01/07/2009
https://www.congress.gov...
"If a peace process is to endure, women need to have a voice in the decision-making about the future of their country."
"Now there's a new law--but it means zero if they don't implement it."
"We know that development change can happen in Afghanistan only if women are central catalysts to it."
"We are dependent on the elevation of women to realize change in Afghanistan."