[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2982 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 725
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2982
To combat international violence against women and girls.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 4, 2010
Mr. Kerry (for himself, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Snowe, Ms. Collins, Mr. Brown
of Ohio, Mr. Burris, Mr. Cardin, Mr. Casey, Mr. Dodd, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Franken, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Kaufman, Ms.
Klobuchar, Ms. Landrieu, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Mikulski,
Mrs. Murray, Mr. Schumer, Mrs. Shaheen, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Udall of New
Mexico, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Specter, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. Merkley, Mr.
Bingaman, Mr. Webb, Mr. Sanders, Mrs. Lincoln, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr.
Levin, and Mr. Coons) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations
December 21, 2010
Reported by Mr. Kerry, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To combat international violence against women and girls.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the
``International Violence Against Women Act of 2010''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act
is as follows:</DELETED>
<DELETED>Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
<DELETED>Sec. 2. Findings.
<DELETED>Sec. 3. Statement of policy.
<DELETED>Sec. 4. Definitions.
<DELETED>TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
AND GIRLS
<DELETED>Subtitle A--Official Designations and Institutional Changes
<DELETED>Sec. 101. Duties of the Secretary of State.
<DELETED>Sec. 102. Duties of the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development.
<DELETED>Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs
<DELETED>Sec. 111. Comprehensive international strategy and assistance
to reduce and prevent violence against
women and girls.
<DELETED>Sec. 112. Assistance to reduce international violence against
women and girls.
<DELETED>Sec. 113. Ensuring accountability of the United States
response to violence against women and
girls internationally.
<DELETED>Sec. 114. Enhancing United States training of foreign military
and police forces and judicial officials on
violence against women and girls.
<DELETED>Sec. 115. Addressing violence against women and girls in
humanitarian relief, peacekeeping,
conflict, and post-conflict settings.
<DELETED>TITLE II--OTHER PROVISIONS
<DELETED>Sec. 201. Support for multilateral efforts to end violence
against women and girls.
<DELETED>SEC. 2. FINDINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Congress makes the following findings:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) According to the United Nations, approximately
1 out of every 3 women throughout the world has been beaten,
coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. The
World Health Organization has reported that up to 70 percent of
women in some countries report having been victims of domestic
violence at some stage in their lives.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) According to the United Nations, engaging men
and women to end violence against women and girls
internationally should be a priority. In recognition of this
priority, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched
a multi-year campaign in 2009 to end violence against women and
pledge resources to engage male leaders and to mobilize men and
boys.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Violence against women dramatically impedes
progress in meeting all of our global health goals, including
efforts to stem maternal mortality and the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Approximately 1 in 4 women are abused during pregnancy, which,
according to the World Health Organization, has been linked to
miscarriage, pre-term labor, low birth weight, fetal distress,
and death. Women who have experienced violence are also at
higher risk for contracting HIV, and women living with HIV may
be up to 3 times more likely to experience violence than other
women. Fear of violence also prevents women from accessing HIV/
AIDS information and receiving treatment and
counseling.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Increasing women's access to economic
opportunities is crucial to preventing and responding to
domestic and sexual violence. Microfinance-based interventions
and increased asset control reduce levels of intimate partner
violence and provide economic independence for
survivors.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Displaced, refugee, and stateless women and
girls in humanitarian emergencies, conflict settings, and
natural disasters face extreme violence and threats because of
power inequities, including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) being forced to exchange sex for food
and humanitarian supplies; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) being at increased risk of rape,
sexual exploitation, and abuse.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) Rape and sexual assault against women and
girls are used to torture, intimidate, and terrorize women and
their communities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) According to UNICEF, child marriage--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) is a harmful practice that deprives
girls of their dignity and human rights;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) can result in bonded labor or
enslavement, commercial sexual exploitation, and
violence against the victims;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) significantly increases the risk of
maternal death and morbidity, infant mortality and
morbidity, obstetric fistula, and sexually transmitted
diseases, including HIV/AIDS; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) is perpetuated by poverty, a lack of
educational or employment opportunities for girls,
parental concerns to ensure sexual relations within
marriage, the dowry system, and the perceived lack of
value of girls.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> It is the policy of the United States to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) systematically integrate and coordinate
efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and
girls internationally into United States foreign policy and
foreign assistance programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) expand the implementation of effective
practices and programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) promote women's political, economic,
educational, social, cultural, civil, and human rights and
opportunities throughout the world;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) support and build capacity of indigenous
nongovernmental organizations that are working to prevent and
respond to violence against women and girls internationally,
particularly women's nongovernmental organizations and groups
involving male advocates;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) support and encourage United States
organizations working in partnership with nongovernmental
organizations described in paragraph (4);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) prevent and respond to violence against women
and girls internationally through multisectoral methods,
working at individual, family, community, local, national, and
international levels and incorporating service, prevention,
training, and advocacy activities and economic, education,
health, legal, and protective intervention services;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) enhance training and other prevention and
response to violence against women and girls internationally in
humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict
settings;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) enhance training by United States personnel of
professional foreign military and police forces and judicial
officials to include specific and thorough instruction on
preventing and responding to violence against women and girls
internationally;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) increase communication and cooperation with
nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated experience in
women's empowerment, combating violence against women and girls
internationally, and engaging men and boys as partners,
including consulting with such organizations during strategic
planning exercises;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (10) more regularly engage men and boys as
community leaders, partners, and advocates in ending violence
against women and girls;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (11) include--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) prevention of child marriage as an
important part of preventing violence against girls;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) ending the practice of child marriage
by promoting education and skills building for girls,
community programs, and increased economic
opportunities for women to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals and United States global health and
development objectives;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (12) ensure that private security firms contracted
for service in conflict, humanitarian, and post-conflict
settings appropriately report on, and respond to, violence
against women and girls internationally; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (13) continue United States leadership and
innovative efforts at the United Nations to address violence
against women and girls internationally, particularly through
urging the United Nations Secretary-General and United Nations
member states to fully implement the provisions of United
Nations Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, and 1888, and
other relevant United Nations agreements and
initiatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> In this Act:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Child marriage.--The term ``child marriage''
means the marriage of a girl or a boy, who has not reached the
minimum legal age for marriage in the country in which the girl
or boy is a resident.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Eligible countries.--The term ``eligible
