After one year of the ban on women working in non-governmental organization

Exactly one year has passed since the announcement of the decree banning women’s work in non-governmental organizations by the caretaker government, many women and girls who have been deprived of work and employment based on the issued order and have crawled in isolation, from the difficult economic situation, depression complain about their mental problems.

Despite it was said that the restriction and prohibition of women’s work in non-governmental organizations is temporary and the work to provide the ground for its removal continues, but after one year, there is still no hope for removing the restrictions. Excluding women from society and preventing thousands of women from employment and working in NGOs has placed very heavy challenges and difficulties on women and the entire society.

Every woman who was working in an organization was considered to be a good source of income for one or even several families. Women played a very effective and job-creating role in the family economy and even the national economy. With the exclusion of women from work and employment, the income of thousands of families who directly or indirectly relied on it disappeared and brought them poverty without any doubt.

On the other hand, as many times, national and international relief organizations that are involved in providing humanitarian services and help in various fields throughout Afghanistan have reported about creating problems and disruptions in their work. Undoubtedly, the presence of women and their very valuable and facilitating role in the society cannot be hidden. In traditional society of Afghanistan, especially in remote areas, the presence of women in providing communication with the members of society, i.e. families and women who live in the villages is a definite and mandatory thing, because without female employees, women and families will not be able to meet and share their problems to men staff easily. Despite these conditions, a huge number of needy citizens of the country are deprived of access to humanitarian services, adding to their many problems.

It is hoped that the caretaker government, understanding the difficult conditions of the country and the extreme poverty and backwardness that prevails in the society, as well as understanding that the presence of women as half of the body of the society is necessary and important in all areas of life, by revising all the decrees have been issued to limit the presence of women in the society, once again return this large group of society members to the position that they and the proud nation of Afghanistan deserve. Undoubtedly, a society where half of its members are ignored will not have a path towards development and progress.