The era of brutal repression by the Taliban, that you have all noted, has passed, yet on every measure of development and in every sphere, women in Afghanistan continue to suffer solely because they were born female.
Highlighting ongoing challenges faced by Afghan women despite past gains.
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It is just wrong that women anywhere are denied access to the same economic opportunities as men.
It will be a demonstration to our own women and girls that the United States officially stands behind their advancement at home.
Our failure to ratify has denied women and girls around the world U.S. leadership on the implementation of CEDAW.
It is a powerful tool, and I hope that the United States can finally put it in our human rights arsenal as well.
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