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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 713 

To prevent international violence against women, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 11, 2015 

Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. MENENDEZ, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. KIRK, and Mrs. 

SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 

A BILL 

To prevent international violence against women, and for 

other purposes. 

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. 

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

5 ‘‘International Violence Against Women Act of 2015’’. 

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

7 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Findings. 

Sec. 3. Statement of policy. 

TITLE I—STRATEGY, POLICY, AND PROGRAMS 


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Sec. 101. United States strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally. 

Sec. 102. Implementation of the United States strategy to prevent and respond 

to gender-based violence globally. 

Sec. 103. Monitoring the United States strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally. 

TITLE II—OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 

Sec. 201. Office of Global Women’s Issues. 

Sec. 202. Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. 

Sec. 203. Briefing. 

1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress makes the following findings: 

3 (1) An estimated 1 out of every 3 women 

4 throughout the world will be beaten, coerced into 

5 sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. 

6 (2) Up to 70 percent of women in some coun7 tries report experiencing gender-based violence at 

8 some point in their lives. 

9 (3) Intimate partner violence is the most preva10 lent form of violence against women, preventing 

11 them from playing more active roles in the social, 

12 economic, and political development of their commu13 nities. 

14 (4) Sexual violence among adolescents and pre15 adolescents is alarmingly high. National surveys in 

16 Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Haiti 

17 have found that 28 to 38 percent of girls and 9 to 

18 18 percent of boys report experiencing sexual vio19 lence before the age of 18. 


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1 (5) Adult male respondents in 6 countries who 

2 had experienced violence as children were signifi3 cantly more likely to report perpetrating intimate 

4 partner violence themselves according to the Inter5 national Men and Gender Equality Survey dataset. 

6 (6) Gender-based violence (GBV) harms econo7 mies and the workers that fuel them. Despite under8 reporting, striking statistics document prevalent 

9 forms of GBV globally that affect the world of work. 

10 Worldwide, women are concentrated in low-wage, in11 secure jobs in workplaces where they lack bargaining 

12 power, protections against gender-based violence, 

13 safe and confidential reporting systems, recourse to 

14 justice, or access to legal, medical, and psychosocial 

15 services. Conservative estimates of lost productivity 

16 as a result of gender-based violence range from 1.2 

17 percent of GDP in Brazil and Tanzania to 2 percent 

18 of GDP in Chile. 

19 (7) Women living in poverty are particularly 

20 vulnerable to gender-based violence. Lack of eco21 nomic opportunities often compels women to use 

22 desperate and dangerous means to provide for them23 selves and their families, risking significant exposure 

24 to sexual exploitation and abuse. These women often 

25 cannot afford critical social and medical services. 


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1 (8) Research conducted in India, Colombia, 

2 South Africa, and Uganda indicates that when 

3 women have greater control of assets, they are less 

4 likely to experience intimate partner violence. Addi5 tionally, when women participate in the economy, 

6 they are able to develop a wider support network, 

7 which allows them to more easily escape intimate 

8 partner violence. 

9 (9) Gender-based violence impacts livelihoods 

10 and food security by reducing work capacity and 

11 productivity, including the ability to grow food for 

12 consumption. Studies have shown that women af13 fected by gender-based violence are exposed to ill14 nesses and injuries that hamper their ability to work 

15 productively and care for their families. Diminished 

16 food production consequently increases hunger and 

17 women’s vulnerability to further violence. 

18 (10) Country studies indicate that the risk of 

19 HIV among women who have experienced violence 

20 may be up to 3 times higher than among those who 

21 have not. The World Health Organization found that 

22 women who experience intimate partner violence are 

23 at over 50-percent greater risk of HIV infection, and 

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1 ence violence than other women, and fear of violence 

2 can prevent women from accessing HIV/AIDS infor3 mation and receiving treatment and counseling. 

