NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, about the Taliban's decision to ban women from working at NGOs.

Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, spent a week meeting with Taliban officials, pressing them to reverse their ban on women working for non-governmental organizations ...

Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, NRC, Jan Egeland, listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2023. The Taliban's ...

JAN EGELAND: Well, one-third of our staff, 500 nearly of our 1,400, 1,500 aid workers, are female. And they are highly professional, highly committed, working very hard. They are very often the ...

Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, ... The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight.

Jan Egeland, secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, ... The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger after foreign aid stopped almost overnight.

Jan Egeland, the secretary ... The biggest threat to the future well-being of Afghan women is education,” said Egeland. The Taliban takeover in August 2021 drove millions into poverty and hunger ...

Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, warned that a U.S. funding cut would have severe ripple effects, forcing NGOs to lay off female workers and setting back women’s ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks to Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, about the Taliban's decision to ban women from working at NGOs. Search Query Show Search.

KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban’s “internal debates and extreme decrees” are paralyzing humanitarian work in Afghanistan, the head of a major aid agency told The … ...