UN / AFGHANISTAN UNIVERSITIES WOMEN BAN

STORY: UN / AFGHANISTAN UNIVERSITIES WOMEN BAN
TRT: 0:57
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS

DATELINE: 20 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY / RECENT

SHOTLIST:

RECENT – NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, exterior, United Nations Headquarters

20 DECEMBER 2022, NEW YORK CITY

2. Wide shot, press briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“What it is, it’s clearly another broken promise from the Taliban. We have seen since their takeover and it also in the past months, just a lessening of the space for women, not only in education, but access to public areas, their nonparticipation in the public debate. It's another very troubling move. And it's difficult to imagine how the country can develop, can deal with all of its the challenges that it has, without the active participation of women and the education of women.”
4. Wide shot, press briefing room

STORYLINE:

Asked about the announcement of Taliban suspending women from university education in Afghanistan, UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said that it is “clearly another broken promise from the Taliban,” and “another very troubling move."

Speaking to reporters today (20 Dec) in New York, Dujarric reiterated “it's difficult to imagine how the country can develop, can deal with all of its the challenges that it has, without the active participation of women and the education of women.”

According to reports, the Taliban has ordered a ban on university education for the country’s women. A letter was issued by the ministry of higher education, the order will go into effect immediately.