(2) where practicable track all United States 
foreign assistance funds to local indigenous non-
governmental, community-based organizations, and 
regulated financial intermediaries in developing 
countries, including through subcontractors and 
grantees, disaggregated by the sex of the head of the 
organization, senior management, and composition 
of the boards of directors; 
(3) encourage United States statistical agencies 
in their work with statistical agencies in other coun-
tries to provide support to collect data on the share 
of women in wage and self-employment by type of 
employment; and 
(4) provide funding to the International Labor 
Organization (ILO) for technical assistance activities 
to developing countries and for the ILO to consoli-
date indicators into cross-country data sets. 
(b) 
AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Amounts made available to carry out section 10 of this 
Act are authorized to be made available to carry out this 
section. 
SEC. 12. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL, INDIGENOUS WOMEN’S OR-
GANIZATIONS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. 
(a) AMENDMENTS.—Section 102 of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151–1) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (a) by inserting after the 
ninth sentence the following new sentences: ‘‘Be-
cause men and women generally occupy different 
economic niches in poor countries, activities must 
address those differences in ways that enable both 
women and men to contribute to and benefit from 
development. Throughout the world, indigenous, 
local, nongovernmental and community-based organi-
zations and regulated financial intermediaries are es-
sential to addressing many of the development chal-
lenges facing countries and to creating stable, func-
tioning democracies. Investing in the capacity of 
such organizations and in their role in the develop-
ment process, including that of women’s organiza-
tions, shall be an important, cross-cutting objective 
of United States bilateral development assistance.’’; 
and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘The principles de-
scribed in this paragraph shall, among other 
strategies, be accomplished through partner-
ships with local, indigenous nongovernmental 
and community-based organizations and regu-
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lated financial intermediaries that represent the 
interests of poor women and poor men.’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6), by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ‘‘Investing in the 
capacity and participation of local, indigenous 
nongovernmental and community-based organi-
zations dedicated to addressing the needs of 
women, especially women’s organizations, shall 
be an important strategy for achieving the prin-
ciple described in this paragraph’’. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of State, acting 
through the Director of United States Foreign Assistance, 
shall, where appropriate— 
(1) improve the integration of capacity building 
and technical assistance activities for local, indige-
nous nongovernmental organizations and commu-
nity-based organizations in developing countries 
within project proposals that will include the partici-
pation of locally based partners, especially women’s 
organizations and other organizations leading wom-
en’s empowerment initiatives, to promote the long- 
term sustainability of projects; 
(2) provide information and training to local in-
digenous organizations focused on women’s em-
powerment, especially women’s organizations, in 
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countries in which USAID missions are located in 
order to— 
(A) provide technical assistance regarding 
availability of United States international as-
sistance procurement procedures; and 
(B) undertake culturally-appropriate out-
reach measures to contact such organizations; 
(3) encourage cooperating agencies, imple-
menting partners, and subcontractors, to the max-
imum extent practicable, to provide sub-grants to 
local indigenous organizations that focus on women’s 
empowerment, including women’s organizations and 
other organizations that may not have previously 
worked with the Government of the United States or 
one of its partners, in fulfilling project objectives; 
(4) work with local governments where appro-
priate to conduct outreach campaigns to formally 
register unofficial local nongovernmental and com-
munity-based organizations, especially women’s or-
ganizations; and 
(5) support efforts of indigenous organizations 
focused on women’s empowerment, especially wom-
en’s organizations, to network with other indigenous 
women’s groups to collectively access funding oppor-
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tunities to implement United States international as-
sistance programs. 
SEC. 13. REPORT. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than June 30, 
2008, the Secretary of State, acting through the Director 
of United States Foreign Assistance, shall submit to Con-
gress a report on the implementation of this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act. 
(b) UPDATE.—Not later than June 30, 2010, the 
Secretary of State, acting through the Director of United 
States Foreign Assistance, shall submit to Congress an 
update of the report required by subsection (a). 
(c) AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC.—The report required 
by subsection (a) and the update required by subsection 
(b) shall be made available to the public on the Internet 
websites of the Department of State and the United States 
Agency for International Development. 
Æ 
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