Launching a campaign to formalize gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran by female activists

10 Mar 2024
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Launching a campaign to formalize gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran by female activists

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian human rights activist, launched a campaign to legalize gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran and asked all countries of the world to join this campaign.

Masih Alinejad, an Iranian human rights activist, has launched a campaign to recognize gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran by publishing a video tape on his X page and has asked the countries of the world to join him in this campaign to recognize gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran. unite

Ms. Alinejad said in this video: “On International Women’s Day, we stand united against gender apartheid and try to share our stories to ask the free world to join us in criminalizing gender apartheid.”

He has emphasized that being a woman in the government of the Taliban and the Islamic Republic of Iran is a “crime” and every day we experience imprisonment, flogging, rape, blinding, execution and constant terror from these groups for the crime of being a woman in Afghanistan and Iran. we do.

In this regard, Malala Yousafzai, human rights activist from Pakistan and one of the winners of the Nobel Peace Prize, also says that the recognition of “gender apartheid” in Afghanistan requires the support of the members of the United Nations.

Yousafzai wrote on his X page that he raised this issue in a meeting with some women from Afghanistan and the ambassadors of South Africa and the Republic of Albania at the United Nations in New York City, America.

He added that he asked the countries of the world to define gender apartheid as a crime against humanity in the United Nations Security Council and he is with the Afghan girls who want to introduce gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.

At the same time, Rina Amiri, the US special representative for women and human rights in Afghanistan, has also said that in order to free Afghanistan from dependence on aid and poverty, the policies of the Taliban must abolish all restrictions against women and girls.

According to him, Afghanistan loses more than one billion dollars annually due to the severe restrictions of the Taliban against women and girls.

However, the coalition of human rights in Afghanistan, including nine human rights organizations, in a joint statement on International Women’s Day, called for justice and accountability for all crimes committed against women and girls in Afghanistan through international courts.

These reactions are despite the fact that after the Taliban group came to power in Afghanistan, this group has imposed severe restrictions against women and girls in Afghanistan, which has faced strong reactions from the international community and international organizations.