“The decision is based on information relating to the continuous deterioration of the living conditions of women and girls in Afghanistan” since the return of the Taliban to power in the country.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
Denmark decided on Monday, January 30, to systematically grant asylum to women and girls from Afghanistan because of their sex, while they have lived a strong decline in their rights since the return of the Taliban in power in the country. “The decision is based on information relating to the continuous deterioration of the living conditions of women and girls in Afghanistan,” said the Danish refugee appeal commission in a statement.
The Commission is based on a report by the European Union agency for recently published asylum, which “indicates that the situation of a certain number of groups of people in Afghanistan, including women and Girls, is likely to constitute a persecution within the meaning of the Convention on Refugees “. According to the Danish authority, five unanswered cases concerning Afghan women will be granted asylum under the new decision. 2> all cases concerning Afghans will be re -examined
The Commission will also re -examine the cases concerning Afghanes to which it refused asylum after the arrival of the Taliban in power, with a view to granting a residence permit to the persons concerned under this new decision (approximately ten case). All cases concerning Afghan male nationals (approximately thirty cases) to which it has refused asylum since the same date will be also reviewed.
Since their return to power in August 2021, the Taliban have gradually crossed the freedoms conquered by the women in the past twenty years, since the fall of their previous regime in 2001. In addition to being deprived of the right to study, Women are also banished from most public jobs. They are not allowed to travel without being accompanied by a male parent and must cover themselves with a burqa or a hidjab when they leave their home.
At the end of December, the Taliban authorities also ordered local and foreign NGOs to no longer employ women after “serious complaints” concerning their way of dressing, four days after a ban on studying at university to The same reasons.