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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2874 

To ensure that the United States promotes women’s meaningful inclusion 

and participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in 

order to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict and implements 

the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2013 

Ms. SCHAKOWSKY (for herself, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. 

HONDA, Ms. TSONGAS, Mr. KEATING, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Ms. LEE of 

California, Ms. SPEIER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. MCGOVERN, and 

Mr. FARR) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed 

Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To ensure that the United States promotes women’s meaningful inclusion and participation in mediation and negotiation processes undertaken in order to prevent, mitigate, and resolve violent conflict and implements the 

United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, 

and Security. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2013’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Definitions. 

Sec. 4. Sense of Congress regarding the National Action Plan on Women, 

Peace, and Security. 

Sec. 5. Statement of United States policies. 

Sec. 6. National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security. 

‘‘Sec. 2158. Training for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion and participation. 

Sec. 7. Monitoring and evaluation. 

Sec. 8. Engaging women in the full range of conflict prevention, peace negotiation, peace-building, and security initiatives. 

Sec. 9. Consultations with stakeholders. 

Sec. 10. Reports to Congress. 

6 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

7 Congress finds the following: 

8 (1) The United States National Action Plan on 

9 Women, Peace, and Security, rooted in United Na10 tions Security Council Resolution 1325 (SCR 1325) 

11 and its four follow-up resolutions 1820 (2008), 1888 

12 (2009), 1889 (2009), and 1960 (2010) seeks to ad13 dress the disproportionate impact of modern warfare 

14 on civilians, particularly women and girls, and the 

15 necessity of substantively including ‘‘women as equal 

16 partners in preventing conflict and building peace in 

17 countries threatened and affected by war, violence, 

18 and insecurity in all efforts to promote peace and se19 curity.’’. 


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1 (2) Fundamental to the affirmations described 

2 in paragraph (1) is the full and equal participation 

3 of women as decisionmakers, planners, implemen4 ters, and beneficiaries in all efforts to achieve solu5 tions for just conflict resolution, lasting stability, 

6 and inclusive democratic governance, including in— 

7 (A) conflict prevention; 

8 (B) mediation, transition processes, and 

9 peace and security negotiations; 

10 (C) peacekeeping and peace-building ef11 forts; 

12 (D) humanitarian response; and 

13 (E) post-conflict reconstruction and gov14 ernance. 

15 (3) The United States National Action Plan on 

16 Women, Peace, and Security, issued in December 

17 2011— 

18 (A) builds upon the goals for gender inte19 gration articulated in— 

20 (i) the United States 2006 National 

21 Security Strategy: ‘‘No nation can be free 

22 if half its population is oppressed and de23 nied fundamental rights. We affirm the in24 herent dignity and worth of women, and 


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1 support vigorously their full participation 

2 in all aspects of society.’’; 

3 (ii) the United States May 2010 Na4 tional Security Strategy: ‘‘Experience 

5 shows that countries are more peaceful and 

6 prosperous when women are accorded full 

7 and equal rights and opportunity. When 

8 those rights and opportunities are denied 

9 countries often lag behind.’’; and 

10 (iii) the 2010 Quadrennial Diplomacy 

11 and Development Review: ‘‘The protection 

12 and empowerment of women and girls is 

13 key to the foreign policy and security of 

14 the United States.’’; and 

15 (B) asserts that ‘‘evidence from around the 

16 world and across cultures shows that inte17 grating women and gender considerations into 

18 peace-building processes helps promote demo19 cratic governance and long-term stability’’. 

20 (4) As directed by the Executive Order, ‘‘State, 

21 DoD, and USAID will designate one or more offi22 cers, as appropriate, as responsible for coordination 

23 and implementation, and will supplement this Plan, 

24 by submitting to the Assistant to the President and 

25 National Security Advisor agency-specific Women, 


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1 Peace and Security implementation plans. These im2 plementation plans will establish a full range of 

3 time-bound, measurable, and resourced actions 

4 State, DoD, and USAID will take to realize their 

5 commitments, and will include meaningful strategies 

6 for monitoring implementation and evaluating re7 sults.’’. 

8 (5) On April 5, 2012, the Department of De9 fense (DoD) issued a Secretary of Defense Memo10 randum directing the Department to incorporate the 

11 concepts from the U.S. National Action Plan on 

12 Women, Peace and Security into programs, policies 

13 and daily activities, stating ‘‘that the goal of the Na14 tional Action Plan is critical to national security;’’ 

15 and in June 2012, introduced the Department of 

16 Defense Implementation Guide for the U.S. National 

17 Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security to inte18 grate the objectives of the United States National 

19 Action Plan into the ‘‘strategic, operational, and tac20 tical environment and aims’’ of the United States 

21 military. 

