3.0.0 147 2023-01-11T20:06:35Z 2023-01-11T20:06:35Z Senate S S 2007-01-04 110 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2007-01-04T22:23:14Z Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2007 110 947 HR 2007-02-08 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. Identical bill CRS 2007-01-04 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B000711 Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] BARBARA BOXER D CA N B000444 Sen. Biden, Joseph R., Jr. [D-DE] JOSEPH BIDEN D DE ROBINETTE 2007-01-04 True D000388 Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CHRISTOPHER DODD D CT JOHN 2007-01-04 True M000702 Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] BARBARA MIKULSKI D MD ANN 2007-01-09 False F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA 2007-01-10 False S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2007-03-28 False M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2007-05-07 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2007-06-19 False International Affairs Administration of justice Afghanistan Authorization Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Congress Congress and foreign policy Congressional reporting requirements Crime and Law Enforcement Crimes against women Curricula Democracy Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Families Government Operations and Politics Heads of households Health Human rights Labor and Employment Language and languages Law Literacy programs Married people Maternal health services Mathematics Mental depression Mental health services Nongovernmental organizations Nonprofit organizations Orphans Police training Rape Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Sex discrimination Social Welfare South Asia Technical education Vocational and technical education Voting rights Widows Women Women in government Women in public life Women's education Women's employment Women's health Women's rights International Affairs 00 2007-01-04 Introduced in Senate 2007-04-11T21:01:22Z Afghan Women Empowerment Act of 2007 - Expresses the sense of Congress that the protection of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan and their full participation in the reestablishment of democracy are essential to Afghanistan's reconstruction, and to achieve such reconstruction the U.S. government must commit resources to advance the rights of women throughout Afghanistan.

Amends the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act of 2002 to revise the provisions respecting assistance to women and girls in Afghanistan. Extends funding authority.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should: (1) condition the provision of such assistance on the recipient adhering to international standards for women's rights and human rights; and (2) ensure that Afghan women-led nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated experience in delivering services to Afghan women and children receive grants without ethnic, religious, or any other discrimination.

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