countries'' means countries that are not classified as high-
income countries in the most recent edition of the World
Development Report for Reconstruction and Development,
published by the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Prevention and response.--The term
``prevention and response'' means activities designed to
prevent and respond to violence against women and
girls.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) USAID administrator.--The term ``USAID
Administrator'' means the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Violence against women and girls.--The term
``violence against women and girls''--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) means any act of violence against
women or girls that results in, or is likely to result
in, physical, sexual, or psychological harm or
suffering to women or girls, including threats of such
acts, coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of liberty,
whether occurring in public or private life;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) includes--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) physical, sexual, and
psychological violence occurring in the family,
including battering, sexual abuse of female
children in the household, dowry-related
violence, marital rape, female genital cutting
and mutilation, forced child marriage, and
other traditional practices harmful to women
and girls, nonspousal violence, and violence
related to exploitation;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) physical, sexual, and
psychological violence occurring within the
general community, including rape, sexual
abuse, sexual harassment and intimidation at
work, in educational institutions and
elsewhere, trafficking in women and girls, and
forced prostitution; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) physical, sexual, and
psychological violence perpetrated or condoned
by the government of the country of which the
victim is a resident, regardless of where the
violence occurs.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
AND GIRLS</DELETED>
<DELETED>Subtitle A--Official Designations and Institutional
Changes</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 101. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Designation.--The Secretary of State, in fulfilling
the duties and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official
in the Department of State to conduct the relevant activities pursuant
to this Act. For the purposes of this Act, that designee shall be
referred to as the ``Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's
Issues''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Support Staff.--The Secretary of State shall designate
appropriate staff to support the efforts of the Ambassador.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Duties.--The Ambassador shall coordinate and advise,
and where relevant lead--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) State Department activities and policies,
including as they affect programs and funding relating to
prevention and response, including gender integration and
women's development internationally as relates to prevention
and response;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the design, and as appropriate, implementation
of projects regarding prevention and response, including gender
integration and women's development internationally as relates
to prevention and response;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the integration of prevention and response
analysis into U.S. Government departments' and agencies'
international programs, structures, processes and
capacities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) allocation of State Department resources for--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) prevention and response; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) development of the comprehensive
international strategy described in section 300G to
reduce violence against women and girls;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) on behalf of the Secretary, conduct regular
cooperation with civil society with demonstrated experience in
prevention and response and women's development issues
internationally as relates to prevention and
response;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) serve as the principal advisor to the
Secretary of State regarding violence against women and girls
as a foreign policy matter; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) at the direction of the Secretary of State,
represent the United States in bilateral, international and
nongovernmental fora in matters relevant to violence against
women and girls including the status of women internationally
as relates to prevention and response.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Information-Sharing and Transparency.--On behalf of
the Secretary, the Ambassador shall be the central repository of
evaluation and monitoring data on Department of State programs that
relate to prevention and response, and also for Federal Government
agencies engaged in international prevention and response, in order to
produce a full accounting of United States Government spending on
prevention and response, and to prepare the comprehensive strategy
developed under section 111.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter,
the Ambassador shall brief Congress on the integration of gender
considerations and prevention and response into its strategies,
programming, and associated outcomes, and shall present Congress with
an assessment of human and financial resources necessary to fulfill the
purposes and duties of this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2011 through 2015--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) $5,000,000 for administration, staffing,
travel, and related expenditures; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) $5,000,000 in program funds to carry out
activities under this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 102. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE UNITED STATES
AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--The USAID Administrator, in fulfilling
the duties and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official
(referred to in this Act as the ``Women's Development Advisor'' or the
``Advisor''), who shall report directly to the USAID Administrator to
coordinate and conduct prevention and response activities described in
this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Support Staff.--The USAID Administrator shall
designate appropriate staff to support the efforts of the Women's
Development Advisor.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Duties.--The Advisor shall coordinate and guide all
USAID efforts to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) integrate prevention and response, as well as
broader gender issues in foreign assistance;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) coordinate and consult with the Ambassador and
USAID mission directors in carrying out (c)(1);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) provide high level guidance to USAID missions,
offices, and bureaus on prevention and response, gender
integration, design, strategy and programming; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) participate in agency-wide monitoring and
evaluation on gender integration activities and strategies,
including prevention and response.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Coordinated USAID Reporting.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--USAID technical and regional
bureaus identified by the USAID Administrator and the Advisor
shall annually provide the Advisor with such data and findings
collected under subsection (c)(4) as may be requested by the
Advisor.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Scope of data.--The data and findings provided
under paragraph (1)--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) shall include relevant contractors,
subcontractors, grantees, and subgrantees receiving
program funds made available for prevention and
response, and women's development globally as a method
of prevention; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) shall be made publicly
available.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Security concerns.--In determining the data
and findings to be provided under this subsection, the Advisor
shall take into account the security concerns of USAID grantees
and subgrantees.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than 6 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter,
the Advisor, in coordination with the Ambassador, shall brief Congress
on the integration of gender considerations and prevention and response
into its strategies, programming, and associated outcomes, using data
collected under subsection (d), and shall present Congress with an
assessment of human and financial resources necessary to fulfill the
purposes and duties of this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available, there is authorized to be appropriated, for each of
the fiscal years 2011 through 2015--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) $5,000,000 for operations,
administration, and related expenditures; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) $5,000,000 in program funds to carry
out the activities under this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Supervision of expenditures.--Amounts
appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be expended
under the direction of the Advisor.</DELETED>
<DELETED>Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 111. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND ASSISTANCE
TO REDUCE AND PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND
GIRLS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Development and Implementation of Strategy.--Not later
than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of State, under the direction of the President and with the assistance
of the USAID Administrator, shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) develop a comprehensive, 5-year international
strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and
girls internationally; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) submit the strategy developed under paragraph
