“We call on the de facto authorities to allow women and girls to exercise their rights and contribute to the social and economic development of the Afghan society in accordance with international human rights laws and teachings of Islam.” said Lana Nusseibeh, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations.

While, the spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate claimed women and girls’ rights in Afghanistan are protected based on the Sharia law.

 

“Those rights of women and girls which have been given to them by Islam, have never been violated and will never be violated either. The Islamic Emirate considers it its obligation to correct women’s rights in the country,” said Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate.

 

Earlier, the UN Rapporteur for Afghanistan's human rights, Richard Bennett, and representatives of other countries at the UN Humanitarian Council had voiced their concern over restrictions on women and girls’ rights to education and work. They had asked the caretaker Afghan government to protect human rights, in particular those of the women and girls.