[On the situation for women in Afghanistan after the 2020–2… - 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.

Helena Kennedy, Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws

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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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