Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004

Bill: 108-s-2032
Sponsor: Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA]
Introduced: 2004-01-27 in the Senate
Policy area: International Affairs
Subjects: Afghanistan
Agriculture and Food
Armed Forces and National Security
Building construction
Child health
Child sexual abuse
Child welfare
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Community health services
Compensatory education
Congress
Congressional reporting requirements
Crime and Law Enforcement
Crime prevention
Curricula
Democracy
Disabled
Displaced persons
Economic assistance
Education
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Emergency Management
Emergency housing
Environmental Protection
Equality before the law
Estates (Law)
Families
Family services
Finance and Financial Sector
Financial planning
Food relief
Government Operations and Politics
Health
Health education
Health facilities
Higher education
Housing and Community Development
Human rights
Immigration
Infant mortality
Information services
International agencies
International law
International relief
Kidnapping
Labor and Employment
Land mines
Language and languages
Law
Legal education
Legal services
Legal status of women
Literacy programs
Maternal health services
Mathematics
Medical supplies
Mental depression
Mental health services
Mental illness
Midwives
Military training
Missing children
Missing persons
Nongovernmental organizations
Nonprofit organizations
Nursing education
Nutrition
Peacekeeping forces
Personal budgets
Police training
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Prostitution
Public health
Refugees
Refuse and refuse disposal
Repatriation
Reproduction
Right of property
School buildings
School security
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Security measures
Sex discrimination
Shelters for the homeless
Slavery
Social Welfare
South Asia
Technical assistance
Technical education
Terrorism
United Nations
United Nations finances
Vaccination
Vocational and technical education
Voter registration
Voting rights
War casualties
War relief
Widows
Women
Women in government
Women's education
Women's employment
Women's health
Women's rights
Women's shelters
Women's voting

Summary:
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: 
Afghan Women Security and Freedom Act of 2004 - Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the international community should commit substantial resources, including peacekeeping forces, for protecting the rights of women, reestablishing democracy, and eliminating terrorism in Afghanistan; (2) the United States should strongly support the Afghan Ministry of Women's Affairs and the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission; (3) international peacekeeping forces and reconstruction teams should be authorized to stop violations of human rights and women's rights; (4) U.S. foreign policy should ensure restoration of the rights of women and girls in Afghanistan, assist in their recovery from the repression of the Taliban and prolonged warfare, and strengthen Afghan institutions led by women; and (5) assistance to Afghanistan should be conditioned on the Afghan Government's adherence to international standards for women's rights and human rights.
 
Authorizes the President to provide assistance for women and children in Afghanistan for the purpose of promoting women's rights and human rights and providing health care, education, training, security, and shelter. 
 



Legislative actions:
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S287)
action_date: 2004-01-27
text: Introduced in Senate