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The deteriorating situation of women in Afghanistan due to the recent adoption of the law on the “Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice”

TA-10-2024-0008 · P10_TA(2024)0008 · PE762.608

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Parliament condemns the Taliban's decree on the 'Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice' and their treatment of women, calling for accountability and support for Afghan women. It urges the EU and member states to increase aid, impose sanctions, and support recognition of gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.

Key points

  1. Condemns the Taliban's decree, erasure of women from public life, forced marriages, sexual violence, and reintroduction of public flogging and stoning.
  2. Urges Afghanistan's de facto authorities to abolish discriminatory laws and restore women's full participation in public life.
  3. Calls for release of arbitrarily imprisoned women and reopening of support systems for victims of violence.
  4. Demands accountability through ICC investigation and UN mechanism, and asks for new EU sanctions against the Taliban.
  5. Urges EU and member states to adhere to Council's five benchmarks and support renewal of UN Special Rapporteur's mandate.
  6. Condemns governments normalising relations with Taliban; calls for Afghan women's participation in international forums.
  7. Calls for EU support for recognising gender apartheid as a crime against humanity.
  8. Urges increased humanitarian aid, flexible funding for NGOs, and humanitarian visas for Afghan former employees.

Who is affected

  • Afghan women and girls, who face restrictions and violence under the Taliban's decree.
  • Afghanistan's de facto authorities, urged to change practices and face accountability.
  • EU and member states, called on to impose sanctions and increase aid.
  • NGOs and their female aid workers, needing flexible funding and support.
  • Afghan former employees of international coalition, promised visas.