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Jeanne Shaheen: What I am having trouble with is how to advocate to pay teachers and to release those funds when the reports that we…

On the recordFebruary 8, 2022
What I am having trouble with is how to advocate to pay teachers and to release those funds when the reports that we have are that schools are open, but not necessarily to girls and to young women.
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Jeanne Shaheen
Democratic · New Hampshire

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Concerned about funding education in Afghanistan amid gender discrimination in schools.

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