Afghanistan, April 6 -- UN Women says women do not need anyone's approval to live their lives, as Afghan women continue to face severe restrictions on movement, dress and public life.

UN Women said women do not need anyone's approval to live their lives and called for societies to stop trying to define how women should think, dress, behave or exist. In a message posted on X on Monday, the agency said women's voices should be heard rather than controlled, underscoring a broader global call for dignity, autonomy and equal rights.

The agency said the world should "stop telling women how to feel, how to dress, how to behave and how to live their lives," arguing that women themselves must be the ones to define their futures. Although the messa...