4 (11) Addressing gender norms and inequities is 

5 essential to reducing HIV risk and increasing access 

6 to HIV prevention, care and treatment services for 

7 women and men. The President’s Emergency Plan 

8 for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supports significant 

9 work in the field to incorporate efforts to prevent 

10 and respond to gender-based violence into existing 

11 HIV treatment and prevention programs. In fiscal 

12 year 2012, PEPFAR investments reached 720,000 

13 people in 11 countries with services or interventions 

14 that explicitly addressed gender-based violence and 

15 coercion. 

16 (12) Prevalence of sexual violence is higher 

17 among persons with disabilities, particularly for ado18 lescents and intimate partners with disabilities, and 

19 for men and women with intellectual impairments 

20 living in institutions. The World Health Organiza21 tion reports that rates of gender-based violence are 

22 4 to 10 times greater among persons with disabil23 ities than non-disabled persons. 

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1 tings, and natural disasters face extreme violence 

2 and threats, including— 

3 (A) being forced to exchange sex for food 

4 and humanitarian supplies; and 

5 (B) being at increased risk of rape, sexual 

6 exploitation, and abuse. 

7 (14) Rape and sexual assault against women 

8 and girls are used to torture, intimidate, and ter9 rorize communities. Rape and sexual assault are 

10 used as tools of war in conflict zones, including the 

11 Democratic Republic of Congo, Iraq, Syria, Afghani12 stan, Colombia, and South Sudan. A 2011 study 

13 found that 48 women were raped every hour in the 

14 Democratic Republic of Congo. 

15 (15) Early and forced marriage of girls— 

16 (A) is a harmful practice that deprives 

17 girls of their dignity and rights and creates bar18 riers to development for communities and coun19 tries; 

20 (B) is projected to affect more than 

21 140,000,000 girls who will become brides be22 tween 2011 and 2020; 

23 (C) can prematurely end girls’ education, 

24 increase vulnerability to gender-based violence, 

25 and significantly raise the risk of maternal and 


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1 infant morbidity or mortality, including the risk 

2 of obstetric fistula and sexually transmitted dis3 eases, including HIV/AIDS; and 

4 (D) is perpetuated by poverty, a lack of 

5 educational or employment opportunities for 

6 girls, and religious, cultural, and social factors 

7 related to girls’ perceived lack of value, factors 

8 which become particularly acute in conflict and 

9 disaster settings where fears of sexual violence 

10 often drive early, child, and forced marriage. 

11 (16) Female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/ 

12 C) is carried out most often on girls between infancy 

13 and age 15 and has impacted more than 

14 125,000,000 girls and women alive today. FGM/C 

15 can cause long-term health problems, including in16 fertility, complications in childbirth, and increased 

17 risk of newborn deaths. 

18 (17) World Bank data shows that gender in19 equality directly corresponds to increased levels of 

20 political and economic instability within states. Gen21 der-based violence impedes women’s meaningful par22 ticipation in social, political, and economic spheres, 

23 which is essential to the stability and democratiza24 tion of a country. Since women disproportionately 

25 experience gender-based violence during conflict and 


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1 post-conflict reconstruction, they can play a pivotal 

2 role in preventing, mitigating, and resolving conflict, 

3 and countering extremism, evidenced in contexts in4 cluding Northern Ireland and Liberia. 

5 (18) Gender-based violence is a contributing 

6 factor to human trafficking. Experts in the field 

7 have reported that women and girls who have experi8 enced gender-based violence and live in societies that 

9 tolerate severe gender discrimination appear to be 

10 more vulnerable to being trafficked. Comprehensive 

11 efforts to reduce human trafficking must include ef12 forts to prevent and respond to gender-based vio13 lence due to the intertwined relationship of the two 

14 crimes. 

15 (19) Faith-based organizations and faith lead16 ers have an important role to play in the ongoing ef17 forts to prevent and respond to gender-based vio18 lence. Where engaged as genuine partners and 

19 equipped with knowledge and resources, they can 

20 yield great gains. In countries that lack effective 

21 legal frameworks to address gender-based violence, 

22 they have the standing and authority to address 

23 harmful practices such as acid throwing. 

