UN Calls for Review , After Taliban Bans , Women Workers.<br />Last week, the Taliban imposed new restrictive <br />measures, declaring that women employed <br />by the U.N. could no longer report for work.<br />According to the United Nations, <br />the decision is unacceptable.<br />On April 11, the U.N. said it was reviewing <br />the Taliban's decision to bar women in Afghanistan <br />from working at the world organization.<br />On April 11, the U.N. said it was reviewing <br />the Taliban's decision to bar women in Afghanistan <br />from working at the world organization.<br />CBS reports that the news could suggest that <br />the U.N. may move to suspend the organization's <br />mission and operations in Afghanistan.<br />The ban on women working at the U.N. represents the most recent example of the Taliban's restrictive laws put in place since they seized power in August of 2021.<br />In a U.N. statement, the organization said it , "will endeavor to continue lifesaving, <br />time-critical humanitarian activities." .<br />In a U.N. statement, the organization said it , "will endeavor to continue lifesaving, <br />time-critical humanitarian activities." .<br />At the same time, the U.N. said it , "will assess the scope, parameters and consequences <br />of the ban, and pause activities where impeded." .<br />At the same time, the U.N. said it , "will assess the scope, parameters and consequences <br />of the ban, and pause activities where impeded." .<br />U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric <br />expressed the urgent need for <br />humanitarian aid in Afghanistan. .<br />What we're hoping to achieve is to <br />be able to fulfill our mandate to help <br />more than 24 million Afghan men, <br />women, and children who desperately need <br />humanitarian help without violating basic <br />international humanitarian principles, Stephane Dujarric, U.N. spokesman, via CBS.<br />What we're hoping to achieve is to <br />be able to fulfill our mandate to help <br />more than 24 million Afghan men, <br />women, and children who desperately need <br />humanitarian help without violating basic <br />international humanitarian principles, Stephane Dujarric, U.N. spokesman, via CBS.<br />CBS reports that regional political analyst <br />Torek Farhadi suggested that the ban , "hurts the poor the most in Afghanistan; those <br />who have no voice and have the most to lose."
