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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4594 

To combat international violence against women and girls. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 4, 2010 

Mr. DELAHUNT (for himself, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. 

MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. DELAURO, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Ms. 

LEE of California, Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas, Ms. WOOLSEY, Ms. WATSON, Mr. HARE, Mr. WELCH, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. ELLISON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Mr. CARNAHAN, Mr. POLIS of Colorado, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE

JOHNSON of Texas, Mrs. MALONEY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FILNER, Mr. MOORE of Kansas, Mr. BERMAN, Mr. MAFFEI, and Ms. 

MCCOLLUM) 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 combat international violence against women and girls. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

5 ‘‘International Violence Against Women Act of 2010’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 

Sec. 4. Definitions. 

TITLE I—INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST 

WOMEN AND GIRLS 

Subtitle A—Official Positions and Institutional Changes 

Sec. 101. Office for Global Women’s Issues. 

Sec. 102. Office for Women’s Global Development. 

Subtitle B—Strategy, Policy, and Programs 

Sec. 111. Comprehensive international strategy to reduce and prevent violence 

against women and girls. 

Sec. 112. Assistance to reduce international violence against women and girls. 

Sec. 113. Ensuring accountability of the United States’ response to violence 

against women and girls internationally. 

Sec. 114. Enhancing United States training of foreign military and police 

forces and judicial officials on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls. 

Sec. 115. Addressing violence against women and girls in humanitarian relief, 

peacekeeping, conflict, and post-conflict operations. 

TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 

Sec. 201. Support for multilateral efforts to end violence against women and 

girls. 

Sec. 202. Funding limitation. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) According to the United Nations, approxi4 mately 1 out of every 3 women in the world has been 

5 beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her 

6 lifetime. The World Health Organization reports 

7 that in some countries, up to 70 percent of women 

8 report having been victims of domestic violence at 

9 some stage in their lives. 

10 (2) According to the United Nations, engaging 

11 both men and women in all efforts to end violence 

12 against women and girls internationally should be a 


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1 priority. In recognition of this, United Nations Sec2 retary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a multi-year 

3 campaign in 2009 to end violence against women 

4 and pledge resources to engage male leaders and 

5 mobilize men and boys. 

6 (3) Violence against women dramatically im7 pedes progress in meeting global health goals, in8 cluding efforts to stem maternal mortality and the 

9 spread of HIV/AIDS. Approximately 1 in 4 women 

10 are abused during pregnancy, which, according to 

11 the World Health Organization, has been linked to 

12 miscarriage, pre-term labor, low birth weight and 

13 fetal distress or death. Women who have experienced 

14 violence are also at higher risk for contracting HIV, 

15 and women living with HIV may be up to three 

16 times more likely to experience violence than HIV17 negative women. Fear of violence also prevents 

18 women from accessing HIV/AIDS information and 

19 receiving treatment and counseling. 

20 (4) Women’s increased access to economic op21 portunities is crucial to the prevention of and re22 sponse to domestic and sexual violence. Both micro23 finance-based interventions and increased asset con24 trol have been shown to reduce levels of intimate 


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1 partner violence in addition to providing economic 

2 independence for survivors. 

3 (5) Displaced, refugee, and stateless women and 

4 girls in humanitarian emergencies, conflict settings, 

5 and natural disasters face extreme violence and 

6 threats because of power inequities, including being 

7 forced to exchange sex for food and humanitarian 

8 supplies, and being at increased risk of rape, sexual 

9 exploitation, and abuse. 

10 (6) Rape and sexual assault against women and 

11 girls are used to torture, intimidate, and terrorize 

12 women and their communities. 

13 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

14 It is the policy of the United States to— 

15 (1) systematically integrate and coordinate ef16 forts to prevent and respond to violence against 

17 women and girls internationally into United States 

18 foreign policy and foreign assistance programs, and 

19 to expand implementation of effective practices and 

20 programs; 

21 (2) promote women’s political, economic, edu22 cational, social, cultural, civil, and human rights and 

23 opportunities throughout the world; 

24 (3) support and build the capacity of indigenous 

25 nongovernmental organizations that are working to 


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1 prevent and respond to violence against women and 

2 girls internationally, particularly women’s non3 governmental organizations, and to support and en4 courage United States organizations working in 

5 partnership with such nongovernmental organiza6 tions; 

7 (4) prevent and respond to violence against 

8 women and girls internationally through multisec9 toral methods, working at individual, family, commu10 nity, local, national, and international levels and in11 corporating service, prevention, training, and advo12 cacy activities and economic, education, health, legal, 

13 and protective intervention services; 

14 (5) enhance training and other prevention and 

15 response to violence against women and girls inter16 nationally in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post17 conflict settings; 

18 (6) enhance training by United States personnel 

19 of professional foreign military and police forces and 

20 judicial officials to include specific and thorough in21 struction on preventing and responding to violence 

22 against women and girls internationally; 

23 (7) increase communication and cooperation 

24 with nongovernmental organizations with dem25 onstrated experience in empowerment of women and 


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1 combating violence against women and girls inter2 nationally, including consulting with such organiza3 tions during strategic planning exercises; 

4 (8) more regularly engage men and boys as 

5 community leaders and advocates in ending violence 

6 against women and girls; 

7 (9) ensure private security firms contracted for 

8 service in conflict, humanitarian and post-conflict 

9 settings appropriately report on and respond to vio10 lence against women and girls internationally; and 

11 (10) continue United States leadership and in12 novative efforts at the United Nations to address vi13 olence against women and girls internationally, par14 ticularly through urging the United Nations Sec15 retary-General and United Nations member states to 

16 fully implement the provisions of United Nations Se17 curity Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, and 1888 

18 and other relevant United Nations agreements and 

19 initiatives. 

