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Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act 2004

Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced the "Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act 2004" (S2032) before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week. Please email your Senators now and urge them to co-sponsor Boxer's bill to provide the necessary support and security for Afghan women and girls.

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This act calls for direct funding for the Ministry of Women's Affairs, the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, and Afghan women's organizations. In addition, the act calls for the expansion of international peacekeeping forces and the authorization of Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs) and peace troops to intervene to stop human rights and women's rights violations, which the current mandates do not allow.