(1) to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Collaboration and Coordination.--In developing the
strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary of State, with the
assistance of the USAID Administrator, shall consult with--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) executive branch agencies and entities
administering international programs;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on
Trafficking in Persons;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) representatives of civil society with
demonstrated experience combating violence against women and
girls or promoting women's health or women's development issues
internationally.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Content.--The strategy developed under subsection (a)
shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) identify countries with significant levels of
violence against women and girls that have the government or
nongovernment organizational capacity to manage and implement
gender-based violence prevention and response program
activities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) select up to 20 of the countries described in
paragraph (1) in which to develop a gender-integrated,
comprehensive, and holistic individual country plan that
incorporates at least 2 of the program activities listed in
subsection (d);</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) assess and describe the current or potential
capacity of each government or civil society to address and
respond to violence against women and girls;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) identify and coordinate with Federal
departments and agencies that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) have existing programs relevant to the
strategy; or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) will be involved in new program
activities;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) describe the monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms established for each country, and their use in
assessing overall progress in prevention and
response;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) project general levels of resources needed to
achieve the stated objectives in each country, including an
accounting of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) activities and funding already
expended by the Department of State, USAID, other
Federal agencies, other donor country governments, and
other multilateral institutions; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) leveraged private sector
resources;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) include capacity-building and technical
assistance for community-based women's nongovernmental
organizations and community-based organizations with
demonstrated expertise in women's empowerment, including
combating violence against women and girls
internationally;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) identify and coordinate with existing
nongovernmental and multilateral programs, initiatives, and
groups with demonstrated experience on preventing and
responding to violence against women and girls internationally,
particularly coordinating with women's organizations and
community-based groups; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (9) integrate gender analysis into the strategy
for each country to ensure that the roles of women, girls, men,
and boys are appropriately addressed.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Program Activities Supported.--Assistance provided
under this section shall be used to carry out country-specific
strategies under subsection (a) through multi-sectoral prevention and
response activities specified by the Ambassador and Advisor and that
fall under at least 2 of the following broad categories:</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Enhancing the capacity of the health sector to
respond to violence against women and girls.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Development and enforcement of civil and
criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protections, trainings,
and capacity.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Development of programs affecting social
norms, community attitudes, and male and female participation
in violence and response to victims.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) Ensuring accessible quality educational and
literacy opportunities for women and girls.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) Promotion of access to economic opportunity
projects, including increasing distribution, credit, property,
and inheritance rights for women and girls.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE INTERNATIONAL VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN AND GIRLS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Coordination of Existing Assistance Programs.--The
Ambassador, working with the Advisor, shall, to the fullest extent
practicable, coordinate activities and measures to prevent and respond
to violence against women and girls internationally into existing
programs, contracts, grants, agreements, and foreign assistance under
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and other Acts authorizing and
appropriating foreign assistance, as applicable.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Authority.--To implement and execute the comprehensive
international strategy developed pursuant to section 111, the Secretary
of State and the USAID Administrator, in consultation with the
Ambassador and the Advisor, may provide assistance to nongovernmental
organizations, multilateral institutions, and foreign countries for
program activities described in section 111(d).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Allocation of New Funding.--The Secretary of State and
the USAID Administrator, based on guidance from the Ambassador and the
Advisor, may allocate funds to implement and execute the comprehensive
international strategy developed pursuant to section 111.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Use of Funds.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--Any funds made available under
this section to nongovernmental organizations should be
designated to organizations that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) have demonstrated experience regarding
violence against women and girls internationally or
have entered into a partnership with an organization
with such experience; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) have demonstrated capabilities or
experience in a particular program activity described
in section 111(d).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Congressional briefings.--The Secretary of
State and the USAID Administrator shall brief Congress upon
request, on the transparent mechanisms used to ensure that
funds made available under this section through nongovernmental
organizations are awarded to organizations described in
paragraph (1).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Grants to Women's Nongovernmental Organizations and
Community-Based Organizations.--Special efforts shall be made to award
amounts appropriated to carry out this Act to community-based and
women's nongovernmental organizations in recipient countries. The
Advisor shall brief Congress, upon request, on efforts made to assist
such organizations to be eligible for such funds.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Award Process.--Grant amounts awarded under this
section shall be provided through an open, competitive, and transparent
process to the extent possible.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (g) Conditions.--Entities receiving grants under this
section--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) shall allocate a reasonable portion of such
grants for data collection and the evaluation of program
effectiveness;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) shall be responsible for developing and
reporting on outcomes and impacts relating to preventing and
responding to violence against women and girls
internationally;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) should gather input from women's
nongovernmental organizations or community-based organizations
in recipient countries, including organizations with experience
in working with men and boys to prevent violence; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) shall consider the safety of women and girls
as a primary concern in deciding how to design, implement,
monitor, and evaluate programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (h) Authorization of Appropriations.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) In general.--In addition to amounts otherwise
available for such purposes, there is authorized to be
appropriated to the President $175,000,000 for each of the
fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out this section and
section 111.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated
pursuant to paragraph (1) shall remain available until
expended.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 113. ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES
RESPONSE TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
INTERNATIONALLY.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) In General.--Not later than 1 year after the
implementation of the comprehensive strategy under section 111, the
Secretary of State, assisted by the Ambassador, shall prepare a public
report on best practices for preventing and addressing violence against
women and girls internationally, which shall include--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) a description of successful efforts by
governments of countries with significant levels of violence
against women and girls, nongovernmental organizations, and
United States, bilateral, and multilateral donors in prevention
and response;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) recommendations related to best practices,
effective strategies, and improvements to enhance the impact of
prevention and response efforts; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the impact of activities funded by the
strategy in preventing and reducing violence against women and
