Afghanistan and Iran: Women

(asked on 19th April 2023) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address gender apartheid in Afghanistan and Iran; and what consideration they are giving to recognising gender apartheid as a crime under international criminal law.


Answered by
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Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 4th May 2023

In Afghanistan, the UK Government has repeatedly condemned the Taliban's decisions to restrict the rights of women and girls. Since April 2021, the Government has disbursed £532 million to Afghanistan, and committed that at least 50 per cent of those we reach with our aid are women and girls.

In Iran, the UK Government supports women and girls standing up for fundamental rights, holding the Iranian regime to account. We raise human rights directly with the Iranian authorities. We work with international partners and NGOs. We supported a UN Fact Finding Mission and Iran's removal from the UN Commission on the Status of Women.

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