20 SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS. 

21 In this Act: 

22 (1) ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES.—The term ‘‘eligible 

23 countries’’ means countries that are not classified as 

24 high-income countries in the most recent edition of 

25 the World Development Report for Reconstruction 


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1 and Development published by the International 

2 Bank for Reconstruction and Development. 

3 (2) VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.— 

4 The term ‘‘violence against women and girls’’— 

5 (A) means any act of violence against 

6 women or girls that results in, or is likely to re7 sult in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm 

8 or suffering to women, including threats of such 

9 acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of lib10 erty, whether occurring in public or private life; 

11 and 

12 (B) includes— 

13 (i) physical, sexual, and psychological 

14 violence occurring in the family, including 

15 battering, sexual abuse of female children 

16 in the household, dowry-related violence, 

17 marital rape, female genital cutting and 

18 mutilation, forced child marriage, and 

19 other traditional practices harmful to 

20 women and girls, nonspousal violence, and 

21 violence related to exploitation; 

22 (ii) physical, sexual, and psychological 

23 violence occurring within the general com24 munity, including rape, sexual abuse, sex25 ual harassment and intimidation at work, 


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1 in educational institutions and elsewhere, 

2 trafficking in women and girls, and forced 

3 prostitution; and 

4 (iii) physical, sexual, and psycho5 logical violence perpetrated or condoned by 

6 the state, wherever it occurs. 

7 TITLE I—INTERNATIONAL PRE8 VENTION OF VIOLENCE 

9 AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS 

10 Subtitle A—Official Positions and 

11 Institutional Changes 

12 SEC. 101. OFFICE FOR GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State shall 

14 establish in the Office of the Secretary of the Department 

15 of State an Office for Global Women’s Issues (in this sec16 tion referred to as the ‘‘Office’’). The Office shall be head17 ed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues 

18 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ambassador-at19 Large’’), who shall be appointed by the President, by and 

20 with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Ambas21 sador-at-Large shall report directly to the Secretary and 

22 shall have the rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large. 

23 (b) PURPOSE.—In addition to the duties described in 

24 subsection (c) and those duties determined by the Sec25 retary of State, the Office shall coordinate efforts of the 


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1 United States Government regarding gender integration 

2 and empowerment of women in United States foreign pol3 icy. 

4 (c) DUTIES.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Ambassador-at-Large— 

6 (A) shall coordinate and advise on activi7 ties, policies, programs, and funding relating to 

8 gender integration and empowerment of women 

9 internationally, including those intended to pre10 vent and respond to violence against women, for 

11 all bureaus and offices of the Department of 

12 State and in the international programs of 

13 other United States Government departments 

14 and agencies; 

15 (B) shall actively promote and advance the 

16 full integration of gender analysis into the pro17 grams, structures, processes, and capacities of 

18 all bureaus and offices of the Department of 

19 State and in the international programs of 

20 other United States Government departments 

21 and agencies; 

22 (C) shall direct, as appropriate, United 

23 States Government resources to respond to 

24 needs for gender integration and empowerment 

25 of women in United States Government foreign 


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1 policies and international programs, including 

2 to prevent and respond to violence against 

3 women and girls internationally; and 

4 (D) may design, support, and implement 

5 activities regarding empowerment of women 

6 internationally, including for the prevention and 

7 response of violence against women and girls 

8 internationally. 

9 (2) COORDINATING ROLE.—The Ambassador10 at-Large shall coordinate with all relevant United 

11 States Government departments and agencies, par12 ticularly the United States Agency for International 

13 Development, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, 

14 and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator, on 

15 all policies, programs, and funding of such depart16 ments and agencies relating to gender integration 

17 and empowerment of women, including ending vio18 lence against women and girls internationally. 

19 (3) DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATION.—Subject to 

20 the direction of the President and the Secretary of 

21 State, the Ambassador-at-Large is authorized to 

22 represent the United States in matters relevant to 

23 the status of women, including violence against 

24 women and girls internationally. 


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1 (d) REPORTS.—Subject to the guidance of the Am2 bassador-at-Large, the heads of all bureaus and offices of 

3 the Department of State, as appropriate, shall evaluate 

4 and monitor all empowerment of women programs admin5 istered by such bureaus and offices and annually submit 

6 to the Ambassador-at-Large reports containing an ac7 counting of such programs and their effectiveness. 

