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Karin Sham Poo, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF, told IRIN on Wednesday it was “extremely unfortunate” that governor of the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, had issued a decree this week barring women from doing any jobs in the city where they came into contact with men.
She said the ban, which would exclude women from working in hotels, fuel stations, restaurants and other public places came just days after she had visited Sudan to urge the government to ratify the UN-sponsored Convention of Eradication of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). She said UNICEF would raise the issue “at the highest level” to seek its immediate abrogation.
[See also separate IRIN report entitled: SUDAN: Rights groups protest ban on working women]
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