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Mar 13 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Last week, @SecBlinken and @FLOTUS honored courageous individuals and one group of courageous women at the #IWOC2024 awards ceremony. Their stories of strength and leadership below: ⤵️
Benafsha Yaqoobi of Afghanistan is an #IWOC for her courageous work to defend the rights of women who have faced violence. She continues to advocate for Afghan girls and those with disabilities for the right to attend school.
Mar 8, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
The State Department is proud to honor 7 courageous Afghan women who were assassinated as #WomenofCourage for their efforts to help others and used their voices to empower those around them. Their efforts will not be forgotten.
Mar 8, 2021 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
The State Department is proud to honor 7 courageous Afghani women who were assassinated as #WomenofCourage for their efforts to help others and used their voices to empower those around them. Their efforts will not be forgotten.
Jun 25, 2020 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
Nina Balabayeva of Kazakhstan is being honored for her enormous achievement in building the country’s first human trafficking shelter. She has dedicated her life and career to combating trafficking in persons even before there were laws on the books in Kazakhstan. #EndTrafficking
Lieutenant Colonel Karma Rigzin of Bhutan is being honored for her leadership in pioneering Bhutan’s victim-centered specialized national police unit on women and children that led to the first-ever criminal human trafficking case. #EndTrafficking
Jun 4, 2018 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
After 500 days in office, U.S. leadership is back on the world stage as the result of @POTUS's policies.
.@POTUS withdrew from the flawed #IranDeal because it failed to guarantee the safety of the American people.
Apr 15, 2018 • 9 tweets • 5 min read
There is no doubt about #Assad regime's pattern of chemical weapons. Since 2014, the OPCW assigned responsibility to Assad for multiple sarin & chlorine attacks.
We've noticed there’s an awful lot of Russian #Propaganda out there, so we thought we’d offer some facts:
FACT: The #Syrian regime used chemical weapons near #Douma on April 7, killed at least 45 people and sickening hundreds more. Our information is consistent and corroborated by multiple sources, from military intelligence to social media users, NGOs to international organizations.