New Zealand is providing a further USD 2 million in humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan, Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta said on Monday. "There is significant humanitarian assistance in Afghanistan, with the crisis disproportionately affecting women and girls," Mahuta said in a statement.
The United Nations has estimated that 80 percent of the quarter of a million people displaced in Afghanistan since May are women and children, according to reports. "With the dangers that women and girls are facing in Afghanistan today, it is more important than ever to support the organisations that are delivering much-needed humanitarian assistance and protection," said Mahuta. New Zealand is offering funding to United Nation Population Fund. Both of these organizations are addressing urgent needs on the ground with a particular focus on supporting women and children, the Minister said.
New Zealand has joined two statements supporting the call to ensure the safety and human rights of women and girls, one at the Human Rights Council and the other a joint call by women political leaders to uphold and continue to advance equal rights and opportunities, she said.
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