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This is a thread about why Afghan women should be invited to a meeting the @UN @antonioguterres will host next week about Afghanistan.

The Taliban, after seizing power in Aug 2021, stripped women/girls of most rights. Women fought back. #GenderApartheid
Next week the UN will convene an important meeting to discuss what the international community should do about the crisis in Afghanistan and what the future holds for the country, and for the Taliban. No Afghan women are invited. reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
Afghan women have asked urgently to be allowed to attend.

“We have asked for just one hour of this two-day meeting. But we have been told it is not possible.” passblue.com/2023/04/25/dis…
International human rights organizations including @hrw who care about women’s rights in Afghanistan have asked too.
When Afghan women ask to attend this meeting, they aren’t asking a favor. The UN is responsible for implementing Sec Council resolution 1325, which says women must be full participants in discussions about their country’s future. Why isn’t that happening? hrw.org/sites/default/… Image

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More from @heatherbarr1

Apr 21
Which experts should we be listening to in the increasingly heated debate about whether the Taliban should be recognized? #GenderApartheid (spoiler: how about we listen to the Afghan women who are risking their lives to protest for their rights)
Should we listen to men writing for think tanks on the other side of the world?
Should we listen to diplomats and politicians from the tiny handful of countries that recognized the Taliban the last time they were in power?
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Oct 21, 2022
Here’s a quick thread on the term #GenderApartheid, as it pertains to Afghanistan. Afghan feminists like @Hmosadiq have been using this term since at least the fall of 2021, to describe the Taliban’s comprehensive and systematic roll back of women rights. afghandiaspora.net/gender-aparthe…
In August 2022, @karimabennoune, a law professor and former special rapporteur, published an important article about #GenderApartheid in Afghanistan. She will publish a longer and more detailed version of this article in November 2022. justsecurity.org/82651/the-best…
In September 2022, @SR_Afghanistan in his remarks at @UN_HRC used the term #GenderApartheid, saying that it was important to consider this concept. ohchr.org/en/press-relea…
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