girls internationally.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Amendments.--Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the
end;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the period
at the end and inserting ``; and''; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(12) wherever applicable, the nature and extent
of violence against women and girls (as defined in section 4 of
the International Violence Against Women Act of
2010).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Transparency.--Upon request, the Secretary of State
shall provide to Congress the information made available under sections
101(d) and 102(d), including outcomes and impacts related to prevention
and response to violence against women and girls internationally
submitted by contractors, subcontractors, grantees and subgrantees,
unless such disclosure would inhibit the security or effectiveness of
such entities.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Research and Data Collection.--The Ambassador,
assisted by the USAID Administrator and the heads of relevant bureaus
and offices of the Department of State and in consultation with the
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) shall work to improve the quality and
coordination of existing data collection and evaluations of
current violence against women and girls internationally
programs; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) may provide financial assistance for original
research or analysis of effective interventions to prevent or
respond to violence against women and girls
internationally.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Use of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated
in this section may be used to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) collect and analyze new or existing data on
the scope and extent of all forms of violence against women and
girls internationally, including underdocumented forms of
violence and violence against marginalized groups;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) conduct research on effective interventions to
respond to violence against women and girls internationally,
including efforts to scale up effective programming;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) support systemic data collection using
internationally comparable indicators, norms, and methodologies
for measuring the scope, prevalence, and incidence of violence
against women and girls internationally, working through--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) governments of foreign countries;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) federally funded development
assistance and health assistance.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $20,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out the activities under
this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 114. ENHANCING UNITED STATES TRAINING OF FOREIGN MILITARY
AND POLICE FORCES AND JUDICIAL OFFICIALS ON VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure
that United States programs to train foreign military, police, and
judicial officials include instruction on prevention of and response to
violence against women and girls.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Covered Programs.--The programs referred to in
subsection (a) include--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) activities authorized under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) activities under section 1206 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
163; 119 Stat. 3456), as amended.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Guidance.--The Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense shall, as appropriate--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) incorporate training on prevention and
response into the basic training curricula of foreign military
forces and judicial officials; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) ensure that United States assistance to units
involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations
includes training on prevention and response.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal
years 2011 through 2015 to carry out the activities under this
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 115. ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN
HUMANITARIAN RELIEF, PEACEKEEPING, CONFLICT, AND POST-
CONFLICT SETTINGS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Defined Term.--In this section, the term ``Inter-
Agency Standing Committee'' means the committee established in response
to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182, adopted at New
York on December 19, 1991.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Activities of the Department of State With the United
States Agency for International Development.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Guidance.--Under the direction of the
Secretary of State, the Ambassador is authorized to provide
guidance to the USAID Administrator and the Assistant Secretary
for Population, Refugees, and Migration.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Duties.--The USAID Administrator and the
Assistant Secretary shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) consider the Ambassador's guidance to
the extent practicable;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) provide assistance to programs carried
out by international organizations, international and
local nongovernmental organizations, and governments,
as appropriate, that--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) prevent and respond to
violence against women and girls in
humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
conflict settings;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) adhere to the Inter-Agency
Standing Committee's Guidelines for Gender-
based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian
Settings;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) build the capacity of
humanitarian organizations and government
authorities, as appropriate, to address the
special protection needs of women and
children;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) support efforts to provide
immediate assistance to survivors of violence
and reintegrate such individuals through
education, psychosocial assistance, trauma
counseling, family and community reinsertion
and reunification, medical assistance, and
economic opportunity programs; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (v) provide legal services for
women and girls who are victims of
violence;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) ensure that activities to prevent and
respond to violence against women and girls
internationally are incorporated into any multilateral
or bilateral disarmament, demobilization,
rehabilitation, and reintegration efforts by--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) providing protection and
suitable separate facilities in demobilization
and transit centers for women and girls
formerly involved in, or associated with,
fighting forces;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) ensuring equitable
reintegration activities and opportunities for
such women and girls, including access to
schooling, vocational training, employment, and
childcare;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) providing essential medical
care and psychosocial support for such women
and girls who are victims of violence;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) incorporating prevention and
response to violence against women and girls
into programs for former combatants;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) designate and deploy specialists in
violence against women and girls, as appropriate, as an
integral part of the United States Agency for
International Development's Disaster Assistance
Response Teams to ensure the integration of prevention
and response to violence against women and girls
internationally in strategies and programming;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) strive to ensure that all grantees
deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
conflict operations--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) comply with the Inter-Agency
Standing Committee's Six Core Principles
Relating to Sexual Exploitation and
Abuse;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) train all humanitarian
workers in preventing and responding to
violence against women and girls, including in
the use of mechanisms to report violence
against women and girls;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) conduct appropriate public
outreach to make known to the host community
the mechanisms to report violence against women
and girls; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iv) promptly and appropriately
respond to reports of violence against women
and girls and treat survivors in accordance
with best practices regarding
confidentiality.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) Authorization of appropriations.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) In general.--There is authorized to be
appropriated to the Department of State and the United
States Agency for International Development $40,000,000
for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 for
programs described in paragraph (2)(C) that prevent and
respond to violence against women and girls in
humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict
operations, in addition to amounts otherwise available
for such purposes.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of
Congress that amounts appropriated pursuant to
paragraph (1) should not affect the amount appropriated
for other humanitarian programs.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Activities of the Department of State.--Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State, acting through the Ambassador, shall brief Congress on
activities and efforts to--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) create a mechanism to ensure that contractors
and grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and
post-conflict settings--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) comply with the Inter-Agency Standing
Committee's Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual
Exploitation and Abuse;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) train their humanitarian workers in