8 (e) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Office shall seek to co10 ordinate with United States Government depart11 ments and agencies and should provide advice and 

12 guidance, as necessary, to United States Govern13 ment departments and agencies engaged in inter14 national programs, to monitor and evaluate em15 powerment of women programs and outcomes and 

16 impacts of such programs, including programs such 

17 departments and agencies administer for prevention 

18 and response to violence against women and girls 

19 internationally. 

20 (2) REPORT.—The heads of United States Gov21 ernment departments and agencies with inter22 national programs described in paragraph (1) shall 

23 provide to the Office on an annual basis information 

24 on empowerment of women programs and outcomes 

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1 tion and response to violence against women and 

2 girls internationally, in order to contribute to the de3 velopment and implementation of the comprehensive 

4 strategy required under section 111. 

5 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

6 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fis7 cal years 2011 through 2015, under the heading ‘‘Diplo8 matic and Consular Programs’’, to carry out activities 

9 under this section. Funds appropriated pursuant to this 

10 subsection are in addition to amounts otherwise available 

11 for such purposes. 

12 SEC. 102. OFFICE FOR WOMEN’S GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT. 

13 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established an Of15 fice for Women’s Global Development (in this sec16 tion referred to as the ‘‘Office’’) in the United 

17 States Agency for International Development (in 

18 this section referred to as ‘‘USAID’’). 

19 (2) DIRECTOR.—The Office shall be headed by 

20 the Director of Women’s Global Development (in 

21 this section referred to as the ‘‘Director’’), who shall 

22 be appointed by the President, by and with the ad23 vice and consent of the Senate, from among individ24 uals who are highly qualified in matters relating to 

25 international development and gender integration. 


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1 The appointment of the Director shall be in addition 

2 to the appointment of officers otherwise provided for 

3 in section 624 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 

4 (22 U.S.C. 2384). The Director shall report directly 

5 to the Administrator of USAID and shall have the 

6 rank and status of Assistant Administrator. 

7 (b) PURPOSE.—The Office shall coordinate and guide 

8 all efforts of USAID to integrate gender in all policies, 

9 programs, and activities of United States foreign assist10 ance and is intended to replace the Office of Women in 

11 Development in USAID in existence on the date of the 

12 enactment of this Act. 

13 (c) DUTIES.—The Director shall— 

14 (1) coordinate and consult with the Ambas15 sador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues and 

16 USAID mission directors; 

17 (2) provide high-level guidance to USAID mis18 sions, offices, and bureaus on gender integration, de19 sign, strategy, and programming, including for the 

20 prevention and response to violence against women 

21 and girls internationally; 

22 (3) keep the Administrator of USAID informed 

23 of policy guidance provided by the Ambassador-at24 Large for Global Women’s Issues under section 101, 


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1 including for prevention and response to violence 

2 against women and girls internationally; and 

3 (4) oversee agency-wide monitoring and evalua4 tion on gender integration activities and strategies, 

5 including prevention and response to violence against 

6 women and girls internationally. 

7 (d) REPORTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the guidance of 

9 the Director and the Administrator of USAID, the 

10 heads of relevant USAID missions, offices, and bu11 reaus shall annually submit to the Director reports 

12 containing data and findings on the impact of gen13 der integration activities and strategies of such mis14 sions, offices, and bureaus, including with respect to 

15 prevention and response to violence against women 

16 and girls internationally. 

17 (2) TYPES OF DATA.—Reports required under 

18 paragraph (1) should include data with respect to 

19 relevant contractors, subcontractors, grantees, and 

20 sub-grantees receiving funds made available under 

21 this Act, including amounts of awards. 

22 (3) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—Reports re23 quired under paragraph (1) shall be made available 

24 to the Congress upon request. Such reports shall be 


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1 submitted in unclassified form, but may contain a 

2 classified annex if necessary. 

3 (e) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—Beginning not 

4 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this 

5 Act, and semi-annually thereafter, the Director or Admin6 istrator of USAID, as appropriate, should brief Congress 

7 on the integration of gender considerations and prevention 

8 and response to violence against women and girls inter9 nationally in USAID strategies, programming, and associ10 ated outcomes and impacts, using data collected under 

11 subsection (d). 

12 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

13 authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each of fis14 cal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out activities under 

15 this section. Amounts authorized to be appropriated pur16 suant to this subsection are in addition to amounts other17 wise available for such purposes. 

18 Subtitle B—Strategy, Policy, and 

19 Programs 

20 SEC. 111. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY TO 

21 REDUCE AND PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST 

22 WOMEN AND GIRLS. 

23 (a) DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF

24 STRATEGY.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

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1 ministrator of the United States Agency for International 

2 Development, under the direction of the President and 

3 with the assistance of the Ambassador-at-Large of the Of4 fice for Global Women’s Issues and the Director of the 

5 Office for Women’s Global Development— 

6 (1) shall develop and commence implementation 

7 of a comprehensive, 5-year international strategy to 

8 prevent and respond to violence against women and 

9 girls internationally; and 

10 (2) shall make such strategy available to the 

11 public and submit it to the Committee on Foreign 

12 Relations of the Senate and the Committee on For13 eign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 

14 (b) COORDINATION.—In developing the strategy 

15 under subsection (a), the Secretary of State, with the as16 sistance of the Ambassador-at-Large and the Director, 

17 shall coordinate and consult with— 

18 (1) United States Government departments and 

19 agencies administering international programs and 

20 departments and agencies with expertise in pre21 venting and responding to violence against women 

22 and girls internationally, including the Department 

23 of Justice, the Department of Health and Human 

24 Services, and the Office of the Global AIDS Coordi25 nator; and 


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1 (2) representatives of civil society with dem2 onstrated experience combating violence against 

3 women and girls internationally or promoting wom4 en’s health or women’s development internationally, 

5 including nongovernmental organizations, academics, 

6 and other experts. 

