(ANSA) - ROME, 02 DEC - "Italy and the international community are committed to protecting Afghan women at risk": this was stated by Marina Sereni, Deputy Foreign Minister, who spoke today at the Forum on women in the context of the Med Fora, which the Roma Med Dialogues2021 Conference has been opened, in its seventh edition and promoted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ispi, with ANSA as media partner and running until Saturday 4 December. "During our G20 presidency, we stressed the need to keep the focus on the human rights situation in Afghanistan, especially of women and girls, calling for greater international cooperation to support their urgent needs," she added.
Sereni recalled the awareness on this issue during the ministerial event that Italy organized and Qatar co-sponsored on the sidelines of the last UN General Assembly.
"It is essential that governments and institutions, as well as women's networks across the Mediterranean, keep their attention and support the situation of Afghan women and girls, prioritizing women in their humanitarian programs, supporting the education of women and girls. and supporting the activists ", concluded the deputy minister.
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