UN Security Council Unanimously Condemns Taliban Ban on Afghan Women Working for UN

Students attend a class bifurcated by a curtain separating males and females at a private university to follow the Taliban's ruling, in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 7, 2021. Aamir Qureshi/AFP via Getty Images

The United Nations Security Council voted unanimously to condemn the Taliban’s ban on women working for the organization on April 27, calling the decision “unprecedented in the history of the United Nations.”

The resolution, and a separate one calling on the Taliban to quickly reverse its crackdown on the rights of women and girls, was passed unanimously by the 15-member body in New York.