7 (c) CONTENT.—The strategy developed under sub8 section (a) shall— 

9 (1) identify between 5 and 20 eligible countries 

10 that have severe levels of violence against women 

11 and girls and such identified countries should, when 

12 possible, be geographically, ethnically, and culturally 

13 diverse from one another, may have internally dis14 placed persons and refugee populations, and should 

15 have the government or nongovernment organiza16 tional capacity to manage and implement activities 

17 for the prevention and response of violence against 

18 women and girls internationally; 

19 (2) identify how and to what extent the violence 

20 against women and girls in each country is nega21 tively affecting the achievement of United States de22 velopment and security goals in such country, in23 cluding for human rights, poverty reduction, political 

24 stability, health for women and girls, and economic 

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1 (3) detail the potential capacity of each country 

2 to address and respond to violence against women 

3 and girls; 

4 (4) identify the United States Government de5 partments and agencies involved in the execution of 

6 the relevant program activities for each country; 

7 (5) create a comprehensive and holistic strategy 

8 that includes at least two or more of the sectoral ac9 tivities listed in subsection (d) for each country plan 

10 and describe how the selected programs will prevent 

11 and respond to the problem of violence against 

12 women and girls, incorporating security and develop13 ment goals listed in paragraph (2); 

14 (6) include, as appropriate, strategies designed 

15 to accommodate the needs of stateless, internally 

16 displaced, refugee, or religious or ethnic minority 

17 women and girls; 

18 (7) include capacity building and technical as19 sistance for community-based women’s nongovern20 mental organizations and community-based organi21 zations with demonstrated expertise in empowerment 

22 of women, including combating violence against 

23 women and girls internationally; 

24 (8) include potential coordination with existing 

25 programs, initiatives, and groups with demonstrated 


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1 expertise on preventing and responding to violence 

2 against women and girls internationally or in em3 powerment of women, particularly coordinating with 

4 women’s organizations and community-based groups; 

5 (9) describe the monitoring and evaluation 

6 mechanisms established for each country and how 

7 they will be used to assess overall progress in pre8 venting and responding to violence against women 

9 and girls internationally; 

10 (10) integrate gender analysis into the strategy 

11 for each country to ensure that women’s, girls’, 

12 men’s, and boys’ roles are appropriately addressed; 

13 and 

14 (11) identify resources needed to implement 

15 programs, taking into account activities and funding 

16 provided by other entities, and coordinate with pro17 grams and activities of other multilateral entities. 

18 (d) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance 

19 provided under this section shall be used to carry out, in 

20 each of the countries identified in the strategy required 

21 pursuant to subsection (a), a multi-sectoral strategy to 

22 prevent and respond to violence against women and girls 

23 internationally, including activities in 2 or more of the fol24 lowing sectors: 


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1 (1) Supporting health programs and survivor 

2 services, including— 

3 (A) integrating a systems-wide approach to 

4 safely preventing and responding to violence 

5 against women and girls into existing United 

6 States Government-funded health programs 

7 serving women and children, including HIV/ 

8 AIDS prevention, care, and treatment; 

9 (B) funding supportive services and advo10 cacy for survivors of violence, including psycho11 logical support and economic empowerment 

12 where victims identify the need for these serv13 ices; 

14 (C) improving coordination in countries be15 tween the health and justice sectors so per16 petrators can be held accountable for their vio17 lence and women who choose to can prosecute 

18 their abuser; and 

19 (D) working with ministries of health and 

20 other national-level agencies and local commu21 nity-based organizations to support integration 

22 of violence against women programming into 

23 country-level plans of action, strategies, and 

24 operational plans. 


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1 (2) Increasing civil and criminal legal and judi2 cial protections, including— 

3 (A) promoting broader legal protection 

4 against all forms of violence against women and 

5 girls that prioritize victim safety and confiden6 tiality and that create accountability for per7 petrators; 

8 (B) providing training and technical assist9 ance to police, prosecutors, forensic physicians, 

10 lawyers, corrections officers, judges, and judi11 cial officials, and where appropriate, to non12 lawyer advocates and traditional community au13 thorities on violence against women and girls, 

14 the rights of victims, appropriate responses, 

15 and improving coordination between such offi16 cials and relevant authorities; 

17 (C) enhancing the capacity of the justice 

18 system, including for recordkeeping, evidence 

19 and data collection, and expeditious investiga20 tions; and 

21 (D) helping women and girls who are vic22 tims of violence gain access to the justice sys23 tem and supporting such women and girls 

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1 (3) Encouraging change in public attitudes 

2 through communication and organizing efforts 

3 that— 

4 (A) engage men and boys, including faith 

5 and traditional leaders, as leaders and advo6 cates in ending violence against women and 

7 girls and the social norms that perpetuate it; 

8 (B) support women survivors of violence to 

9 educate their communities on the impacts of vi10 olence; 

11 (C) support community efforts to change 

12 attitudes about the acceptability of violence 

13 against women and girls, including harmful tra14 ditional practices, such as child marriage, fe15 male genital cutting and mutilation, and so16 called ‘‘honor killings’’; and 

17 (D) support mass media social change 

18 campaigns. 

