NARRATIVE – Islamist leaders have imposed that the status of women and human rights are not on the agenda of the conference organized Sunday and Monday in Qatar.
« Why don’t you answer questions from the media? ? Why do you seek international legitimacy when you have none at the national level? ? Why did you ban women from education? ? Does your power only extend to women? ? » In a corridor at the luxurious Ritz Carlton in Doha, Qatar, Afghanistan International TV reporter Maryam Rahmati chases Suhail Shaheen, a spokesman for the Taliban government.
He barely deigns to answer her and, at the end of the corridor, slams the door in her face: the Doha III summit meetings are taking place behind closed doors, between representatives of the UN, 25 countries, five international organizations and the Taliban authorities. No member of Afghan civil society is invited. No women, either. A request from the Taliban to which the UN, the organizer of the talks, has complied, which has also agreed that issues related to human rights and women’s rights in particular…
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