prevention and response, including proper mechanisms to
report gender-based violence; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) promptly and appropriately respond to
reports of violence against women and girls and treat
survivors in accordance with best practices regarding
confidentiality; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) carry out the activities described in
subsection (b)(2).</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Coordination of United States Government Efforts.--
Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State is
authorized to provide guidance on preventing and responding to violence
against women and girls to the Secretary of Defense when United States
military personnel, military contractors, and military observers are to
be deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict
settings. The Ambassador shall regularly consult with counterparts at
the Department of Defense and the Department of Justice to coordinate
design and implementation of programs relevant to the purposes of this
section.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (e) Enhancing United States Leadership and Advocacy in the
United Nations.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Resource sharing.--The Secretary of State, in
consultation with the USAID Administrator, the Ambassador, the
United States Representative to the United Nations, the
Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs, and
the Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration
shall make available United States financial, material, human,
and other resources to assist United Nations efforts to--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) develop and implement appropriate
training programs in prevention and response to
violence against women and girls internationally for
peacekeeping and humanitarian personnel;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) meet staffing goals for women military
and police peacekeepers, including all-women teams and
units;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) enhance the deployment of civilian
women at all levels to serve in peacekeeping missions,
including through innovative staffing
formulas;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) improve protection mechanisms in and
around United Nations managed refugee and internally
displaced persons camps;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) implement a zero tolerance policy for
sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations
peacekeeping and humanitarian operations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (F) support troop and police contributing
countries in--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) taking appropriate actions to
prevent violence and abuse;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) providing materials for pre-
deployment and in-theater awareness training;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) taking other actions to
promote full accountability in cases of abusive
conduct involving the personnel of such
countries;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (G) continue to expand appropriate
mechanisms to permit individuals to safely bring
allegations of violence against women and girls
internationally to the attention of United Nations
peacekeeping commanders and heads of humanitarian
missions; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (H) ensure the capacity of the United
Nations Office of Internal Oversight to investigate all
credible allegations in a timely and efficient manner,
while protecting the whistleblower.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Report.--Not later than 18 months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of
State for International Organization Affairs and the United
States Representative to the United Nations, in consultation
with the Ambassador-at-Large of the Office for Global Women's
Issues, shall submit a report to Congress that describes United
States efforts to support the implementation of United Nations
Security Council Resolutions 1325, 1820, and 1888.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (f) Emergency Response to Widespread Reports of Violence
Against Women.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) Emergency response to credible reports of
critical or widespread violence against women and girls.--The
Secretary of State, in consultation with the Ambassador and in
coordination with relevant bureaus of the Department of State,
shall--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) identify critical or widespread
incidents of violence against women and girls in
situations of armed conflict when they occur, through
consultation with other Federal agencies, the United
Nations, international organizations, and
nongovernmental organizations;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) determine emergency response measures
not later than 45 days after such identification;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) brief Congress on the implementation
of such emergency response measures and outcomes not
later than 30 days after such determination.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) Content.--The emergency measures developed
under paragraph (1) shall include a description of--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) bilateral diplomatic efforts with--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (i) the government of the country
in which the violence is occurring;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (ii) governments in the region in
which the violence is occurring; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (iii) other donor
governments.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--In addition to
amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (c), there is
authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary for
emergency measures, including the expansion of reporting mechanisms and
programs, for each situation identified under this section.</DELETED>
<DELETED>TITLE II--OTHER PROVISIONS</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 201. SUPPORT FOR MULTILATERAL EFFORTS TO END VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> There is authorized to be appropriated to the
International Organizations and Programs Account $10,000,000 for each
of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to support the United Nations
Development Fund for Women Trust Fund in Support of Actions to
Eliminate Violence Against Women.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``International
Violence Against Women Act of 2010''.
(b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as
follows:
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 Designations and Institutional Changes
Sec. 101. Duties of the Secretary of State.
Sec. 102. Duties of the Administrator of USAID.
Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs
Sec. 111. Comprehensive international strategy and assistance to reduce
and prevent violence against women and
girls.
Sec. 112. Assistance to prevent and respond to violence against women
and girls internationally.
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
violence against women and girls.
Sec. 115. Addressing violence against women and girls in humanitarian
relief, peacekeeping, conflict, and post-
conflict settings.
TITLE II--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress makes the following findings:
(1) According to the United Nations, approximately one out
of every three women throughout the world has been beaten,
coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. The
World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that up to 70
percent of women in some countries report having been victims
of domestic violence at some stage in their lives.
(2) According to the United Nations, engaging men and women
to end violence against women and girls internationally should
be a priority. In recognition of this priority, United Nations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon launched a multi-year campaign in
2009 to end violence against women and pledge resources to
engage male leaders and to mobilize men and boys.
(3) Violence against women dramatically impedes progress in
meeting all of our global health goals, including efforts to
stem maternal mortality and the spread of HIV/AIDS.
Approximately one in four women are abused during pregnancy,
which, according to WHO, has been linked to miscarriage, pre-
term labor, low birth weight, fetal distress, and death. Women
who have experienced violence are also at higher risk for
contracting HIV, and women living with HIV may be up to three
times more likely to experience violence than other women. Fear
of violence also prevents women from accessing HIV/AIDS
information and receiving treatment and counseling.
(4) Increasing women's access to economic opportunities is
crucial to preventing and responding to domestic and sexual
violence. Microfinance-based interventions and increased asset
control reduce levels of intimate partner violence and provide
economic independence for survivors.
(5) Displaced, refugee, and stateless women and girls in
humanitarian emergencies, conflict settings, and natural
disasters face extreme violence and threats because of power
inequities, including--
(A) being forced to exchange sex for food and
humanitarian supplies; and
(B) being at increased risk of rape, sexual
exploitation, and abuse.
(6) Rape and sexual assault against women and girls are
used to torture, intimidate, and terrorize women and their
communities.
(7) According to the United Nations Children's Fund
(UNICEF), child marriage--
(A) is a harmful practice that deprives girls of
their dignity and human rights;
(B) can result in bonded labor or enslavement,
commercial sexual exploitation, and violence against
the victims;
(C) significantly increases the risk of maternal
death and morbidity, infant mortality and morbidity,
obstetric fistula, and sexually-transmitted diseases,
including HIV/AIDS; and
(D) is perpetuated by poverty, a lack of
educational or employment opportunities for girls,
parental concerns to ensure sexual relations within
marriage, the dowry system, and the perceived lack of
value of girls.
SEC. 3. STATEMENT OF POLICY.