19 (4) Promoting access to economic opportunity 

20 projects, including— 

21 (A) supporting the establishment and de22 velopment of women-owned businesses (micro-, 

23 small-, and medium-sized enterprises) through 

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1 (B) supporting programs to help increase 

2 property rights, social security, and home own3 ership and land tenure security for women; 

4 (C) increasing women and girls’ access to 

5 education, literacy, and numeracy programs, 

6 leadership development, and job skills training; 

7 (D) addressing violence against women and 

8 girls in the workplace; and 

9 (E) promoting legal literacy, including 

10 among men, women, faith and traditional lead11 ers, about women’s economic, property and fi12 nancial rights. 

13 (5) Improving educational opportunities for 

14 women and girls, including— 

15 (A) promoting efforts at the national level 

16 to establish and enforce comprehensive legisla17 tion and policies against school-related violence 

18 against women and girls, including violence at 

19 and on the way to and from school; 

20 (B) programs for girls and boys, with 

21 school and community participation, on the 

22 unacceptability of violence against women and 

23 girls, including counseling for affected students; 

24 and 


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1 (C) providing training for all teachers and 

2 school administrators on school-related violence, 

3 particularly against women and girls, including 

4 to improve reporting, referral, and implementa5 tion of codes of conduct and a system for ad6 dressing violations of such codes of conduct. 

7 SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE INTERNATIONAL VIO8 LENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. 

9 (a) COORDINATING EXISTING AID PROGRAMS.—The 

10 Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for Global Women’s 

11 Issues and the Director of the Office for Women’s Global 

12 Development shall seek to coordinate efforts and measures 

13 to prevent and respond to violence against women and 

14 girls internationally into existing programs, contracts, 

15 grants, agreements, and foreign assistance under the For16 eign Assistance Act of 1961 and other Acts authorizing 

17 foreign assistance, as applicable. 

18 (b) AUTHORITY.—To implement and execute the 

19 comprehensive international strategy developed pursuant 

20 to section 111, the Secretary of State or the Administrator 

21 of the United States Agency for International Develop22 ment (in this section referred to as ‘‘USAID’’), in con23 sultation with the Ambassador-at-Large or the Director, 

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1 ganizations, multilateral institutions, and foreign coun2 tries for program activities described in section 111(d). 

3 (c) ALLOCATE NEW FUNDING.—The Secretary of 

4 State, in coordination with the Administrator of USAID, 

5 based on guidance from the Ambassador-at-Large, is au6 thorized to allocate funds to implement and execute the 

7 comprehensive international strategy developed pursuant 

8 to section 111. 

9 (d) USE OF FUNDS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any funds made available 

11 under this section to nongovernmental organizations 

12 should be designated to organizations that have 

13 demonstrated experience regarding violence against 

14 women and girls internationally or in the empower15 ment of women, or that are in partnership with such 

16 organizations and that have demonstrated capabili17 ties or expertise in a particular program activity de18 scribed in section 111(d). 

19 (2) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS.—The Sec20 retary of State and the Administrator of USAID 

21 shall brief Congress upon request, on the trans22 parent mechanisms used to ensure that funds made 

23 available under this section through nongovern24 mental organizations are awarded to entities with 

25 demonstrated experience with violence against 


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1 women and girls internationally, or are in partner2 ship with such organizations, and have demonstrated 

3 capabilities in a particular program activity de4 scribed in section 111(d). 

5 (e) GRANTS TO WOMEN’S NONGOVERNMENTAL OR6 GANIZATIONS AND COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZA7 TIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State or 

9 the USAID Administrator, in consultation with the 

10 Ambassador or the Director, may award funds to 

11 community-based women’s nongovernmental organi12 zations and community-based organizations in re13 cipient countries to carry out the purposes of this 

14 section. 

15 (2) MINIMUM FUNDING REQUIREMENT.—To the 

16 extent possible, at least 10 percent of funds awarded 

17 to an eligible country under this section should be 

18 awarded to community-based women’s nongovern19 mental organizations and community-based organi20 zations. In any country in which capacity is deter21 mined to be too limited to meet the 10 percent re22 quirement, a plan should be provided for how recipi23 ents will work with local nongovernmental organiza24 tions to increase their capacity. 


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1 (f) AWARD PROCESS.—Funds awarded under this 

2 section shall be provided through an open, competitive, 

3 and transparent process where possible. 