22 (6) In March 2012, the United States Agency 

23 for International Development (USAID) released a 

24 new, agency-wide Gender Equality and Female Em25 powerment Policy, the first such policy since 1982. 


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1 According to this policy, ‘‘Gender equality and fe2 male empowerment are core development objectives, 

3 fundamental for the realization of human rights and 

4 key to effective and sustainable development out5 comes. No society can develop successfully without 

6 providing equitable opportunities, resources, and life 

7 prospects for males and females so that they can 

8 shape their own lives and contribute to their families 

9 and communities.’’. 

10 (7) In August 2012, the Department of State 

11 Implementation of the National Action Plan on 

12 Women, Peace and Security was introduced. The 

13 plan states, ‘‘the Department recognizes that pro14 moting women’s participation in conflict prevention, 

15 management and resolution, as well as in post-con16 flict relief and recovery, advances core U.S. national 

17 interests of peace, national security, economic and 

18 social development and international cooperation.’’. 

19 (8) In August 2012, the United States Agency 

20 for International Development (USAID) introduced 

21 its Implementation of the United States National 

22 Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security assert23 ing, ‘‘Ensuring the meaningful participation and 

24 protection of women and girls affected by crisis and 


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1 conflict is critical to building lasting peace and 

2 achieving long-term development objectives.’’. 

3 (9) During preparations for United States with4 drawal of security forces in Afghanistan by 2014, 

5 and upcoming Afghan elections, it is critical to en6 sure women’s rights are not sacrificed and further 

7 that women’s security and ability to move freely 

8 throughout the country are recognized as indicators 

9 of the transition’s success. 

10 (10) In the Democratic Republic of Congo, on11 going impunity for violations of human rights, par12 ticularly women’s human rights, continues to under13 mine all efforts to bring lasting peace to the country 

14 and the region. 

15 (11) Women and girls on the forefronts of the 

16 Arab uprising—from Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, and 

17 Syria—are systematically excluded from political 

18 processes in the new emerging democratic govern19 ments, and reports of gender-based violent attacks, 

20 including sexual violence, by police and security 

21 forces are frequent. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act: 


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1 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis2 trator’’ means the Administrator of the United 

3 States Agency for International Development. 

4 (2) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMIT5 TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com6 mittees’’ means— 

7 (A) the Committee on Appropriations of 

8 the Senate; 

9 (B) the Committee on Armed Services of 

10 the Senate; 

11 (C) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 

12 the Senate; 

13 (D) the Committee on Appropriations of 

14 the House of Representatives; 

15 (E) the Committee on Armed Services of 

16 the House of Representatives; and 

17 (F) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 

18 the House of Representatives. 

19 (3) DECISIONMAKING PROCESSES.—The term 

20 ‘‘decisionmaking processes’’ means formal or infor21 mal processes related to, or a part of, negotiations 

22 or mediations addressing conflict prevention and sta23 bilization, peace-building, protection, or appropriate 

24 security initiatives. 


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1 (4) NAP.—The term ‘‘NAP’’ means the United 

2 States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and 

3 Security, which was instituted by Executive Order 

4 13595 on December 19, 2011. 

5 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

6 the Secretary of State. 

7 (6) STAKEHOLDERS.—The term ‘‘stakeholders’’ 

8 means nongovernmental and private sector entities 

9 engaged in or affected by conflict prevention and 

10 stabilization, peace-building, protection, security, 

11 transition initiatives, humanitarian response, or re12 lated efforts, including— 

13 (A) registered or nonregistered nonprofit 

14 organizations, advocacy groups, business or 

15 trade associations, labor unions, cooperatives, 

16 credit unions, relief or development organiza17 tions, community and faith-based organizations, 

18 philanthropic foundations, and tribal leaders or 

19 structures; 

20 (B) independent media, educational, or re21 search institutions; and 

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1 nesses and businesses owned by women or dis2 advantaged groups. 

