women’s participation in peace processes and the security sector as well as address issues around protection and relief and recovery services. (8) In 2018, Afghanistan reaffirmed its Law to Eliminate Violence Against Women. (9) Afghan women have advocated relentlessly for peace, equality, and basic rights under the Taliban, including by educating the next generation of Afghans in underground schools and successfully negotiating with the Taliban to reopen girls’ schools, release hostages, and prevent violence. (10) Afghan women participated in the 2001 Bonn International Conference on Afghanistan, participated alongside then-President Karzai at the 2010 National Consultative Peace Jirga on reconciliation between the Afghan government and insurgent leaders, served on the country’s Provincial Peace Councils, and today serve on Afghanistan’s High Peace Council. (11) Through various coalitions, women have mobilized to demand an immediate ceasefire and their rightful seat at the table including through rallies and consultations with communities across all of Afghanistan’s provinces, including a Peace Consultative Loya Jirga which brought together politicians, tribal elders, and other prominent leaders to decide on a common approach for peace talks with the Taliban. (12) Over the first seven rounds of bilateral talks between the United States and the Taliban, neither the Afghan Government nor Afghan women or civil society groups were permitted to participate in the negotiations. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that— (1) corresponding with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–68 ) and the U.S. Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security, the United States has a commitment to promoting the meaningful participation of women throughout the Afghan peace process