[On the situation for women in Afghanistan after the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan] They were not allowed to leave home without a … - Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

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[On the situation for women in Afghanistan after the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan] They were not allowed to leave home without a male escort. They were not allowed to go to work. They were not allowed to continue with their education. Their sex became the limitation on what they could do or be. This is true for all women and girls in Afghanistan under the Taliban reign.

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About Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws, LT, KC, FRSA, HonFRSE (born 12 May 1950), is a Scottish barrister, broadcaster, and Labour member of the House of Lords. A Bencher of Gray's Inn, she is President of Justice, the law reform think tank, and a director of the International Bar Association's Institute of Human Rights. She was Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford, from 2011 to 2018.

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Alternative Names: Helena Kennedy Helena Ann Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws Baroness Helena Kennedy QC
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I have still got women sending me the most tragic, terrible text messages and phoning me at all hours, saying "please help me, I am hiding in my basement, I didn't get on your planes in 2021 because my mother was dying, I couldn't leave at the time, but now they are after me."

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