3 (7) WOMEN’S MEANINGFUL INCLUSION AND

4 PARTICIPATION.—The term ‘‘women’s meaningful 

5 inclusion and participation’’ means ensuring women 

6 have safe, genuine, and effective access and are 

7 present and actively involved in the full range of de8 cisionmaking processes, which may include— 

9 (A) conflict prevention; 

10 (B) mediation or negotiation efforts to re11 solve, mitigate, and transition from violent con12 flict; 

13 (C) peacekeeping and peace-building ef14 forts; 

15 (D) post-conflict reconstruction, transition 

16 initiatives, and governance; and 

17 (E) humanitarian response. 

18 SEC. 4. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING THE UNITED 

19 STATES NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON WOMEN, 

20 PEACE, AND SECURITY. 

21 It is the sense of Congress that— 

22 (1) the implementation of the United States 

23 National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Secu24 rity (NAP) is paramount in improving the lives of 


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1 women and girls around the world and increasing 

2 overall global stability and prosperity; 

3 (2) Congress supports the statement in the 

4 NAP of the United States ‘‘unqualified commitment 

5 to integrating women’s views and perspectives fully 

6 into our diplomatic, security, and development ef7 forts—not simply as beneficiaries, but as agents of 

8 peace, reconciliation, development, growth, and sta9 bility’’; 

10 (3) Congress is strongly committed to advanc11 ing the principles of the NAP, as instituted by Exec12 utive Order 13595 of December 19, 2011; 

13 (4) the United States should coordinate with 

14 the international community and civil society to de15 velop criteria for eligibility to ensure that appro16 priate civil society representatives with relevant ex17 perience in gender sensitivity, peacemaking, or the 

18 promotion of human rights and security are identi19 fied for inclusion in all peacebuilding processes and 

20 activities; and 

21 (5) the President, in coordination with the Sec22 retary, the Secretary of Defense, and the Adminis23 trator, should— 


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1 (A) ensure the NAP’s robust, transparent, 

2 comprehensive, and coordinated implementa3 tion; and 

4 (B) coordinate with the international com5 munity to reaffirm global commitments to im6 plementation of United Nations Security Coun7 cil Resolution 1325 utilizing the commitments 

8 outlined in the NAP as a diplomatic means to 

9 encourage other countries to— 

10 (i) advance women’s inclusion in peace 

11 negotiations, peace-building activities, and 

12 conflict prevention; 

13 (ii) protect all civilians, specifically 

14 women and girls, from sexual and gender15 based violence; and 

16 (iii) ensure equal access to relief and 

17 recovery assistance in areas of conflict and 

18 insecurity. 

19 SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF UNITED STATES POLICIES. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—It is the policy of the United 

21 States to implement the United States National Action 

22 Plan on Women, Peace, and Security (NAP), as instituted 

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1 ports women in conflict-affected and post-conflict regions 

2 through clear, measurable commitments to— 

3 (1) promote the active and meaningful partici4 pation of women in affected areas in all aspects of 

5 conflict prevention, management, and resolution; 

6 (2) integrate the perspectives and interests of 

7 affected women into conflict-prevention activities and 

8 strategies; 

9 (3) promote the physical safety, economic secu10 rity, and dignity of women and girls; 

11 (4) support women’s equal access to aid dis12 tribution mechanisms and services; 

13 (5) monitor, analyze, and evaluate implementa14 tion efforts and the impact of such efforts; and 

15 (6) adjust policies and programs to improve 

16 outcomes. 

17 (b) STATEMENT OF CONGRESS.—Congress— 

18 (1) recognizes the invaluable contributions that 

19 United States and international civil society groups 

20 have made to United States policies and programs 

21 on women, peace, and security; and 

22 (2) encourages the Secretary, the Secretary of 

23 Defense, and the Administrator to continue to con24 sult and utilize the networks and expertise of these 


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1 stakeholders to strengthen the implementation of the 

2 NAP. 

3 (c) INTEGRATION.—The Secretary and the Adminis4 trator shall— 

5 (1) integrate gender as fully as applicable into 

6 all diplomatic and development efforts; 

7 (2) include gender in strategic and budget plan8 ning processes; 

9 (3) continue to use and improve upon perform10 ance indicators and evaluation mechanisms to ac11 count for ongoing results and measure the impact of 

12 United States policies and programs on women and 

13 girls in foreign countries; and 

14 (4) review existing United States policies and 

15 programs on women and girls in foreign countries 

16 from a gender perspective, and revise such policies 

17 and programs to address any unintended harm. 

