Under a Labour government, Afghan women and girls will advise on their country's future

Women and girls’ voices have been pushed to the margins in Afghanistan and years of badly executed aid cuts had already wreaked havoc 🖋️ PreetKGillMP for ipaperviews

; his description of the country sparked huge backlash from women’s rights organisations. His comments showed ignorance of how restricted life has become for Afghan women and his subsequent apology was an important step. In contrast, what I saw first-hand inis a country where women’s rights are violated and women and girls have practically disappeared from public life.

Britain has an interest in a stable and secure Afghanistan but by deprioritising Afghanistan, there is a real risk that the Conservatives will spark an international race to the bottom among donors: the United Nations’ Humanitarian Response Plan was only 9 per cent funded by mid-2023. It is Afghan women and girls who will pay the greatest price.

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