4 (g) CONDITIONS.—Entities receiving funds awarded 

5 through the grant program established under this sec6 tion— 

7 (1) shall allocate a reasonable amount of funds 

8 for the collection of data and the evaluation of pro9 gram effectiveness; 

10 (2) shall be responsible for developing and re11 porting on outcomes and impacts related to pre12 venting and responding to violence against women 

13 and girls internationally; 

14 (3) should gather input from women’s non15 governmental organizations or community-based or16 ganizations in recipient countries, including organi17 zations with expertise in working with men and boys 

18 to prevent violence; and 

19 (4) shall consider the safety of women and girls 

20 as a primary concern in deciding how to design, im21 plement, monitor, and evaluate programs. 

22 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

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1 of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out 

2 this section and section 111. 

3 (2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts au4 thorized to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph 

5 (1) shall remain available until expended. 

6 (3) NONSUPPLANTATION.—Amounts authorized 

7 to be appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) are in 

8 addition to amounts otherwise made available for 

9 such purposes. 

10 SEC. 113. ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE UNITED 

11 STATES’ RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AGAINST 

12 WOMEN AND GIRLS INTERNATIONALLY. 

13 (a) BRIEFING.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after 

15 the submission of the comprehensive international 

16 strategy developed under section 111, and every 

17 other year thereafter, the Secretary of State, as18 sisted by the Administrator of the United States 

19 Agency for International Development (in this sec20 tion referred to as ‘‘USAID’’) and the Ambassador21 at-Large of the Office for Global Women’s Issues, 

22 shall brief Congress on implementation of the strat23 egy and the progress being made to prevent and ad24 dress violence against women and girls. 


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1 (2) CONTENT.—The briefing required under 

2 paragraph (1) should include the following: 

3 (A) A description of successful efforts by 

4 affected country governments and nongovern5 mental organizations, the United States, and bi6 lateral and multilateral donors in prevention 

7 and response to violence against women and 

8 girls internationally. 

9 (B) Recommendations related to best prac10 tices, effective strategies, and suggested im11 provements to enhance the impact of prevention 

12 and response to violence against women and 

13 girls internationally. 

14 (C) Impact of activities funded by the 

15 strategy in preventing and reducing violence 

16 against women and girls internationally. 

17 (b) AMENDMENTS.—Section 116(d) of the Foreign 

18 Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 

21 inserting a semicolon; 

22 (2) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the period 

23 at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

24 (3) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(12) wherever applicable, the nature and ex2 tent of violence against women and girls, as defined 

3 in section 4 of the International Violence Against 

4 Women Act of 2010.’’. 

5 (c) TRANSPARENCY.—The Secretary of State shall 

6 provide to Congress the information made available under 

7 sections 101(d) and 102(d), including outcomes and im8 pacts related to prevention and response to violence 

9 against women and girls internationally submitted by con10 tractors, subcontractors, grantees and subgrantees, except 

11 if such disclosure would inhibit the security or effective12 ness of such entities. 

13 (d) RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION.—The Am14 bassador-at-Large of the Office for Global Women’s 

15 Issues, assisted by the Administrator of USAID and the 

16 heads of relevant bureaus and offices of the Department 

17 of State and in consultation with the Secretary of Health 

18 and Human Services and the Attorney General, shall work 

19 to improve the quality and coordination of existing data 

20 collection and evaluations of current violence against 

21 women and girls internationally programs and fund origi22 nal research or analysis of effective interventions to pre23 vent or respond to violence against women and girls inter24 nationally. 


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1 (e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available in this 

2 section may be used for the following purposes: 

3 (1) To collect and analyze new or existing data 

4 on the scope and extent of all forms of violence 

5 against women and girls internationally, including 

6 under-documented forms of violence and violence 

7 against marginalized groups. 

8 (2) To conduct research on effective interven9 tions to respond to violence against women and girls 

10 internationally, including efforts to scale up effective 

11 programming. 

12 (3) To support systemic data collection using 

13 internationally comparable indicators, norms, and 

14 methodologies for measuring the scope, prevalence, 

15 and incidence of violence against women and girls 

16 internationally by— 

17 (A) governments of foreign countries; and 

18 (B) federally funded development assist19 ance and health assistance. 

20 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

21 authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State 

22 $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 

23 2015 to carry out the activities under this section. 


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1 SEC. 114. ENHANCING UNITED STATES TRAINING OF FOR2 EIGN MILITARY AND POLICE FORCES AND JU3 DICIAL OFFICIALS ON PREVENTING AND RE4 SPONDING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 

5 AND GIRLS. 

6 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to en7 sure that United States programs to train foreign military 

8 and police forces and judicial officials include instruction 

9 on preventing and responding to violence against women 

10 and girls. 

11 (b) AUTHORIZATION.—Under the direction of the 

12 President, the Secretary of State is authorized to provide 

13 guidance to the Secretary of Defense concerning, where 

14 appropriate— 

15 (1) incorporating training, prevention, and re16 sponse to violence against women and girls into the 

17 basic training curricula of foreign military and police 

18 forces and judicial officials; 

19 (2) ensuring that United States assistance to 

20 units involved in regional or multilateral peace21 keeping operations includes training on preventing 

22 and responding to violence against women and girls 

23 internationally; and 

24 (3) including an assessment of such activities in 

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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be nec3 essary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to 

4 carry out the activities under this section. 