24 SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 

25 It is the policy of the United States— 


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1 (1) to take effective action to prevent and re2 spond to violence against women and girls around 

3 the world, as a matter of basic human rights as well 

4 as to promote gender equality, economic growth, and 

5 improved public health; 

6 (2) to systematically integrate and coordinate 

7 efforts to prevent and respond to violence against 

8 women and girls internationally into United States 

9 foreign policy and foreign assistance programs, in10 cluding peace-building efforts and humanitarian re11 lief and recovery; 

12 (3) to support and build local capacity in devel13 oping countries, including of governments at all lev14 els and nongovernmental organizations, especially 

15 women-led organizations, to prevent and respond to 

16 violence against women and girls; 

17 (4) to consult, cooperate, coordinate, and col18 laborate with a wide variety of nongovernmental 

19 partners with demonstrated experience in preventing 

20 and responding to violence against women and girls, 

21 including faith-based organizations and women-led 

22 organizations; 

23 (5) to employ a multisectoral approach to pre24 venting and responding to violence against women 

25 and girls internationally, including activities in the 


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1 economic, education, health, nutrition, legal, and ju2 dicial sectors; 

3 (6) to work at all levels, from the individual to 

4 the family, community, local, national and inter5 national levels, to prevent and respond to violence 

6 against women and girls around the globe; 

7 (7) to enhance training by United States per8 sonnel of professional foreign military and police 

9 forces and judicial officials to include specific and 

10 thorough instruction on preventing and responding 

11 to violence against women and girls around the 

12 world; 

13 (8) to engage men and boys as partners, as an 

14 essential element of making sustained reductions in 

15 violence against women and girls; 

16 (9) to include the prevention of early and forced 

17 marriage as an important part of United States 

18 Government efforts to prevent violence against girls 

19 and promote gender equality and global health; 

20 (10) to require that all United States contrac21 tors and grantees establish appropriate policies and 

22 take effective measures to prevent violence against 

23 women and girls and sexual exploitation and abuse 

24 within their workforce; 


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1 (11) to exert sustained international leadership 

2 to prevent and respond to violence against women 

3 and girls, including in bilateral and multilateral fora; 

4 (12) to implement the United States Strategy 

5 to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence 

6 Globally; and 

7 (13) to implement the United States National 

8 Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. 

9 TITLE I—STRATEGY, POLICY, 

10 AND PROGRAMS 

11 SEC. 101. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PREVENT AND RE12 SPOND TO GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GLOB13 ALLY. 

14 (a) GLOBAL STRATEGY REQUIREMENT.—Not later 

15 than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

16 and annually thereafter for 5 years, the Ambassador-at17 Large for Global Women’s Issues at the Department of 

18 State appointed pursuant to section 201, in consultation 

19 with the Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and 

20 Women’s Empowerment at the United States Agency for 

21 International Development established under section 202, 

22 shall develop or update a United States global strategy 

23 to prevent and respond to violence against women and 

24 girls. The strategy shall be transmitted to the appropriate 


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1 congressional committees and made publicly available on 

2 the Internet. 

3 (b) INITIAL STRATEGY.—For the purposes of this 

4 section, the ‘‘United States Strategy to Prevent and Re5 spond to Gender-Based Violence Globally’’, issued in Au6 gust 2012, shall be deemed to fulfill the initial require7 ment of subsection (a). 

8 (c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—Not later than 60 

9 days after submission of the strategy under subsection (a), 

10 the Ambassador-at-Large, in consultation with the Senior 

11 Coordinator, shall submit to the appropriate congressional 

12 committees an implementation plan detailing how the 

13 strategy will be implemented in the upcoming 5 fiscal 

14 years, including the budget resources requested, and the 

15 specific activities to be supported, by each Executive agen16 cy under the strategy. 

