Safe the Children announced a partial resumption of operations in Afghanistan in a January 15 press release. The Chief Operating Officer said in a press release:
After the Taliban’s (IEA) ban on female aid workers on December 24, 2022, the organization suspended its operations in the country while paying employees’ gross salaries and other benefits. read the statement.
Women make up 50 percent of Safe the Children’s workforce and are essential for the organization’s services to be delivered safely and efficiently, officials said.
Save the Children has been working in Afghanistan “since the 1976s to provide life-saving services to children and their families across the country” and is still working to return to normal operating levels as soon as possible. I promise.
Since September 2021, the organization has helped 4 million people, including 2 million children. But in 2023, more than 18 million children and adults will need humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, according to officials.
Safe the Children’s COO has asked the Caretaker Administration to lift restrictions on the organization’s female staff and other NGOs to start working with male and female staff .