5 SEC. 115. ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND 

6 GIRLS IN HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, PEACE7 KEEPING, CONFLICT, AND POST-CONFLICT 

8 OPERATIONS. 

9 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the term ‘‘Inter10 Agency Standing Committee’’ means the committee estab11 lished in response to United Nations General Assembly 

12 Resolution 46/182 (1991). 

13 (b) ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND

14 THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DE15 VELOPMENT.—Under the direction of the Secretary of 

16 State, the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for Global 

17 Women’s Issues is authorized to provide guidance to the 

18 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter19 national Development and the Assistant Secretary of State 

20 for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, 

21 who shall take account of the Ambassador’s guidance to 

22 the extent practicable and shall— 

23 (1) provide assistance to programs of inter24 national organizations, international and local non25 governmental organizations, and governments where 


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1 appropriate that prevent and respond to violence 

2 against women and girls in humanitarian relief, con3 flict and post-conflict settings and that adhere to the 

4 Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s Guidelines for 

5 Gender-Based Violence Interventions in Humani6 tarian Settings, and should include— 

7 (A) building the capacity of humanitarian 

8 organizations and government authorities where 

9 appropriate to address the special protection 

10 needs of women and children; 

11 (B) supporting efforts to provide imme12 diate assistance to survivors of violence and re13 integrate such individuals through education, 

14 psychosocial assistance, trauma counseling, 

15 family and community reinsertion and reunifi16 cation, medical assistance and economic oppor17 tunity programs; and 

18 (C) providing legal services for women and 

19 girls who are victims of violence; 

20 (2) ensure that activities to prevent and re21 spond to violence against women and girls inter22 nationally are incorporated into any multilateral or 

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1 (A) providing protection and suitable sepa2 rate facilities for women and girls formerly in3 volved in, or associated with, fighting forces in 

4 demobilization and transit centers; 

5 (B) ensuring equitable reintegration activi6 ties and opportunities to such women and girls, 

7 including access to schooling, vocational train8 ing, employment, and childcare; 

9 (C) providing essential medical care and 

10 psychosocial support for such women and girls 

11 who are victims of violence; and 

12 (D) incorporating prevention and response 

13 to violence against women and girls into pro14 grams for former combatants; 

15 (3) designate and deploy, as appropriate, spe16 cialists in violence against women and girls as an in17 tegral part of the United States Agency for Inter18 national Development’s Disaster Assistance Re19 sponse Teams to ensure the integration of preven20 tion and response to violence against women and 

21 girls internationally in strategies and programming; 

22 and 

23 (4) create a mechanism to ensure that all 

24 grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, 

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1 (A) comply with the Inter-Agency Standing 

2 Committee’s Six Core Principles Relating to 

3 Sexual Exploitation and Abuse; 

4 (B) train all humanitarian workers in pre5 venting and responding to violence against 

6 women and girls, including in the use of mecha7 nisms to report violence against women and 

8 girls; 

9 (C) conduct appropriate public outreach to 

10 make known to the host community the mecha11 nisms to report violence against women and 

12 girls; and 

13 (D) promptly and appropriately respond to 

14 reports of violence against women and girls and 

15 treat survivors in accordance with best practices 

16 regarding confidentiality. 

17 (c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be 

19 appropriated to the Department of State and the 

20 United States Agency for International Development 

21 $40,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2011 

22 through 2015 for programs described in subsection 

23 (b)(2) that prevent and respond to violence against 

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1 post-conflict operations, in addition to amounts oth2 erwise available for such purposes. 

3 (2) FUNDING NOT AT EXPENSE OF OTHER HU4 MANITARIAN PROGRAMS.—Any amounts appro5 priated pursuant to paragraph (1) may not be pro6 vided at the expense of other humanitarian pro7 grams. 

8 (d) ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE.— 

9 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act, the Secretary of State, acting through the Am11 bassador-at-Large of the Office for Global Women’s 

12 Issues, should brief Congress on activities and efforts to— 

13 (1) achieve the activities outlined in subsection 

14 (b); and 

15 (2) require all private military contracting firms 

16 hired by the Department of State to conduct activi17 ties in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict 

18 settings to— 

19 (A) demonstrate a commitment to expand20 ing the number and roles of women in such ac21 tivities; 

22 (B) train all contractors who will be de23 ployed in preventing and responding to violence 

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1 (C) establish mechanisms to report on and 

2 promptly respond to violence against women 

3 and girls internationally, and conduct appro4 priate public outreach to make these mecha5 nisms known to the host community. 

6 (e) COORDINATION OF U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY

7 EFFORTS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Under the direction of the 

9 President, the Secretary of State is authorized to 

10 provide guidance on preventing and responding to vi11 olence against women and girls to the Secretary of 

12 Defense when United States military personnel, mili13 tary contractors, and military observers are to be de14 ployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-con15 flict settings. 

