OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN GIRLS EDUCATION
21-Mar-2023
00:01:15
The UN Human Rights Office urged the de facto authorities in Afghanistan to open schools to girls at all levels, as well as to universities, a spokesperson said. UNTV CH
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STORY: OHCHR / AFGHANISTAN GIRLS EDUCATION
TRT: 01:15
SOURCE: UNTV CH
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LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 MARCH 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
TRT: 01:15
SOURCE: UNTV CH
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 21 MARCH 2023 GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
SHOTLIST
1. Wide shot, entrance of Palais des Nations
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“This week girls in Afghanistan should have been starting another year in secondary school with hope and aspiration. But for the past year, girls have not been allowed to attend Grades 6 to 12. We urge the de facto authorities to open schools to girls at all levels, as well as to universities.”
4. Med shot, participants briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“The denial of a secondary school education, and then of access to university, is manifestly discriminatory, profoundly distressing for girls and women, along with their families and communities, and deeply damaging to the country as a whole.”
6. Med shot, participants briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“The decision to deny girls and women their right to an education exposes them to violence, poverty and exploitation.”
8. Med shot, participants briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“The de facto authorities have pledged that all women and girls will be allowed to go to school. Our Office urges that they honour this promise, without delay.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room
2. Wide shot, briefing room
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“This week girls in Afghanistan should have been starting another year in secondary school with hope and aspiration. But for the past year, girls have not been allowed to attend Grades 6 to 12. We urge the de facto authorities to open schools to girls at all levels, as well as to universities.”
4. Med shot, participants briefing room
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“The denial of a secondary school education, and then of access to university, is manifestly discriminatory, profoundly distressing for girls and women, along with their families and communities, and deeply damaging to the country as a whole.”
6. Med shot, participants briefing room
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“The decision to deny girls and women their right to an education exposes them to violence, poverty and exploitation.”
8. Med shot, participants briefing room
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Marta Hurtado, Spokesperson for the UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR):
“The de facto authorities have pledged that all women and girls will be allowed to go to school. Our Office urges that they honour this promise, without delay.”
10. Wide shot, briefing room
STORYLINE
At the bi-weekly press briefing on Tuesday, UN Human Rights Office spokesperson made the following comments on Afghanistan.
“This week girls in Afghanistan should have been starting another year in secondary school with hope and aspiration. But for the past year, girls have not been allowed to attend Grades 6 to 12. We urge the de facto authorities to open schools to girls at all levels, as well as to universities,” she said.
“The denial of a secondary school education, and then of access to university, is manifestly discriminatory, profoundly distressing for girls and women, along with their families and communities, and deeply damaging to the country as a whole,” Hurtado said.
“The decision to deny girls and women their right to an education exposes them to violence, poverty and exploitation,” she said.
Disempowering half of Afghanistan’s population is counterproductive and unjust. Structural discrimination such as this is also deeply damaging for the country’s prospects of future recovery and development.
Education is a fundamental human right. As a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Afghanistan is obliged to ensure that everyone has access to an education.
“The de facto authorities have pledged that all women and girls will be allowed to go to school. Our Office urges that they honour this promise, without delay,” she said.
“This week girls in Afghanistan should have been starting another year in secondary school with hope and aspiration. But for the past year, girls have not been allowed to attend Grades 6 to 12. We urge the de facto authorities to open schools to girls at all levels, as well as to universities,” she said.
“The denial of a secondary school education, and then of access to university, is manifestly discriminatory, profoundly distressing for girls and women, along with their families and communities, and deeply damaging to the country as a whole,” Hurtado said.
“The decision to deny girls and women their right to an education exposes them to violence, poverty and exploitation,” she said.
Disempowering half of Afghanistan’s population is counterproductive and unjust. Structural discrimination such as this is also deeply damaging for the country’s prospects of future recovery and development.
Education is a fundamental human right. As a State party to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and to the Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, Afghanistan is obliged to ensure that everyone has access to an education.
“The de facto authorities have pledged that all women and girls will be allowed to go to school. Our Office urges that they honour this promise, without delay,” she said.
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