Here's a thread about the upcoming United Nations Doha 3 meeting on Afghanistan & why the UN decision to leave human rights off the agenda and exclude Afghan women from attending the meeting is such a betrayal & such a harmful precedent for women's rights everywhere. theguardian.com/global-develop…

(Pt. 1/4) The UN has invited the world community to Doha on 30 June to talk about #Afghanistan. The Taliban are going. But Afghan women are not invited. 100 Women from Afghanistan say: No Women on the agenda - No Women at the table - #BoycottDoha3

By abandoning its duty to uphold human rights and women’s participation in a shameful effort to appease the Taliban, the UN will be causing everlasting harm to its credibility. Widad Franco Heather Barr NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security Human Rights Watch hrw.org/news/2024/06/2…

Security Through Human Rights – For Afghanistan, It’s Not ‘Either/Or’ The Diplomat thediplomat.com/2024/06/securi…

The UN will bring over 20 Special Envoys (the majority of whom are men), along with a group of terrorists, to Doha to discuss the situation in a country where millions of women suffer under gender apartheid. It is unacceptable for the UN to betray its own charters and principles

What’s happening: 👉Special Envoys & Taliban will meet for 2-days to discuss Afghanistan. 👉Afghan women & CSOs invited to ‘hybrid’ meeting BEFORE the 2-day meetings & a physical meeting AFTER (Jul2). Does this 🟰 Fair, equal & meaningful participation of women? #BoycottDoha3

#BoycottDoha3

Clear, direct, concise: No #UN mtg on Afghanistan without women Malala Yousafzai

“Real change from within Afghanistan is harmed by Doha-style meetings where decisions are made in the absence of the people of Afghanistan.” internationalaffairs.org.au/australianoutl…

THREAD: For the last month, as the UN has prepared for Doha III, civil society, especially Afghan women, have called on the UN to defend women's rights and ensure Afghan women are at the table. The UN has just 3 days left to take urgent action to address these concerns.

Let's talk about who has raised grave concerns about United Nations excluding women--& any agenda item on human rights--from the Doha 3 meeting on Afghanistan convening, with the Taliban and special envoys, in three days. We'll kick off w/G7+--that's 12 countries. amu.tv/106007/

UN approach to Afghans To Taliban: How can we help? Make your life easier? Won't you please please come to our meeting? To Afghan women's rts defenders: No, you can't come to this meeting. Next one doesn't look great either. We're discussing important issues, not lady issues.

Important new UN WG on discrimination against women and girls report: "The backlash (against women's rights globally) is escalating...reaching extreme proportions in certain countries, including the regime of gender apartheid imposed by the Taliban in Afghanistan." ohchr.org/en/documents/t…

Important statement on Doha 3 from UN CEDAW Committee: “Excluding women/girls from these discussions will only serve to undermine the credibility & effectiveness of the Doha meeting & give way to the conduct of the de facto authorities in excluding women/girls from public life.”

“The dehumanization of Afghans will not be solved by improving business with the Taliban” rukhshana.com/en/targeting-g…

“The Guardian has seen video evidence of a female Afghan human rights activist being gang-raped and tortured in a Taliban jail by armed men.” theguardian.com/global-develop…

Surprised and disappointed to see⁩ ⁦Tomas Niklasson⁩ praising the UN’s shameful decision to exclude Afghan women from Doha 3 meeting. ⁦🇪🇺EU at UN-NY⁩ ⁦EU at the UN - Geneva #MultilateralismMatters⁩ ⁦European External Action Service - EEAS 🇪🇺⁩ barrons.com/news/taliban-p…

“The backlash against the rights of women and girls has reached extreme proportions in certain countries, including the regime of gender apartheid by the Taliban in Afghanistan. This merits an unequivocal response by the international community.” Dr. Dorothy Estrada Tanck

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