Afghanistan’s economic crisis likely to deepen: SIGAR

KABUL (Pajhwok): Special Inspector General for Afghanistan’s Reconstruction (SIGAR) has said that restrictions on girls’ education have economic costs and likely to deepen Afghanistan’s economic crisis.

On its Twitter handle, SIGAR wrote: “Restrictions on girls’ education have economic costs and are likely to deepen Afghanistan’s economic crisis and lead to greater insecurity, poverty, and isolation.”

Citing UNICEF, SIGAR wrote if schools were reopened half of the girls will have no access to education would be deprived of access to educational institutions.

The development comes as acting Afghan government first shut down girls’ schools above class sixth and recently stopped women higher education nationwide. In addition the acting government barred women employees of international organization from work.

The Ministry of Economy on Saturday night in a statement said that serious complaints had been recently received regarding the violation of Hijab and enforced rules of the IEA by women employees in public and private institutions.

The latter reads: “With the approval of the Ministry of Economy, to discharge its responsibility and mission for the implementation of the applicable laws and regulations of the IEA in the working area of domestic and foreign NGOs, all respected institutions are instructed that until further order, all female employees who work in the related fields shall stop their work.”

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