18 (d) INTEGRATION OF GENDER GOALS IN AGENCY

19 GUIDANCE AND CONTRACTING.— 

20 (1) DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—The Secretary 

21 shall prescribe regulations and issue guidance speci22 fying key goals of the NAP with a view to fully inte23 grating such goals into the operations of the Depart24 ment of State in the United States and overseas, 

25 and shall ensure that such regulations and guidance 


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1 call for compliance by all Department personnel and 

2 contractors. 

3 (2) UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTER4 NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.—The Administrator shall 

5 prescribe regulations and issue guidance specifying 

6 key goals of the NAP with a view to fully inte7 grating such goals into the operations of the United 

8 States Agency for International Development in the 

9 United States and overseas, and shall ensure that 

10 such regulations and guidance call for compliance by 

11 all Agency personnel and contractors. 

12 (e) TENETS.—The Secretary, the Administrator, the 

13 Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Health and Human 

14 Services acting through the Director of the Centers for 

15 Disease Control and Prevention, the United States Perma16 nent Representatives to the United Nations, the Secretary 

17 of the Treasury, the Attorney General, the Secretary of 

18 Homeland Security, the United States Trade Representa19 tives, and the heads of other appropriate Federal depart20 ments and agencies shall ensure, as appropriate, that the 

21 tenets of the NAP are incorporated into all programs ad22 ministered by each department and agency specified in 

23 this subsection related to— 

24 (1) conflict prevention; 

25 (2) humanitarian and disaster response; 


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1 (3) conflict mediation; 

2 (4) peacekeeping; 

3 (5) post-conflict reconstruction; 

4 (6) institution building; and 

5 (7) democracy promotion. 

6 SEC. 6. UNITED STATES NATIONAL ACTION PLAN ON 

7 WOMEN, PEACE, AND SECURITY. 

8 (a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 

9 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the 

10 Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads 

11 of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies 

12 shall, subject to subsection (b), develop or update and im13 plement a NAP. The NAP shall be transmitted to the ap14 propriate congressional committees and made publicly 

15 available. 

16 (b) INITIAL NAP.—For the purposes of this section, 

17 the ‘‘United States National Action Plan on Women, 

18 Peace and Security’’, issued in December 2011, shall be 

19 deemed to fulfill the initial requirement of subsection (a). 

20 (c) TRAINING.— 

21 (1) FOREIGN SERVICE ACT OF 1980.—Section 

22 704 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

23 4024) is amended by adding at the end the following 

24 new subsection: 


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1 ‘‘(e) The Secretary, in conjunction with the Adminis2 trator of the United States Agency for International De3 velopment, shall ensure that all appropriate personnel, in4 cluding special envoys, members of mediation or negotia5 tion teams, relevant members of the Civil Service or For6 eign Service, and contractors responsible for, or deploying 

7 to, countries or regions considered to be at risk of, under8 going, or emerging from violent conflict, obtain sub9 stantive knowledge and skills through— 

10 ‘‘(1) appropriate advanced training in conflict 

11 prevention, peace processes, mitigation, resolution, 

12 and security initiatives that specifically addresses 

13 the importance of women’s meaningful inclusion and 

14 participation (as defined in section 3 of the Women, 

15 Peace, and Security Act of 2013); 

16 ‘‘(2) training on gender considerations and 

17 women’s meaningful inclusion and participation, in18 cluding training regarding— 

19 ‘‘(A) international human rights law and 

20 international humanitarian law, as relevant; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(B) protecting civilians from violence, ex23 ploitation, and trafficking in persons; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) training on effective strategies and best 

2 practices for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion 

3 and participation.’’. 

4 (2) TITLE 10, UNITED STATES CODE.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 107 of title 

6 10, United States Code, is amended by adding 

7 at the end the following new section: 

8 ‘‘§ 2158. Training for ensuring women’s meaningful 

9 inclusion and participation 

10 ‘‘The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all ap11 propriate personnel, including members of the Armed 

12 Forces, members of mediation or negotiation teams, rel13 evant members of the Civil Service, and contractors re14 sponsible for, or deploying to, countries or regions consid15 ered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent 

16 conflict, obtain substantive knowledge and skills 

17 through— 

18 ‘‘(1) appropriate advanced training in conflict 

19 prevention, peace processes, mitigation, resolution, 

20 and security initiatives that specifically addresses 

21 the importance of women’s meaningful inclusion and 

22 participation (as defined in section 3 of the Women, 

23 Peace, and Security Act of 2013); 


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1 ‘‘(2) training on gender considerations and 

2 women’s meaningful inclusion and participation, in3 cluding training regarding— 

4 ‘‘(A) international human rights law and 

5 international humanitarian law, as relevant; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) protecting civilians from violence, ex8 ploitation, and trafficking in persons; and 

9 ‘‘(3) training on effective strategies and best 

10 practices for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion 

11 and participation.’’. 

