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Urge U.S. State Department to Help Protect Darfurian Women and Girls
Thanks to grassroots advocacy, the U.S. Congress has allocated over $700 million in Fiscal Year 2008 for peacekeeping in Darfur. We are now working to ensure that these funds are used to fulfill the United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) mandate, in particular, its responsibility for the protection of women and girls.
You can help!
As the State Department allocates this funding, it must make the protection of women and girls a top priority.
Other actions you can take:
* Read "Protecting
Darfur" by Charlie Clements, a letter to the editor of The New York Times,
published August 11, 2008.
* Order
campaign materials and postcards to ensure congressional oversight of the UNAMID
mandate.
* Read more about UUSC's work on the ground in Darfur.
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