SEC. 6. OFFICE OF WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State should 
establish in the Office of the Secretary of the Department 
of State the Office of Women’s Empowerment. The Office 
should be headed by an Ambassador-at-Large for Wom-
en’s Empowerment, who should be appointed by the Presi-
dent, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. 
The Ambassador-at-Large should report directly to the 
Secretary. 
(b) PURPOSE.—In addition to the duties described in 
this Act and duties determined by the Secretary of State, 
the Ambassador should coordinate efforts of the United 
States Government as directed by the Secretary regarding 
approaches that promote equality and advance the status 
and development of women and girls in United States for-
eign policy. 
(c) DUTIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Ambassador should— 
(A) direct activities, policies, programs, 
and funding relating to gender equality and the 
advancement of women and girls internation-
ally; 
(B) work to ensure the integration of gen-
der analysis into the formulation of policy, pro-
grams, structures, process, and capacities 
throughout the bureaus and offices of the De-
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partment of State and in the international pro-
grams of other Federal agencies; 
(C) direct United States Government re-
sources, as appropriate, to respond to needs for 
promoting gender equality and the empower-
ment of women in United States Government 
foreign policies and international programs; 
(D) design, support, and implement activi-
ties regarding— 
(i) the empowerment of women inter-
nationally, including for the prevention of 
and response to gender-based violence 
internationally; 
(ii) the policies and goals of the 
Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 
(Public Law 115–68) and the Women’s 
Entrepreneurship and Economic Empower-
ment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–428); 
(iii) the Women’s Global Development 
and Prosperity (W–GDP) Initiative as de-
scribed in section 2; and 
(iv) the reduction of legal, regulatory, 
and social barriers that constrain women 
worldwide; 
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(E) ensure that programs, projects, and 
activities designed to promote and empower 
women internationally are subject to rigorous 
monitoring and evaluation, and oversee the de-
velopment of indicators and standards for such 
monitoring and evaluation, with the intent of 
using these across relevant Federal agencies; 
(F) partner, consult, and coordinate with 
other governments, bilateral and multilateral in-
stitutions, nongovernmental organizations, and 
private-sector partners, and represent the 
United States in diplomatic and multilateral 
fora as appropriate, to advance the objectives of 
this Act; 
(G) serve as the principal advisor to the 
Secretary of State regarding gender equality, 
women’s empowerment, and gender-based vio-
lence as a foreign policy matter; and 
(H) undertake other relevant duties that 
the Secretary of State shall determine, as ap-
propriate. 
(2) 
INFORMATION
SHARING
AND
TRANS-
PARENCY.—The Office of Women’s Empowerment 
should, as appropriate— 
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(A) be the central repository of data on all 
United States programs, projects, and activities 
that relate to empowering, promoting, includ-
ing, and advancing women worldwide; and 
(B) produce a full accounting of United 
States Government spending on such programs, 
projects, and activities not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(d) SERVICE OF CURRENT SENIOR OFFICIAL.—A 
senior official with experience in promoting gender equal-
ity and the empowerment of women and girls, appointed 
by the President as an Ambassador-at-Large and con-
firmed by the Senate for a position that addresses global 
women’s issues, shall also serve in the Ambassador-at- 
Large position established under this section. 
SEC. 7. SENIOR COORDINATOR FOR GENDER EQUALITY 
AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There should be established 
in the United States Agency for International Develop-
ment the position of Senior Coordinator for Gender Equal-
ity and Women’s Empowerment. The Senior Coordinator 
should— 
(1) report to the Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development; and 
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(2) conduct duties as directed by the Adminis-
trator to promote the purposes of this Act. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—The Senior Coordinator should— 
(1) in consultation with the Ambassador-at- 
Large for Women’s Empowerment described in sec-
tion 6, coordinate activities, policies, programs, and 
funding of the Agency relating to gender equality 
and women’s empowerment; 
(2) work to ensure the integration of gender 
analysis into the programs, structures, processes, 
and capacities of all bureaus and offices of the 
Agency as mandated by the Women’s Entrepreneur-
ship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 
(Public Law 115–428); 
(3) design, support, and implement activities 
led by the Agency regarding gender equality and 
women’s empowerment, including for the prevention 
and response to gender-based violence internation-
ally; 
(4) serve as the principal advisor to the Admin-
istrator on gender equality, women’s empowerment, 
and gender-based violence; 
(5) track and analyze monitoring and evalua-
tion data and findings on gender equality and wom-
en’s empowerment programs of the Agency; and 
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