Sec. 6215. Efforts to ensure meaningful participation of Afghan women in peace negotiations in Afghanistan
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The Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall carry out activities to ensure the meaningful participation of Afghan women in the ongoing peace process in Afghanistan in a manner consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 ( 22 U.S.C. 2151 note; Public Law 115–68 ), which shall include— continued United States Government advocacy for the inclusion of Afghan women leaders in ongoing and future negotiations to end the conflict in Afghanistan; and support for the inclusion of constitutional protections on women’s and girls’ human rights that ensure their freedom of movement, rights to education and work, political participation, and access to healthcare and justice in any agreement reached through intra-Afghan negotiations, including negotiations with the Taliban.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report describing the steps taken to fulfill the duties of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a). In this section, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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Efforts to ensure meaningful participation of Afghan women in peace negotiations in Afghanistan
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