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This Senate resolution expresses strong support for advancing women's and girls' rights in Haiti as essential to the country's stability and democratic transition. The resolution condemns systematic sexual violence against Haitian women and girls, their near-total exclusion from leadership positions in Haiti's transitional government (including zero women on the seven-member Transitional Presidential Council), and the failure of Haiti's government and international partners to adequately protect women or address their specific needs during the ongoing crisis. The resolution also criticizes the Trump administration for closing the State Department's Office of Global Women's Issues and ending the Defense Department's Women, Peace, and Security program, arguing these actions contradict the 2017 Women, Peace, and Security Act. The resolution calls for urgent measures including ensuring women hold at least 30 percent of government positions as required by Haiti's constitution, establishing survivor support services and prosecutions for sexual violence, securing displacement sites, and rebuilding the federal women's rights offices. While this is a non-binding statement of Senate sentiment rather than legislation requiring funding or implementation, it establishes Congress's position that women's leadership and protection are central to Haiti's recovery and U.S. foreign policy.

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