It is the policy of the United States to--
(1) systematically integrate and coordinate efforts to
prevent and respond to violence against women and girls
internationally into United States foreign policy and foreign
assistance programs;
(2) expand the implementation of effective practices and
programs;
(3) promote women's political, economic, educational,
social, cultural, civil, and human rights and opportunities
throughout the world;
(4) support and build capacity of indigenous
nongovernmental organizations that are working to prevent and
respond to violence against women and girls internationally,
particularly women's nongovernmental organizations and groups
involving male advocates;
(5) support and encourage United States organizations
working in partnership with nongovernmental organizations
described in paragraph (4);
(6) prevent and respond to violence against women and girls
internationally through multisectoral methods, working at
individual, family, community, local, national, and
international levels and incorporating service, prevention,
training, and advocacy activities and economic, education,
health, legal, and protective intervention services;
(7) enhance training and other prevention and response to
violence against women and girls internationally in
humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict settings;
(8) enhance training by United States personnel of
professional foreign military and police forces and judicial
officials to include specific and thorough instruction on
preventing and responding to violence against women and girls
internationally;
(9) increase communication and cooperation with
nongovernmental organizations with demonstrated experience in
prevention and response to violence against women and girls
internationally, and engaging men and boys as partners,
including consulting with such organizations during strategic
planning exercises;
(10) more regularly engage men and boys as community
leaders, partners, and advocates in ending violence against
women and girls;
(11) include--
(A) prevention of child marriage as an important
part of preventing violence against girls; and
(B) ending the practice of child marriage by
promoting education and skills building for girls,
community programs, and increased economic
opportunities for women to achieve the Millennium
Development Goals and United States global health and
development objectives;
(12) ensure that private security firms contracted for
service in conflict, humanitarian, and post-conflict settings
appropriately report on, and respond to, violence against women
and girls internationally; and
(13) continue United States leadership and innovative
efforts to address violence against women and girls
internationally.
SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) Child marriage.--The term ``child marriage'' means the
marriage of a girl or a boy, who has not reached the minimum
legal age for marriage in the country in which the girl or boy
is a resident.
(2) Eligible country.--The term ``eligible country'' means
a country that is not classified as a high-income country in
the most recent edition of the World Development Report for
Reconstruction and Development, published by the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
(3) Prevention and response.--The term ``prevention and
response'' means activities designed to prevent and respond to
violence against women and girls.
(4) USAID.--The term ``USAID'' means the United States
Agency for International Development.
(5) Violence against women and girls.--The term ``violence
against women and girls''--
(A) means any act of violence against women or
girls that results in, or is likely to result in,
physical, sexual, or psychological harm or suffering to
women or girls, including threats of such acts,
coercion, or arbitrary deprivations of liberty, whether
occurring in public or private life; and
(B) includes--
(i) physical, sexual, and psychological
violence occurring in the family, including
battering, sexual abuse of female children in
the household, dowry-related violence, marital
rape, female genital cutting and mutilation,
forced child marriage, and other traditional
practices harmful to women and girls,
nonspousal violence, and violence related to
exploitation;
(ii) physical, sexual, and psychological
violence occurring within the general
community, including rape, sexual abuse, sexual
harassment and intimidation at work, in
educational institutions and elsewhere,
trafficking in women and girls, and forced
prostitution; and
(iii) physical, sexual, and psychological
violence perpetrated or condoned by the
government of the country of which the victim
is a resident, regardless of where the violence
occurs.
TITLE I--INTERNATIONAL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS
Subtitle A--Official Designations and Institutional Changes
SEC. 101. DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
(a) Designation.--The Secretary of State, in fulfilling the duties
and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official in the
Department of State to conduct the activities of the Secretary under
this Act.
(b) Information-Sharing and Transparency.--The Secretary's designee
shall work with the heads of relevant bureaus and offices of the
Department of State and other Federal departments and agencies to track
and analyze monitoring and evaluation data on programs that relate to
international prevention and response in order to produce a full
accounting of United States Government spending on international
prevention and response, and to prepare the comprehensive strategy
developed under section 111.
(c) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than six months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Secretary's designee shall brief Congress on international prevention
and response strategies, programming, and associated outcomes, and
shall submit to Congress an assessment of human and financial resources
necessary to fulfill the purposes and duties of this Act.
SEC. 102. DUTIES OF THE ADMINISTRATOR OF USAID.
(a) In General.--The USAID Administrator, in fulfilling the duties
and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official in USAID to
conduct the activities of the USAID Administrator under this Act.
(b) Coordinated USAID Reporting.--Consistent with USAID-wide
monitoring and evaluation activities, and in order to assist in the
preparation of the comprehensive strategy developed under section 111,
the USAID Administrator's designee shall work with relevant USAID
technical and regional bureaus engaged in any aspect of international
prevention and response to track and analyze monitoring and evaluation
data and findings on USAID international prevention and response
programs.
(c) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than six months after the
date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the
Administrator's designee shall brief Congress on international
prevention and response strategies, programming, and associated
outcomes, using data collected under subsection (b), and shall submit
to Congress an assessment of human and financial resources necessary to
fulfill the purposes and duties of this Act.
Subtitle B--Strategy, Policy, and Programs
SEC. 111. COMPREHENSIVE INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY AND ASSISTANCE TO REDUCE
AND PREVENT VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS.
(a) Development and Implementation of Strategy.--Not later than one
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
State, with the assistance of the USAID Administrator, shall--
(1) develop a comprehensive, five-year international
strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and
girls internationally;
(2) submit the strategy developed under paragraph (1) to
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives;
and
(3) make the strategy available to the public.
(b) Collaboration and Coordination.--In developing the strategy
under subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall consult with--
(1) Federal departments and agencies that have expertise
preventing and responding to violence against women and girls
or administering international programs;
(2) the Senior Policy Operating Group on Trafficking in
Persons;
(3) representatives of civil society organizations with
demonstrated experience in combating violence against women and
girls or promoting women's health or women's development issues
internationally.
(c) Content.--The strategy developed under subsection (a) shall--
(1) identify eligible countries with significant levels of
violence against women and girls, including within displaced
communities, that have the government or nongovernment
organizational capacity to manage and implement gender-based
violence prevention and response program activities and should,
when possible, be geographically, ethnically, and culturally
diverse from one another;
(2) select five to 20 of the eligible countries identified
under paragraph (1) in which to develop a comprehensive and
holistic individual country plan that incorporates at least two
of the program activities listed in subsection (d);
(3) assess and describe the current or potential capacity
of the government of each eligible country selected under
paragraph (2) and civil society organizations in each such
eligible country to address and respond to violence against
women and girls;
(4) identify and coordinate with Federal departments and
agencies that--
(A) have existing programs relevant to the
strategy; or
(B) will be involved in new program activities;
(5) describe the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms
established for each eligible country, and their use in
assessing overall progress in prevention and response;
(6) project general levels of resources needed to achieve
the stated objectives in each eligible country, including an
accounting of--
(A) activities and funding already expended by the
Department of State, USAID, other Federal departments
and agencies, other donor country governments, and
other multilateral institutions; and
(B) leveraged private sector resources;
(7) include capacity-building and technical assistance for
community-based women's nongovernmental organizations and
community-based organizations with demonstrated experience
relating to prevention and response, including combating
violence against women and girls internationally;
(8) identify and coordinate with existing nongovernmental
and multilateral programs, initiatives, and groups with
demonstrated experience in prevention and response
internationally, particularly coordinating with women's
organizations and community-based groups;
(9) integrate gender analysis into the strategy for each
country to ensure that the roles of women, girls, men, and boys
are appropriately addressed; and
(10) include, as appropriate, strategies designed to
accommodate the needs of stateless, internally displaced,
refugee, or religious or ethnic minority women and girls.
