Vice President Harris has been noticeably quiet on concerns for the future of Afghan women and children, human rights advocates say, and her trip to Singapore and Vietnam is an opportunity to amplify the message, they say.
Vice President Kamala Harris is set to travel to Southeast Asia Friday, aiming to boost U.S. engagement in the region in an effort to counter China's growing influence globally. WASHINGTON – In the early months of her tenure, Vice President Kamala Harris stepped on to the world stage to deliver a powerful message: "The status of women is the status of democracy."
advocates say, and her high-profile trip is an opportunity to amplify the message at a politically perilous moment for the administration. On Tuesday, Harris delivered a foreign policy speech laying out her vision for the Indo-Pacific region, in which she criticized China's actions in the South China Sea.
During a press conference with Singapore's prime minister, Harris briefly acknowledged the U.S. commitment to human rights by saying the pair spoke about the role the international community must play in the crisis in Myanmar, where a military coup in February has led to a brutal crackdown on media. While some women have managed to leave the country from Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport, others fear the journey to the compound, ringed by heavily guarded Taliban checkpoints, is a matter of life and death, according to human rights advocates.Laurie Adams, CEO for Women for Women International, a global organization dedicated to working with female survivors of war, said the U.S.'s hasty retreat from Afghanistan is a"betrayal of the promises made" to Afghan women.
Ravi Verma, director for International Center for Research on Women Asia, said he was surprised Harris had not been a stronger voice for Afghan women and children but expects her to"lead from the front" in the crusade against oppressive measures that are expected to unfold in Afghanistan.
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