When award-winning actress Meryl Streep spoke on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly about cats, squirrels and birds, she wasn’t making a point about hunters and prey.

Meryl Streep spoke at a United Nations forum. The actress addressed the topic of women's rights in Afghanistan. "Today in Kabul a female cat has more freedom than a woman," she emphasized. "Today in Kabul a female cat has more freedom than a woman.

At the UN, Meryl Streep highlighted the reality for Afghan women, saying a “female cat enjoys more freedoms than they do.” Since the Taliban seized power in August 2021, women’s rights in the country have been severely restricted,

Meryl Streep joined women leaders at the United Nations this week to demand more freedom for Afghan women and girls.

Meryl Streep spoke at a U.N. General Assembly event in a bid to get world leaders to focus on the plight of Afghan women and girls under the Taliban.

The actress said a cat that can “feel the sun on her face” and run through a park has more rights than Afghan girls and women under stricter Taliban laws.

On September 23, 2024, when speaking at a side event on “The Inclusion of Women in the Future of Afghanistan” at the U.N. General Assembly, Oscar-winning actress

Hollywood actress Meryl Streep criticized the Taliban and the severe restrictions posed on women’s rights in Afghanistan since its takeover in 2021, urging the international community to do

Meryl Streep at the United Nations: A female cat has more freedoms than a woman in Afghanistan, "A cat may go sit on her front stoop and feel the sun on her face," Streep said. "She may chase a squirrel into the park. A squirrel has more rights than a girl in Afghanistan." pic.twitter.com/poNKpuGAwo

Actress and activist Meryl Streep addressed the UN General Assembly about the condition of women’s rights under Taliban rule in Afghanistan.