Thank you very much. The hearing has reconvened and i want to thank the panel for the work youre doing and your patience and we wanted to hear from the amazing survivors and normally the administration goes first and youre kind for doing that. Two distinguished witnesses with the honorable cindy dire ambassador at large and ambassador do i recollects congratulations and shes a human rights advocate and lawyer with three decades of experience working at local, international and national levs to prevent Human Trafficking, sexual assault, and Domestic Violence and Vice President of Vital Voices Partnership and i would note parenthetically three teresalaura that i went to highl with served on that administration. On issues related to Human Trafficking and prior to that, she served as director of filing and she began as domestic and social environment advocate and she earned bachelors degree from texas a m and masters from baylor law school. That here while deputy administrator and u. S. Ag
Fatima Wojohat was 19 when the Taliban retook Afghanistan. A street artist working with the ArtLords activist organization, Fatima used her art to inspire Afghan girls and women and share messages of hope, painting art and murals on blast walls across the city. But after Kabul fell, she turned to the only outlet she had – her phone. Refusing to be silenced, Fatima taught herself how to create digital art in order to stand up against gender-based oppression. Read on to learn more.