17 (d) COLLABORATION AND COORDINATION.—In devel18 oping the strategy under subsection (a), the Ambassador19 at-Large and Senior Coordinator shall consult with— 

20 (1) the heads of relevant Federal agencies; 

21 (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on Traf22 ficking in Persons; and 

23 (3) representatives of civil society and multi-lat24 eral organizations with demonstrated experience in 


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1 addressing violence against women and girls or pro2 moting gender equality internationally. 

3 (e) CONTENT.—The implementation plan required 

4 under subsection (c) shall— 

5 (1) identify eligible low-income and lower-mid6 dle income countries with significant levels of vio7 lence against women and girls, including within dis8 placed communities, that have the governmental or 

9 nongovernmental organizational capacity to manage 

10 and implement gender-based violence prevention and 

11 response program activities and should, when pos12 sible, be geographically, ethnically, and culturally di13 verse from one another; 

14 (2) select 5 to 20 of the eligible countries iden15 tified under paragraph (1) in which to develop com16 prehensive and holistic individual country plans that 

17 incorporate at least two of the program activities 

18 listed in section 102(b); 

19 (3) assess and describe the current or potential 

20 capacity of the government of each eligible country 

21 selected under paragraph (2) and civil society orga22 nizations in each such eligible country to address 

23 and respond to violence against women and girls; 

24 (4) identify coordination mechanisms with Fed25 eral agencies that— 


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1 (A) have existing programs relevant to the 

2 strategy; 

3 (B) will be involved in new program activi4 ties; and 

5 (C) are engaged in broader United States 

6 strategies around development; 

7 (5) describe the monitoring and evaluation 

8 mechanisms established for each eligible country, 

9 and their intended use in assessing overall progress 

10 in prevention and response; 

11 (6) project general levels of resources needed to 

12 achieve the stated objectives in each eligible country, 

13 including an accounting of— 

14 (A) activities and funding already ex15 pended by the Department of State, the United 

16 States Agency for International Development, 

17 other Federal agencies, donor country govern18 ments, and multilateral institutions; and 

19 (B) leveraged private sector resources; 

20 (7) integrate gender analysis into the strategy 

21 for each country; and 

22 (8) include, as appropriate, strategies designed 

23 to accommodate the needs of stateless, disabled, in24 ternally displaced, refugee, or religious or ethnic mi25 nority women and girls. 


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1 SEC. 102. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE UNITED STATES 

2 STRATEGY TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO 

3 GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE GLOBALLY. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State and the 

5 Administrator of the United States Agency for Inter6 national Development are authorized to provide assistance 

7 to prevent and respond to violence against women and 

8 girls internationally. 

9 (b) PROGRAM ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED.—Assistance 

10 provided to each country selected under subsection 

11 101(e)(2) should include at least two of the following ac12 tivities: 

13 (1) Development and implementation of pro14 grams that work to change social norms and atti15 tudes so that violence against women and girls is 

16 neither condoned nor tolerated. 

17 (2) Promotion of accessible quality educational, 

18 learning, and literacy opportunities for women and 

19 girls. 

20 (3) Promotion of access to economic opportuni21 ties, including by increasing distribution, credit, 

22 property, and inheritance rights for women and 

23 girls. 

24 (4) Development and enforcement of civil and 

25 criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protections, 

26 trainings, and capacity. 


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1 (5) Enhancement of the health sector capacity 

2 to detect, prevent, and respond to violence against 

3 women and girls. 

4 (c) BUILDING LOCAL CAPACITY.—Not less than 10 

5 percent of the amount of assistance provided to an eligible 

6 country under this section should be provided to commu7 nity-based nongovernmental or faith-based organizations, 

8 with priority given to nongovernmental organizations led 

9 by women. 

