Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping …
Jan 19, 2025 · Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, said women and girls were bearing the brunt of dwindling financial support for nongovernmental groups and humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan.
Why this humanitarian NGO leader flew to Kabul to meet with the Taliban
Jan 10, 2023 · 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...
Aid chief: Taliban decrees against women paralyzing NGO work
Jan 8, 2023 · Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, is the first NGO chief to visit Afghanistan for talks with the Taliban since the ban came into effect more than two weeks...
Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping …
Jan 19, 2025 · Funding cuts to Afghanistan are the biggest threat to helping the country’s women, the chief of a top aid agency warned Sunday. Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee...
Taliban rulers ban women from working at non-governmental ... - NPR
Dec 26, 2022 · 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.
Aid chief lays blame for women bans at Taliban supreme leader's feet - CNN
Jan 13, 2023 · Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council talks about meeting with the Taliban in an attempt to reverse the ban on women working for aid groups.
‘This is a battle we cannot lose’: Aid chief on Afghan women’s rights
Jan 4, 2023 · Jan Egeland, Secretary General of the Norwegian Refugee Council, reacts to the Taliban's ban on women working for aid organizations in Afghanistan.
Taliban decrees against women paralysing NGO work: Aid chief
Jan 8, 2023 · Jan Egeland, the secretary-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, is the first NGO chief to visit Afghanistan for talks with the Taliban since the ban came into effect more than two weeks...
Top NGO leader presses Taliban on letting women work
Sep 28, 2021 · Jan Egeland, director-general of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), said the issue of women's employment -- and education for girls -- had been central to meetings he had held with Taliban...
Millions of Afghans face expulsion from Iran and Pakistan 'back to ...
3 days ago · The head of humanitarian NGO the Norwegian Refugee Council is accusing the international community of turning its back on the Afghan people since the Taliban returned to power in 2021. Jan Egeland ...