Representatives Of Australia & UN Discuss Situation Of Women In Afghanistan

The Australian Embassy in Afghanistan announced the meeting of Stephanie Copus Campbell, the country's ambassador for gender equality, with the representative of the United Nations Women's Section.

The meeting discussed the human rights situation and the problems of women and children in Afghanistan.

The embassy wrote in a note on the social media platform X on Monday, December 9, that the meeting discussed "the broad human rights and humanitarian challenges faced by Afghan women and children".

The Australian ambassador's meeting with the UN Women's representative comes at a time when women in Afghanistan face severe legal and social restrictions and their access to education, work and fundamental freedoms is severely restricted.

Australia, along with Germany, the Netherlands, and Canada, were among the first countries to announce that they would file a complaint against the Taliban with the International Court of Justice.

Recently, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong reacted to the closure of medical institutions in Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban had destroyed one of the few remaining opportunities for women.