10 SEC. 103. MONITORING THE UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO 

11 PREVENT AND RESPOND TO GENDER-BASED 

12 VIOLENCE GLOBALLY. 

13 (a) IN GENERAL.—In each strategy submitted under 

14 section 101(a), the Ambassador-at-Large and Senior Co15 ordinator shall include an analysis of best practices for 

16 preventing and addressing violence against women and 

17 girls internationally, which shall include— 

18 (1) a description of successful efforts by foreign 

19 governments, multilateral institutions, nongovern20 mental organizations, educational organizations, and 

21 faith-based organizations in preventing and respond22 ing to violence against women and girls; 

23 (2) recommendations related to best practices, 

24 effective strategies, and improvements to enhance 

25 the impact of prevention and response efforts; and 


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1 (3) the impact of activities funded by the strat2 egy in preventing and reducing violence against 

3 women and girls internationally. 

4 (b) AMENDMENTS.—The Foreign Assistance Act of 

5 1961 is amended— 

6 (1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))— 

7 (A) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking 

8 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

9 (B) in paragraph (12)(C)(ii), by striking 

10 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

11 and 

12 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

13 paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(13) wherever applicable, the nature and ex15 tent of violence against women and girls.’’; and 

16 (2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304)— 

17 (A) by redesignating the second subsection 

18 designated as subsection (i) as subsection (j); 

19 and 

20 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

21 subsection: 

22 ‘‘(k) INCLUSION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO VI23 OLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.—The report re24 quired by subsection (b) shall include, wherever applicable, 


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1 the nature and extent of violence against women and 

2 girls.’’. 

3 (c) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—In coordination 

4 with relevant officials, and consistent with the monitoring 

5 and evaluation policies of their respective agencies, the 

6 Ambassador-at-Large and the Senior Coordinator shall 

7 develop a plan for monitoring and independent evaluation 

8 of programs, projects, and activities carried out under this 

9 Act. The plan shall— 

10 (1) apply rigorous monitoring and evaluation 

11 methodologies to focus on learning, accountability, 

12 and policymaking, choosing from among a wide vari13 ety of qualitative, quantitative, summative, and 

14 formative methods common in the field of social sci15 entific inquiry, including impact evaluations; and 

16 (2) be included in the implementation plan re17 quired under section 101(c). 

18 (d) RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION.—The Sec19 retary and the Administrator shall— 

20 (1) produce original research or analysis of ef21 fective interventions to prevent or respond to vio22 lence against women and girls internationally; 

23 (2) collect and analyze new or existing data on 

24 the scope and extent of all forms of violence against 

25 women and girls internationally, including under 


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1 documented forms of violence and violence against 

2 marginalized groups; 

3 (3) conduct research on effective interventions 

4 to respond to violence against women and girls inter5 nationally, including efforts to scale up effective pro6 gramming; and 

7 (4) support systemic data collection using inter8 nationally comparable indicators, norms, and meth9 odologies for measuring the scope, prevalence, and 

10 incidence of violence against women and girls inter11 nationally. 

12 TITLE II—OVERSIGHT AND 

13 ACCOUNTABILITY 

14 SEC. 201. OFFICE OF GLOBAL WOMEN’S ISSUES. 

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

16 establish in the Office of the Secretary of the Department 

17 of State an Office of Global Women’s Issues (in this sec18 tion referred to as the ‘‘Office’’). The Office shall be head19 ed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues, 

20 who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the 

21 advice and consent of the Senate. The Ambassador-at22 Large shall report directly to the Secretary and shall have 

23 the rank and status of Ambassador-at-Large. 

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

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1 retary of State, the Ambassador-at-Large shall coordinate 

2 efforts of the United States Government as directed by 

3 the Secretary regarding gender integration and advancing 

4 the status of women and girls in United States foreign 

5 policy. 

