{"id":14996,"date":"2026-06-11T16:40:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:40:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/11\/un-women-crisis-women-girls-eastern-afghanistan-earthquake-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:40:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:40:53","slug":"un-women-crisis-women-girls-eastern-afghanistan-earthquake-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/06\/11\/un-women-crisis-women-girls-eastern-afghanistan-earthquake-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"UN Women Warns of Crisis Facing Women and Girls in Eastern Afghanistan Amid Earthquake and Renewed Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UN Women has reported that following the 2025 earthquake and the resumption of clashes along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, over 100,000 people in eastern Afghanistan have been displaced, with women and girls facing a severe humanitarian crisis. The agency warned that existing restrictions and new insecurities have made living conditions significantly harder for women.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report released on Thursday, June 11, the escalation of clashes has included airstrikes, shelling, drone attacks, and ground fighting, causing widespread displacement of residents in border areas. Many families have been forced to leave their homes and live in precarious conditions.<\/p>\n<p>The United Nations added that approximately 50,000 people in the affected regions are at increased risk of gender-based violence. The agency noted that women and girls\u2019 access to health services and other essential services has been severely curtailed, making them more vulnerable to further threats.<\/p>\n<p>The report emphasized that pregnant women face compounded risks, including hunger and lack of medical care, highlighting an urgent need for humanitarian aid. Meanwhile, under Taliban rule, increasing restrictions on women\u2019s personal freedoms and mobility have further diminished their ability to access vital assistance and support, raising heightened concerns about the human rights situation for women in these areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UN Women warns over 100,000 displaced in eastern Afghanistan face severe crisis amid earthquake, conflict, and rising restrictions on women\u2019s rights and access to aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-social-affairs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14996","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}