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‘‘(i) providing technical assistance to 
the Government of Afghanistan to assist in 
the efforts to ratify the United Nations 
Convention against Corruption and assist-
ance in creating implementation legislation 
and a monitoring mechanism to oversee 
implementation of the United Nations Con-
vention against Corruption; 
‘‘(ii) supporting the establishment of 
audit offices, inspectors general offices, 
third party monitoring of government pro-
curement processes, and anti-corruption 
agencies; 
‘‘(iii) promoting legal and judicial re-
forms that criminalize corruption and law 
enforcement reforms and development that 
encourage prosecutions of corruption; 
‘‘(iv) providing technical assistance to 
develop a legal framework for commercial 
transactions that fosters business practices 
that promote transparent, ethical, and 
competitive behavior in the economic sec-
tor, such as commercial codes that incor-
porate international standards and protec-
tion of core labor standards; 
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‘‘(v) providing training and technical 
assistance relating to drafting of anti-cor-
ruption, privatization, and competitive 
statutory and administrative codes, and 
providing technical assistance to Afghan 
governmental 
ministries 
implementing 
anti-corruption laws and regulations; 
‘‘(vi) promoting the development of 
regulations relating to financial disclosure 
for public officials, political parties, and 
candidates for public offices; 
‘‘(vii) supporting transparent budg-
eting processes and financial management 
systems; and 
‘‘(viii) promoting civil society’s role in 
combating corruption.’’. 
(e) ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN AND GIRLS.—Subsection 
(a)(7) of such section is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking clauses (i) 
through (xii) and inserting the following new 
clauses: 
‘‘(i) to provide equipment, medical 
supplies, and other assistance to health 
care facilities for the purpose of reducing 
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maternal and infant mortality and mor-
bidity; 
‘‘(ii) to expand immunization pro-
grams for women and children; 
‘‘(iii) to establish and expand pro-
grams to provide services to women and 
girls suffering from mental illness prob-
lems, such as depression, anxiety, and 
posttraumatic stress disorder; 
‘‘(iv) to protect and provide services to 
vulnerable populations, including widows, 
orphans, and women head of households; 
‘‘(v) to develop and implement pro-
grams to protect women and girls against 
sexual and physical abuse, abduction, traf-
ficking, exploitation, and sex discrimina-
tion, including emergency shelters for 
women and girls who face danger from vio-
lence; 
‘‘(vi) to establish primary and sec-
ondary schools for girls that include math-
ematics, science, and languages in their 
primary curriculum; 
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‘‘(vii) to expand technical and voca-
tional training programs to enable women 
to support themselves and their families; 
‘‘(viii) to maintain and expand adult 
literacy programs, including economic lit-
eracy programs that promote the well- 
being of women and their families; 
‘‘(ix) to provide special educational 
opportunities for girls whose schooling was 
ended by the Taliban and who now face 
obstacles to participating in the normal 
education system, such as girls who are 
now married and girls who are older than 
the normal age for their classes; 
‘‘(x) 
to 
disseminate 
information 
throughout Afghanistan on international 
standards for human rights, particularly as 
pertaining to women; 
‘‘(xi) to provide information and as-
sistance to enable women to exercise prop-
erty, inheritance, and voting rights, and to 
ensure equal access to the judicial system; 
‘‘(xii) to support the work of women- 
led and local nongovernmental organiza-
tions with demonstrated experience in de-
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