 Hi, it's a pleasure to be with you For generations Avron women have struggled for peace and progress in their country. They faced extreme Risks as an Avron woman myself I've had countenance stories from my mother and her generation about the struggles that women face from time to time from era to era And they face them in this new era today Avron women are committed to building a new country Where women can study they can work in hospitals. They can be engineers where they have the right the very basic right that we all have To live their lives free of fear Avron women are demanding that their rights and their achievements be respected and be protected And Avron women have played a major role in building peace Like women elders who help resolve familial and tribal conflicts Like the countless women who work to end the drivers of conflict like the women negotiators Who stood face to face with the Taliban who have engaged with the Taliban in the Doha peace talks Their courage as peace builders is an inspiration certainly to me, but it should be one to all of us everywhere The women of Afghanistan Are some of the bravest strongest most resilient and admirable women in the world And certainly whenever I've had the pleasure of going to my birth land I can say I've met and seen nothing but that Now here today we celebrate an honor and stand in solidarity with them Thank you