(d) Program Activities Supported.--The strategy developed under
subsection (a) for an eligible country shall contain a country plan
that incorporates at least two of the following program activities:
(1) Enhancing the capacity of the health sector to prevent
and respond to violence against women and girls.
(2) Development and enforcement of civil and criminal legal
and judicial sanctions, protections, trainings, and capacity.
(3) Development and implementation of programs, including
programs targeting men and boys and media campaigns, that work
to change social norms and attitudes so that violence against
women and girls is neither condoned nor tolerated.
(4) Ensuring accessible quality educational and literacy
opportunities for women and girls.
(5) Promotion of access to economic opportunity projects,
including increasing distribution, credit, property, and
inheritance rights for women and girls.
SEC. 112. ASSISTANCE TO PREVENT AND RESPOND TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
AND GIRLS INTERNATIONALLY.
(a) In General.--The Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator
are authorized to provide assistance pursuant to the comprehensive
international strategy developed under section 111 for eligible
countries identified and selected under such section, including to
support program activities described in subsection (d) of such section.
Assistance under this section shall be provided through USAID and the
Department of State implementing agencies, including local and
international civil society organizations, multilateral institutions,
and governments of eligible countries, in accordance with existing
procedures.
(b) Coordination of Existing Assistance Programs.--The Secretary of
State and the USAID Administrator shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, coordinate programs, projects, and activities under this
section with other programs, projects, and activities to prevent and
respond to violence against women and girls internationally under the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and other
foreign assistance laws, as applicable.
(c) Use of Funds.--
(1) In general.--Any funds made available under this
section to nongovernmental or civil society organizations
should be made available to organizations that--
(A) have demonstrated experience regarding violence
against women and girls internationally or have entered
into a partnership with an organization with such
experience; and
(B) have demonstrated capabilities or experience in
a particular program activity described in section
111(d).
(2) Congressional briefings.--The Secretary of State and
the USAID Administrator shall brief Congress upon request, on
the transparent mechanisms used to ensure that funds made
available under this section through nongovernmental
organizations are awarded to organizations described in
paragraph (1).
(d) Grants to Women's Nongovernmental Organizations and Community-
based Organizations.--To the extent possible, 10 percent of the amount
of assistance provided to an eligible country under this section should
be provided to community-based organizations, including community-based
women's nongovernmental organizations. The USAID Administrator shall
brief Congress, upon request, on efforts made to assist such
organizations to be eligible for such assistance.
(e) Award Process.--Assistance provided under this section shall be
provided through an open, competitive, and transparent process to the
extent possible.
(f) Conditions.--A recipient of assistance under this section--
(1) shall allocate a reasonable portion of such grants for
data collection and the evaluation of program effectiveness;
(2) shall be responsible for developing and reporting on
outcomes and impacts relating to preventing and responding to
violence against women and girls internationally;
(3) should gather input from women's nongovernmental
organizations or community-based organizations in recipient
countries, including organizations with experience in working
with men and boys to prevent violence; and
(4) shall consider the safety of women and girls as a
primary concern in deciding how to design, implement, monitor,
and evaluate programs.
SEC. 113. ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY OF THE UNITED STATES RESPONSE TO
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS INTERNATIONALLY.
(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the implementation
of the comprehensive strategy under section 111, the Secretary of
State, shall prepare and make available to the public a report on best
practices for preventing and addressing violence against women and
girls internationally, which shall include--
(1) a description of successful efforts by governments of
countries with significant levels of violence against women and
girls, nongovernmental organizations, and United States,
bilateral, and multilateral donors in prevention and response;
(2) recommendations related to best practices, effective
strategies, and improvements to enhance the impact of
prevention and response efforts; and
(3) the impact of activities funded by the strategy in
preventing and reducing violence against women and girls
internationally.
(b) Amendments.--The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended--
(1) in section 116(d) (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d))--
(A) in paragraph (10), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(B) in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the period at
the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(12) wherever applicable, the nature and extent of
violence against women and girls (as defined in section 4 of
the International Violence Against Women Act of 2010).''; and
(2) in section 502B (22 U.S.C. 2304), by adding at the end
the following:
``(i) The report required by subsection (b) shall include, wherever
applicable, the nature and extent of violence against women and girls,
as defined in section 4 of the International Violence Against Women Act
of 2010.''.
(c) Transparency.--Upon request, the Secretary of State shall
provide to Congress the information made available under sections
101(b) and 102(b), including outcomes and impacts related to prevention
and response to violence against women and girls internationally
submitted by contractors, subcontractors, grantees and subgrantees,
unless such disclosure would inhibit the security or effectiveness of
such entities.
(d) Research and Data Collection.--The Secretary of State, with
assistance from the USAID Administrator and the heads of relevant
bureaus and offices of the Department of State and in consultation with
the Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Attorney General--
(1) shall seek to coordinate data collection and
evaluations of international violence against women and girls
programs; and
(2) may provide financial assistance for original research
or analysis of effective interventions to prevent or respond to
violence against women and girls internationally.
(e) Use of Funds.--Amounts authorized to be appropriated in this
section may be used to--
(1) collect and analyze new or existing data on the scope
and extent of all forms of violence against women and girls
internationally, including under documented forms of violence
and violence against marginalized groups;
(2) conduct research on effective interventions to respond
to violence against women and girls internationally, including
efforts to scale up effective programming; and
(3) support systemic data collection using internationally
comparable indicators, norms, and methodologies for measuring
the scope, prevalence, and incidence of violence against women
and girls internationally.
