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Calendar No. 450 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 418 

Recognizing Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, Yoani Sa ́nchez, and Akanksha 

Hazari for their selflessness and dedication to their respective causes, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 12, 2016 

Ms. COLLINS (for herself and Mrs. FEINSTEIN) submitted the following 

resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

APRIL 28, 2016 

Reported by Mr. CORKER, without amendment 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, Yoani Sa ́nchez, 

and Akanksha Hazari for their selflessness and dedication to their respective causes, and for other purposes. 

Whereas women’s leadership in the world is critical to shaping and addressing world events and decreasing global instability; 

Whereas women leaders play an integral role in fighting 

against transnational organized crime, human trafficking, 

and violence against women, including honor killings, and 

female genital mutilation; 


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Whereas changing the trajectory of these dynamics requires 

empowering women leaders to advance economic opportunity and increase political and public leadership; 

Whereas women leaders have selflessly sacrificed, and in 

some cases placed their lives at risk, to advance causes 

that will better their communities, their nations, and the 

world; 

Whereas Hafsat Abiola of Nigeria, founder of the Kudirat 

Initiative for Democracy, campaigns to end violence 

against women, trains young female leaders, and works 

to increase civic participation; 

Whereas Khanim Latif of Iraq, the Director of Asuda, places 

her life at risk to provide a safe haven to victims of sexual and gender-based violence, and fights threats of 

honor killings and female genital cutting; 

Whereas Yoani Sa ́nchez of Cuba, founder of ‘‘Generacio ́n Y’’, 

created a blog that captures daily life in Cuba as an effort to encourage political change and increase public 

awareness and engagement; 

Whereas Akanksha Hazari of India fights to deliver basic necessities such as clean water and electricity to impoverished communities and to empower the underserved in 

India; and 

Whereas each of these leaders serves as a role model and an 

inspiration to help change the lives of others: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 

2 (1) recognizes Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, 

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1 lessness and dedication to their respective causes; 

2 and 

3 (2) commends their efforts to advance economic 

4 opportunity, increase political and public leadership, 

5 combat violence against women, and empower 

6 women to address global instability. 


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Calendar No. 450 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 418 

RESOLUTION 

Recognizing Hafsat Abiola, Khanim Latif, Yoani 

Sa ́nchez, and Akanksha Hazari for their selflessand for other purposes. ness and dedication to their respective causes, 

APRIL 28, 2016 

Reported without amendment 


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