IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5332 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
NOVEMBER 16, 2016 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations 
AN ACT 
To ensure that the United States promotes the meaningful 
participation of women in mediation and negotiation 
processes seeking to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent 
conflict. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Women, Peace, and 
Security Act of 2016’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Around the world, women remain under- 
represented in conflict prevention, conflict resolution, 
and post-conflict peace building efforts. 
(2) Despite the historic under-representation of 
women in conflict resolution processes, women in 
conflict-affected regions have nevertheless achieved 
significant success in— 
(A) moderating violent extremism; 
(B) countering terrorism; 
(C) resolving disputes through nonviolent 
mediation and negotiation; and 
(D) stabilizing societies by enhancing the 
effectiveness of security services, peacekeeping 
efforts, institutions, and decision-making proc-
esses. 
(3) Research shows that— 
(A) peace negotiations are more likely to 
end in a peace agreement when women’s groups 
play an influential role in the negotiation proc-
ess; 
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(B) once reached, a peace agreement is 35 
percent more likely to last at least 15 years if 
women have participated in the negotiation 
process; and 
(C) when women meaningfully participate, 
peace negotiations are more likely to address 
the underlying causes of the conflict, leading to 
more sustainable outcomes. 
SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the meaningful participation of women in 
conflict prevention and conflict resolution processes 
helps to promote more inclusive and democratic soci-
eties and is critical to the long-term stability of 
countries and regions; 
(2) the political participation and leadership of 
women in fragile environments, particularly during 
democratic transitions, is critical to sustaining last-
ing democratic institutions; and 
(3) the United States should be a global leader 
in promoting the meaningful participation of women 
in conflict prevention, management, and resolution, 
and post-conflict relief and recovery efforts. 
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SEC. 4. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It shall be the policy of the United States to promote 
the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of 
conflict prevention, management, and resolution, and post- 
conflict relief and recovery efforts, reinforced through dip-
lomatic efforts and programs that— 
(1) integrate the perspectives and interests of 
affected women into conflict-prevention activities and 
strategies; 
(2) encourage partner governments to adopt 
plans to improve the meaningful participation of 
women in peace and security processes and decision- 
making institutions; 
(3) promote the physical safety, economic secu-
rity, and dignity of women and girls; 
(4) support the equal access of women to aid 
distribution mechanisms and services; 
(5) collect and analyze gender data for the pur-
pose of developing and enhancing early warning sys-
tems of conflict and violence; 
(6) adjust policies and programs to improve 
outcomes in gender equality and the empowerment 
of women; and 
(7) monitor, analyze, and evaluate the efforts 
related to each strategy submitted under section 5 
and the impact of such efforts. 
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SEC. 5. UNITED STATES STRATEGY TO PROMOTE THE PAR-
TICIPATION OF WOMEN IN CONFLICT PRE-
VENTION AND PEACE BUILDING. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than October 1, 2017, 
October 1, 2022, and October 1, 2027, the President, in 
consultation with the heads of the relevant Federal depart-
ments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees and make publicly available a single 
government-wide strategy, to be known as the Women, 
Peace, and Security Strategy, that provides a detailed de-
scription of how the United States intends to fulfill the 
policy objectives in section 4. The strategy shall— 
(1) support and be aligned with plans developed 
by other countries to improve the meaningful partici-
pation of women in peace and security processes, 
conflict prevention, peace building, transitional proc-
esses, and decision-making institutions; and 
(2) include specific and measurable goals, 
benchmarks, performance metrics, timetables, and 
monitoring and evaluation plans, to ensure the ac-
countability and effectiveness of all policies and ini-
tiatives carried out under the strategy. 
(b) SPECIFIC PLANS FOR AGENCIES.—Each strategy 
under subsection (a) shall include a specific implementa-
tion plan from each of the relevant Federal departments 
and agencies that describes— 
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