{"id":144,"date":"2025-09-17T07:30:47","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/?p=144"},"modified":"2025-09-17T07:30:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T07:30:48","slug":"un-chief-criticizes-taliban-ban-female-aid-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2025\/09\/17\/un-chief-criticizes-taliban-ban-female-aid-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Chief Slams Taliban Ban on Female Aid Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres has strongly condemned the Taliban\u2019s restrictions on women\u2019s participation in humanitarian operations, calling the move intolerable and \u201can act of folly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a press conference in New York, Guterres referred to earthquake-affected areas in eastern Afghanistan, particularly Kunar province, saying that excluding women from aid delivery is not only irrational but also has severe negative consequences for people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He warned that removing women from humanitarian frameworks deprives large segments of society\u2014especially women and children\u2014of vital assistance, further worsening the crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Guterres added that the United Nations is using all its capacities and mobilizing global support to convince the Taliban that women\u2019s participation in humanitarian programs is essential, stressing that aid delivery cannot be effective without their involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN chief Ant\u00f3nio Guterres condemns Taliban ban on female aid workers, warning it worsens crises and denies vital help to women and children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","category-top-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=144"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/144\/revisions\/146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}