12 (B) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

13 sections at the beginning of chapter 107 of such 

14 title is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing new item: 

‘‘2158. Training for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion and participation.’’. 

16 (3) UNITED NATIONS.—The Secretary is 

17 strongly encouraged to work with the United Na18 tions and the international community to promote 

19 training that provides international peacekeeping 

20 personnel with substantive knowledge and skills 

21 needed to effectively ensure women’s meaningful in22 clusion and participation. 

23 SEC. 7. MONITORING AND EVALUATION. 

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1 ment of monitoring and evaluation tools to ensure ac2 countability and effectiveness of policies, programs, 

3 projects, and activities undertaken to support the objec4 tives specified in such NAP. 

5 (b) MONITORING AND EVALUATION PLANS.—The 

6 Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, 

7 and representatives of other Executive agencies, as appro8 priate, shall develop a plan for monitoring and inde9 pendent evaluation of programs, projects, and activities 

10 carried out under this Act. Such plan shall— 

11 (1) apply rigorous monitoring and evaluation 

12 methodologies to focus on learning, accountability, 

13 and policymaking, choosing from among a wide vari14 ety of qualitative, quantitative, summative, and 

15 formative methods common in the field of social sci16 entific inquiry, including impact evaluations; and 

17 (2) be included in the NAP under section 6. 

18 (c) FOREIGN ASSISTANCE COORDINATION, PLAN19 NING, DATA COLLECTION, AND TRACKING SYSTEMS.— 

20 The Secretary and the Administrator, in consultation with 

21 the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, shall— 

22 (1) utilize appropriate foreign assistance coordi23 nation, planning, data collection, and tracking sys24 tems to— 


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1 (A) analyze the impact of staff training, 

2 management systems, and organizational struc3 tures on program results; 

4 (B) improve collection of sex- and age5 disaggregated data in conflict-affected areas; 

6 (C) ensure proper targeting of programs; 

7 and 

8 (D) collect and analyze gender data for the 

9 purpose of developing and enhancing early 

10 warning systems of conflict and violence; 

11 (2) develop programming in accordance with 

12 the NAP’s principles and is responsive to women’s 

13 needs and perspectives; 

14 (3) revise policies and programming as data is 

15 collected and analyzed to ensure improved outcomes 

16 for women and girls; 

17 (4) support budgeting, operational and pro18 grammatic planning, and performance management, 

19 related to women’s meaningful inclusion and partici20 pation; 

21 (5) post to the Foreign Assistance Dashboard 

22 up-to-date data on United States foreign assistance 

23 by account, bureau or office, as the case may be, 

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1 (6) develop or improve upon existing data col2 lection mechanisms that— 

3 (A) track and report progress on the objec4 tives specified in the NAP; 

5 (B) assess lessons learned; and 

6 (C) identify best practices. 

7 (d) INDICATORS.—The Secretary and the Adminis8 trator, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, as 

9 appropriate, shall identify common indicators to evaluate 

10 the impact of United States foreign assistance on women’s 

11 meaningful inclusion and participation and revise ap12 proaches to ensure improved outcomes. 

13 SEC. 8. ENGAGING WOMEN IN THE FULL RANGE OF CON14 FLICT PREVENTION, PEACE NEGOTIATION, 

15 PEACE-BUILDING, AND SECURITY INITIA16 TIVES. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Adminis18 trator are strongly encouraged to work to facilitate wom19 en’s meaningful inclusion and participation in informal 

20 and formal peace negotiations, including, as appropriate 

21 by— 

22 (1) providing technical assistance, training, and 

23 logistical support to female negotiators, peace-build24 ers, and stakeholders; 


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1 (2) utilizing technology, such as cell phones or 

2 social media tools, that assist the work of orga3 nizers, negotiators, communicators, peace-builders, 

4 and other civil society actors; 

5 (3) addressing security-related barriers to wom6 en’s participation; 

7 (4) expanding and applying gender analysis to 

8 improve program design and targeting; and 

9 (5) supporting appropriate local organizations, 

10 especially women’s peace-building organizations. 

