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Early day motion · EDM 610 · 8 Jan 2025

Afghan women and girls

Tabled by Wendy Chamberlain (Liberal Democrat) 38 signatures

The motion

That this House deplores the systemic and violent subjugation of women and girls in Afghanistan by the Taliban, including extensive restrictions on speech, education, working, and unaccompanied travel or movement in the public sphere; notes that this is described by the United Nations special rapporteur as amounting to a gender apartheid; acknowledges the Tirana Declaration agreed by Afghan female leaders in September 2024; further acknowledges the critical need to hold Taliban leaders accountable for human rights violations; and calls on the Government to reaffirm its commitment to Afghan women and girls throughout its diplomatic, international development and defence policies.

Signatories (38)

Source: the official Early Day Motions database.