16 (2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVITIES.— 

17 The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 

18 are authorized to jointly— 

19 (A) provide training in prevention and re20 sponse to violence against women and girls 

21 internationally to United States military forces; 

22 (B) establish mechanisms for reporting 

23 incidences of violence against civilian women 

24 and girls committed by United States military 

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1 (C) establish appropriate public outreach 

2 efforts to notify the civilian population of the 

3 mechanisms for reporting incidences of violence 

4 against women and girls committed by such 

5 forces. 

6 (f) ENHANCING U.S. LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY IN

7 THE UNITED NATIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State, in 

9 consultation with the Administrator of the United 

10 States Agency for International Development, the 

11 Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for Global Wom12 en’s Issues, the United States Representative to the 

13 United Nations, and the Assistant Secretaries for 

14 International Organization Affairs and Population, 

15 Refugees and Migration, should make available 

16 United States financial, material, human, and other 

17 resources to assist United Nations efforts to— 

18 (A) develop and implement appropriate 

19 training programs in prevention and response 

20 to violence against women and girls internation21 ally for peacekeeping and humanitarian per22 sonnel; 

23 (B) meet staffing goals for women military 

24 and police peacekeepers, including all-women 

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1 of civilian women at all levels to serve in peace2 keeping missions, including through innovative 

3 staffing formulas; 

4 (C) improve protection mechanisms in and 

5 around United Nations managed refugee and 

6 internally displaced persons camps; 

7 (D) strengthen efforts to implement a zero 

8 tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and 

9 abuse in United Nations peacekeeping and hu10 manitarian operations; 

11 (E) support troop and police contributing 

12 countries in taking appropriate actions to pre13 vent violence and abuse, including by providing 

14 materials for pre-deployment and in-theater 

15 awareness training, and other action to promote 

16 full accountability in cases of abusive conduct 

17 involving the personnel of such countries; 

18 (F) continue to expand appropriate mecha19 nisms to permit individuals to safely bring alle20 gations of violence against women and girls 

21 internationally to the attention of United Na22 tions peacekeeping commanders and heads of 

23 humanitarian missions; and 

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1 tigate all credible allegations in a timely and ef2 ficient manner while protecting the whistle3 blower. 

4 (2) REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 

5 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant 

6 Secretary of State for International Organization 

7 Affairs and the United States Representative to the 

8 United Nations, in consultation with the Ambas9 sador-at-Large of the Office for Global Women’s 

10 Issues, shall submit to Congress a report on United 

11 States efforts to support the implementation of 

12 United Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325, 

13 1820, and 1888. 

14 (g) EMERGENCY MEASURES FOR CRITICAL OUT15 BREAKS OF VIOLENCE DURING CONFLICT OR POST-CON16 FLICT OPERATIONS.— 

17 (1) EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO CRITICAL OUT18 BREAKS.—The Secretary of State, in consultation 

19 with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for 

20 Global Women’s Issues, should identify and take 

21 emergency measures to respond to critical outbreaks 

22 of violence against women and girls in situations of 

23 armed conflict. 

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1 break’’ if a United States Government report, allied 

2 government information, or credible nongovern3 mental or media accounts depict a widespread pat4 tern of violence against women or girls, particularly 

5 rape and other forms of sexual abuse, that is esca6 lating in the number of victims or brutality of at7 tacks and that takes place in an environment of rel8 ative impunity. 

9 (3) EMERGENCY MEASURES.—The Secretary of 

10 State should inform Congress immediately upon the 

11 identification of a critical outbreak of violence 

12 against women and girls and should, in consultation 

13 with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for 

14 Global Women’s Issues, identify emergency measures 

15 to respond to the outbreak identified under para16 graph (1) within 90 days and brief Congress, upon 

17 request, on those measures. 

18 (4) CONSULTATION.—In developing emergency 

19 measures under paragraph (1), the Secretary of 

20 State, with the assistance of the Ambassador-at21 Large of the Office for Global Women’s Issues, shall 

22 consult with the heads of all relevant United States 

23 Government departments and agencies, as necessary, 

24 including the National Security Advisor, as well as 

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1 working in prevention and response to violence 

2 against women and girls internationally. 

3 (h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In addi4 tion to amounts authorized to be appropriated under sub5 section (c), there is authorized to be appropriated such 

6 sums as may be necessary for emergency measures, in7 cluding the expansion of reporting mechanisms and pro8 grams, for each critical outbreak of violence identified 

9 under this section. 

10 TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 

11 SEC. 201. SUPPORT FOR MULTILATERAL EFFORTS TO END 

12 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS. 

13 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Inter14 national Organizations and Programs Account 

15 $10,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015 

16 to support the United Nations Development Fund for 

17 Women Trust Fund in Support of Actions to Eliminate 

18 Violence Against Women. 

19 SEC. 202. FUNDING LIMITATION. 

20 Assistance made available under this Act may be 

21 made available notwithstanding any other provision of law 

22 that restricts assistance to foreign countries, except for 

23 provisions of law that limit assistance to organizations 

24 that support or participate in a program of coercive abor25 tion or involuntary sterilization, including section 7079 of 


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1 the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 (Public Law 111– 

2 8; 123 Stat. 909). 

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