6 (c) DUTIES.— 

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

8 (A) shall direct activities, policies, pro9 grams, and funding relating to gender equality 

10 and the advancement of women and girls inter11 nationally, including those intended to prevent 

12 and respond to violence against women and 

13 girls, for all bureaus and offices of the Depart14 ment of State and in the international pro15 grams of all other Federal agencies; 

16 (B) shall actively promote and advance the 

17 full integration of gender analysis into the pro18 grams, structures, processes, and capacities of 

19 all bureaus and offices of the Department of 

20 State and in the international programs of 

21 other Federal 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; 

4 (D) may design, support, and implement 

5 activities regarding empowerment of women 

6 internationally, including for the prevention of 

7 and response to violence against women and 

8 girls internationally; 

9 (E) shall conduct regular consultation with 

10 civil society organizations working to prevent 

11 and respond to violence against women and 

12 girls internationally; 

13 (F) shall ensure that programs, projects, 

14 and activities designed to prevent and respond 

15 to violence against women and girls internation16 ally are subject to rigorous monitoring and eval17 uation, and that there is a uniform set of indi18 cators and standards for such monitoring and 

19 evaluation that is used across all Federal agen20 cies; 

21 (G) shall serve as the principal advisor to 

22 the Secretary of State regarding gender equal23 ity, women’s empowerment, and violence 

24 against women and girls as a foreign policy 

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1 (H) is authorized to represent the United 

2 States in diplomatic and multilateral fora on 

3 matters relevant to the status of women and 

4 girls, including violence against women and 

5 girls internationally. 

6 (2) INFORMATION SHARING AND TRANS7 PARENCY.—The Office shall be the central reposi8 tory of data on all United States programs, projects, 

9 and activities that relate to prevention and response 

10 to violence against women and girls, and shall 

11 produce a full accounting of United States Govern12 ment spending on such programs, projects, and ac13 tivities. 

14 SEC. 202. SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR GENDER EQUALITY 

15 AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT. 

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

17 United States Agency for International Development a 

18 Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s 

19 Empowerment, who shall report to the Administrator of 

20 the United States Agency for International Development 

21 and who shall conduct the activities of the Administrator 

22 under this Act. 

23 (b) IN GENERAL.—The Senior Coordinator for Gen24 der Equality and Women’s Empowerment— 


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1 (1) shall direct activities, policies, programs, 

2 and funding of the United States Agency for Inter3 national Development relating to gender equality 

4 and women’s empowerment, including those intended 

5 to prevent and respond to violence against women 

6 and girls; 

7 (2) shall actively promote and advance the full 

8 integration of gender analysis into the programs, 

9 structures, processes, and capacities of all bureaus 

10 and offices of the Agency as dictated by the United 

11 States Agency for International Development Gender 

12 Equality and Female Empowerment Policy; 

13 (3) shall direct Agency resources for gender 

14 equality and women’s empowerment, including to 

15 prevent and respond to violence against women and 

16 girls internationally; 

17 (4) may design, support, and implement activi18 ties led by the Agency regarding gender equality and 

19 women’s empowerment, including for the prevention 

20 and response to violence against women and girls 

21 internationally; 

22 (5) shall conduct regular consultation with civil 

23 society organizations working to prevent and re24 spond to violence against women and girls inter25 nationally; 


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1 (6) shall serve as the principal advisor to the 

2 Administrator regarding gender equality, women’s 

3 empowerment, and violence against women and girls; 

4 and 

5 (7) shall track and analyze monitoring and eval6 uation data and findings on international prevention 

7 and response programs of the Agency, consistent 

8 with Agency-wide monitoring and evaluation activi9 ties, and in order to assist in the preparation of the 

10 comprehensive strategy developed under section 101. 

11 SEC. 203. BRIEFING. 

12 Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact13 ment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ambas14 sador-at-Large and Senior Coordinator shall brief the ap15 propriate congressional committees on international vio16 lence against women and girls prevention and response 

17 strategies, programming, and associated outcomes, and 

18 shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees 

19 an assessment of human and financial resources necessary 

20 to fulfill the purposes and duties of this Act. 

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