European Parliament resolution of 7 April 2022 on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights

The European Parliament, having regard to its previous resolutions on Afghanistan, having regard to the Taliban’s announcement of the creation of the caretaker government of Afghanistan of 7 September 2021, having regard to the UN Resolution 2626 (2022) of 17th March 2022, on the extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, […]

European Parliament resolution of 7 April 2022 on the situation in Afghanistan, in particular the situation of women’s rights

The European Parliament, having regard to its previous resolutions on Afghanistan, having regard to the Taliban’s announcement of the creation of the caretaker government of Afghanistan of 7 September 2021, having regard to the UN Resolution 2626 (2022) of 17th March 2022, on the extension of the mandate of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, […]

Statement by Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock at the High Level Ministerial Event on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan

I recently met with a women’s rights activist from Afghanistan. She deplored how the Taliban are reversing women’s rights in the country. “It’s like all the progress we made was built out of ice. That ice has been put in the sun. And now everything is melting away.” That’s how she put it. What we […]