countries may be eager to cut their support to Afghanistan; punishing the government for rights violations could be a convenient excuse.

But defunding the government should not mean defunding services, she stated.

Nongovernmental organizations in Afghanistan have proved they can deliver vital services despite the countrys escalating insecurity, so long as they have sufficient resources.

Countries pulling troops from Afghanistan should make it clear that they will continue to support - and fund - Afghan women and girls, whether or not they can work with the Afghan government, Barr said.

 

LINK: https://www.ansarpress.com/english/22376


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