The UN Human Rights Council will hold an urgent debate to address the situation of women and girls in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover of the country, a spokesman said Friday.
The debate, requested late Thursday by France and the European Union, is expected to be held on July 1, during the ongoing 50th session of the council, the spokesman for the UN’s top rights body told reporters in Geneva.
Other countries have since backed the request by Paris and Brussels.
After seizing power in August, the Taliban have rolled back marginal gains made by Afghan women during the past two decades, limiting their access to education, government jobs and freedom of movement.
