UN officials have said that women are the main victims of wars and conflicts, but are still under-represented on diplomatic fronts.
Today, on the occasion of International Women’s Day, the Executive Director of the United Nations Women’s Department, Seema Bahous, has called on the international community to play a role in protecting and providing the rights of women around the world.
“We need to remember that we have not been able to bring much change in the peace talks, nor have they,” he said at the Security Council meeting on “Women, Security and Peace” on Tuesday. have been able to stop people who commit atrocities on women.’
Referring to Afghanistan, Bahous said discrimination on the basis of gender continues and since the Taliban came to power, they have been prevented from living like ordinary citizens.
“They have been banned from universities and parks and have also been removed from their jobs.”
According to him, “Afghanistan is one of the major examples of suppression of women’s rights, but it is not the only one.”
Referring to the war between Ukraine and Russia, which is now in its second year, Bauhaus said that of the 8 million Ukrainians who have been forced to leave the country due to the war, 90 percent are women and children. 70% of the displaced are women.
“Peace is the only solution in which women should be included.”
He urged the world leaders to act according to the historic resolutions of the United Nations Security Council passed in 2000. In which conflict resolution and women’s rights are emphasized.
On this occasion, American Ambassador Lind Thomas Greenfield said, “I want to draw everyone’s attention to the oppression of women and girls in the world, as in Iran, Afghanistan, and the territories of Ukraine occupied by Russia and other countries in the world.” happening in places.’
French representative Marlene Cechipa, who recently served as her country’s equality minister, said women pay the highest price in wars and crises.
Mentioning Ukraine, Somalia and other war-torn areas, he said that women are the most affected and they are sexually assaulted and tortured in a systematic way.