No organization—however big or small—can deliver assistance to communities in need without the participation of women. If women are prevented from working in health facilities, and if women can only be treated by women, then it will be virtually impossible for them to access health care. After months of witnessing new restrictions placed on women in Afghanistan—including limitations placed on their participation in everyday life, access to education, and, this week, the right to work for non-governmental organizations (NGOs)—Doctors Without Borders strongly condemns the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s erasure of women from public life in the country. We need more female doctors, not fewer. For the time being, all of MSF's activities have been maintained as our female colleagues continue to work unhindered in the health facilities managed by MSF and the Ministry of Health. This must not change: Prohibiting women from working would effectively prevent women and girls from accessing health care. Click the link in bio and this image again to read our statement. #afghanistan #doctorswithoutborders #health