Female foreign ministers from 16 countries around the world said Friday they are 바카라deeply disappointed바카라 that Afghan girls are being denied access to secondary schools and called on the Taliban to reverse their decision.
Afghanistan's Taliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools on Wednesday to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hard-line base at the expense of further alienating the international community. So far, they have refused to explain the sudden decision.
"As women and as foreign ministers, we are deeply disappointed and concerned that girls in Afghanistan are being denied access to secondary schools this spring," the foreign ministers of Albania, Andorra, Australia, Belgium, Bosnia, Canada, Estonia, Germany, Iceland, Kosovo, Malawi, Mongolia, New Zealand, Sweden, Tonga and Britain said in a joint statement.
They said the decision 바카라is particularly disturbing as we repeatedly heard their commitments to open all schools for all children바카라.
바카라We call upon the Taliban to reverse their recent decision and to grant equal access to all levels of education, in all provinces of the country," they added.
The world has been reluctant to officially recognise Afghanistan's new rulers, concerned the Taliban would impose similar harsh measures and restrictions 바카라 particularly limiting women's rights to education and work 바카라 as when they previously ruled the country in the late 1990s.
The ministers said they 바카라watch closely whether the Taliban deliver on their assurances바카라. 바카라We will measure them by their actions, not by their words,바카라 they said. 바카라The scope and extent of our countries' engagement in Afghanistan beyond humanitarian assistance will be tied to their achievements in this regard.바카라
They said access to education is a human right to which every girl and woman as entitled, and that 바카라no country can afford to not take advantage of the potential and talent of its entire people바카라.