11 (b) COORDINATION.—The Secretary is encouraged to 

12 promote the meaningful inclusion and participation of 

13 women in coordination and consultation with international 

14 partners, including multilateral organizations, stake15 holders, and other relevant international organizations, 

16 particularly in circumstances in which direct engagement 

17 is not appropriate or advisable. 

18 (c) ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary, in consultation 

19 with the Administrator, and in cooperation with the Sec20 retary of Defense, as appropriate, shall conduct assess21 ments that include the perspective of women before imple22 menting new projects or activities in support of assistance 

23 related to— 

24 (1) peace negotiations; 


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1 (2) transitional justice and accountability proc2 esses; 

3 (3) efforts to combat violent extremism; and 

4 (4) security sector reform. 

5 (d) GOVERNMENT EFFORTS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta7 tion with the Administrator, and in cooperation with 

8 the Secretary of Defense and the heads of other rel9 evant Federal agencies, as appropriate, shall encour10 age and facilitate the efforts of partner governments 

11 to improve women’s meaningful inclusion and par12 ticipation in peace and security processes, conflict 

13 prevention, peace-building, transitional processes, 

14 and decisionmaking institutions in conflict-affected 

15 environments. 

16 (2) GOVERNMENT EFFORTS.—The efforts of 

17 partner governments to be encouraged and facili18 tated under paragraph (1) include— 

19 (A) the recruitment and retention of 

20 women (including minorities) in leadership 

21 roles; 

22 (B) capacity building of legislative, judi23 cial, defense, and law enforcement institutions 

24 to develop and implement policies which support 

25 women’s meaningful inclusion and participation; 


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1 (C) increased women’s participation in pro2 grams funded by the United States Government 

3 that— 

4 (i) provide training to foreign nation5 als regarding law enforcement, the rule of 

6 law, and professional military education; 

7 and 

8 (ii) offer foreign nationals opportuni9 ties to participate in educational ex10 changes, conferences, and seminars; 

11 (D) training, education, and mobilization 

12 of men and boys as partners in support of wom13 en’s meaningful inclusion and participation; 

14 (E) development of transitional justice and 

15 accountability mechanisms that are inclusive of 

16 the experiences and perspectives of women and 

17 girls; and 

18 (F) measures to ensure that relief and re19 covery planning and assistance are informed by 

20 effective consultation with women and girls. 

21 SEC. 9. CONSULTATIONS WITH STAKEHOLDERS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Adminis23 trator shall establish guidelines for overseas United States 

24 personnel to consult with stakeholders regarding United 

25 States efforts to— 


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1 (1) prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict; 

2 and 

3 (2) enhance the success of mediation and nego4 tiation processes by ensuring women’s meaningful 

5 inclusion and participation. 

6 (b) FREQUENCY AND SCOPE.—Consultations under 

7 subsection (a) shall— 

8 (1) take place not less frequently than once 

9 every 180 days, as appropriate; and 

10 (2) include a range and representative sample 

11 of local stakeholders, including women, youth, ethnic 

12 and religious minorities, and other politically under13 represented or marginalized populations. 

14 SEC. 10. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 

15 (a) TRAINING BRIEFING.—The Secretary, in con16 junction with the Administrator and the Secretary of De17 fense, shall designate appropriate officials to brief the ap18 propriate congressional committees, not later than one 

19 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, on— 

20 (1) the existing, enhanced, and newly estab21 lished training carried out pursuant to section 6(c) 

22 and the amendments made by such section; and 

23 (2) the guidelines established for overseas 

24 United States diplomatic and consular personnel to 


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1 engage in consultations with United States and 

2 international stakeholders pursuant to section 9. 

3 (b) ANNUAL REPORT ON WOMEN, PEACE, AND SE4 CURITY.—Not later than one year after the date of the 

5 enactment of this Act and annually thereafter, the Sec6 retary, in conjunction with the Administrator and the Sec7 retary of Defense, shall submit to the appropriate congres8 sional committees a report that— 

9 (1) outlines the monitoring and evaluation 

10 tools, mechanisms, and common indicators estab11 lished under section 7 to assess progress made on 

12 the objectives of the NAP; 

13 (2) summarizes United States diplomatic efforts 

14 and foreign assistance programs, projects, and ac15 tivities to promote women’s meaningful inclusion 

16 and participation; and 

17 (3) summarizes and evaluates the impact of the 

18 United States NAP initiatives. 

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