The U.S. State Department sent a speaker to a Heritage Foundation panel on women's rights today. Charlotte Ponticelli, a senior coordinator for women's rights, spoke on various subjects including the rights of women in Iraq and Afghanistan.
The speaker mentioned that there were challenges facing women in those countries but said that work was ongoing to preserve and advance those rights.
The Public Health Minister of Afghanistan and others also spoke and took questions at the panel discussion.
Source: C-SPAN.
Monday, August 29, 2005
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