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PHOTOGRAPHS of Afghan women on the UN development programme website were blacked out yesterday and replaced with the hashtag #WhereAreTheWomen.
The UN agency’s decision to stop publishing photographs of women on its website is intended to highlight the plight of Afghan women in the run-up to International Women’s Day tomorrow.
It aims to bring attention to the fear many Afghan women have of the potential consequences of appearing in public or having their photos published, said UNDP head of communications Rob Few in Kabul.
Afghan women living under the Taliban are navigating a system that makes their public existence conditional on male approval, writes SHUKRIA RAHIMI
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