SEC. 114. ENHANCING UNITED STATES TRAINING OF FOREIGN MILITARY AND
POLICE FORCES AND JUDICIAL OFFICIALS ON VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN AND GIRLS.
(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to ensure that United
States programs to train foreign military, police, and judicial
officials include instruction on prevention of and response to violence
against women and girls.
(b) Guidance.--The Secretary of State is authorized to provide
guidance to the Secretary of Defense, as appropriate, on how to--
(1) incorporate training on prevention and response into
the basic training curricula of foreign military forces, police
forces and judicial officials under covered programs; and
(2) ensure that assistance under covered programs to units
involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations
includes training on prevention and response.
(c) Covered Programs.--The programs referred to in subsection (a)
include--
(1) programs carried out by the Secretary of Defense under
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.);
and
(2) programs authorized under section 1206 of the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
163; 119 Stat. 3456).
SEC. 115. ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS IN HUMANITARIAN
RELIEF, PEACEKEEPING, CONFLICT, AND POST-CONFLICT
SETTINGS.
(a) Activities of the Department of State With USAID.--The
Secretary of State and the USAID Administrator shall--
(1) provide assistance to programs carried out by
international organizations, international and local
nongovernmental organizations, and governments, as appropriate,
that--
(A) prevent and respond to violence against women
and girls in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
conflict settings;
(B) build the capacity of humanitarian
organizations and government authorities, as
appropriate, to address the special protection needs of
women and children;
(C) support efforts to provide immediate assistance
to survivors of violence and reintegrate such
individuals through education, psychosocial assistance,
trauma counseling, family and community reinsertion and
reunification, medical assistance, and economic
opportunity programs; and
(D) provide legal services for women and girls who
are victims of violence;
(2) work to incorporate activities to prevent and respond
to violence against women and girls internationally into any
multilateral or bilateral disarmament, demobilization,
rehabilitation, and reintegration efforts by--
(A) providing protection and suitable separate
facilities in demobilization and transit centers for
women and girls formerly involved in, or associated
with, fighting forces;
(B) ensuring equitable reintegration activities and
opportunities for such women and girls, including
access to schooling, vocational training, employment,
and childcare;
(C) providing essential medical care and
psychosocial support for such women and girls who are
victims of violence; and
(D) incorporating prevention and response to
violence against women and girls into programs for
former combatants;
(3) designate and deploy specialists in violence against
women and girls, as appropriate, as an integral part of the
USAID's Disaster Assistance Response Teams to ensure the
integration of prevention and response to violence against
women and girls internationally in strategies and programming;
and
(4) strive to ensure that all grantees deployed in
humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict operations--
(A) train all humanitarian workers in preventing
and responding to violence against women and girls,
including in the use of mechanisms to report violence
against women and girls;
(B) conduct appropriate public outreach to make
known to the host community the mechanisms to report
violence against women and girls; and
(C) promptly and appropriately respond to reports
of violence against women and girls and treat survivors
in accordance with best practices regarding
confidentiality.
(b) Congressional Briefings.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall brief
Congress on activities and efforts to--
(1) create a mechanism to ensure that contractors and
grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-
conflict settings--
(A) train their humanitarian workers in prevention
and response, including proper mechanisms to report
gender-based violence; and
(B) promptly and appropriately respond to reports
of violence against women and girls and treat survivors
in accordance with best practices regarding
confidentiality; and
(2) carry out the activities described in subsection (a).
(c) Coordination of United States Government Efforts.--The
Secretary of State shall regularly consult with the Secretary of
Defense and the Attorney General to coordinate design and
implementation of programs relevant to the purposes of this section.
(d) Enhancing United States Leadership and Advocacy in the United
Nations.--
(1) Strengthening united nations procedures.--The Secretary
of State, in consultation with the USAID Administrator and the
United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations,
shall assist United Nations efforts to--
(A) develop and implement appropriate training
programs in prevention and response to violence against
women and girls internationally for peacekeeping and
humanitarian personnel;
(B) meet staffing goals for women military and
police peacekeepers, including all-women teams and
units;
(C) enhance the deployment of civilian women at all
levels to serve in peacekeeping missions, including
through innovative staffing formulas;
(D) institute effective protection mechanisms in
and around United Nations managed refugee and
internally displaced persons camps;
(E) implement a zero tolerance policy for sexual
exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping
and humanitarian operations;
(F) support troop and police contributing countries
in--
(i) taking appropriate actions to prevent
violence and abuse;
(ii) providing materials for pre-deployment
and in-theater awareness training; and
(iii) taking other actions to promote full
accountability in cases of abusive conduct
involving the personnel of such countries;
(G) continue to expand appropriate mechanisms to
permit individuals to safely bring allegations of
violence against women and girls internationally to the
attention of United Nations peacekeeping commanders and
heads of humanitarian missions; and
(H) ensure the capacity of the United Nations
Office of Internal Oversight to investigate all
credible allegations in a timely and efficient manner,
while protecting the whistleblower.
(e) Emergency Response to Widespread Reports of Violence Against
Women.--
(1) Emergency response to credible reports of critical or
widespread violence against women and girls.--The Secretary of
State, acting through the heads of relevant bureaus and offices
of the Department of State, shall--
(A) identify critical or widespread incidents of
violence against women and girls in situations of armed
conflict when such incidents occur, through
consultation with other Federal departments and
agencies, the United Nations, international
organizations, and nongovernmental organizations;
(B) determine emergency response measures not later
than 45 days after such identification; and
(C) brief Congress, upon request, on the
implementation of such emergency response measures and
outcomes not later than 90 days after such
determination.
(2) Content.--The emergency measures developed under
paragraph (1) shall include a description of bilateral
diplomatic efforts with--
(A) the government of the country in which the
violence is occurring;
(B) governments in the region in which the violence
is occurring; and
(C) other donor governments.
TITLE II--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2015 to carry out
the duties and purposes of this Act. Amounts appropriated should not
affect the amount appropriated for other humanitarian programs.
Calendar No. 725
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2982
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A BILL
To combat international violence against women and girls.
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December 21, 2010
Reported with an amendment