1.Short title; table of contents
(a)This Act may be cited as the
International Violence Against Women
Act of 2010
.
(b)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
the United States Agency for International Development.
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 reduce
international violence against women and girls.
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—Other
Provisions
Sec. 201. Support for multilateral
efforts to end violence against women and girls.
2.Congress makes the following
findings:
(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.
(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 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.
(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 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.
3.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 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;
(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 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.
4.In this Act:
(1)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)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.
(3)The term prevention and
response means activities designed to prevent and respond to violence
against women and girls.
(4)The term USAID Administrator
means the Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development.
(5)Violence against women and
girlsThe 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.
<enum>I</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">International prevention of violence
against women and girls</header>
<subtitle commented="no" id="id7B8347B15FFA4C65AC4E70539B4273DF" level-type="subsequent"><enum>A</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Official designations and institutional
changes</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id394FBC4D1DD349DAAD5D40F11DE80905" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties of the Secretary of State</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e691e657be6429a8ed77e10b4da8d46"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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
<quote>Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfff5fa77466245188e615ad37853f006"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State shall designate
appropriate staff to support the efforts of the Ambassador.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID23f38bd403a84b41bec0b94dff0656f0"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Ambassador shall coordinate and advise,
and where relevant lead—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0b1b2cbdd1634ea3bb774ac3f5814349"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc1a3fb2ab37447f18409d86473246d8a"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf9d26160bded48268d84834afa15c35a"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the integration of prevention and response
analysis into U.S. Government departments’ and agencies’ international
programs, structures, processes and capacities;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa6ecd41c2b26474ba9ac5a704f2e0ca5"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">allocation of State Department resources
for—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00d4e8ba29c8475e8c2dfff43ec37af9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prevention and response; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID09a5666cfa714ccabeda33c0947cdb98"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">development of the comprehensive
international strategy described in section 300G to reduce violence against
women and girls;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID79c4ebb8c06e401696706609b77b0107"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3aefe3911f844709b9ce1a376b0c8488"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">serve as the principal advisor to the
Secretary of State regarding violence against women and girls as a foreign
policy matter; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID29a5a4ca5b3f436b89aead8f15be9bb4"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID92dad7719d3b43e2b43c74e7915ca725"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information-Sharing and
transparency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9b98c40bd79b44e0a92e4cb91713552e"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID800d1d8ff08246fe806321c509a18146"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is
authorized to be appropriated, for each of fiscal years 2011 through
2015—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0CC43525F4014473AB9B1C31DD1DE6C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for administration, staffing,
travel, and related expenditures; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9302360A3BA648E89D9734137D9005E3"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 in program funds to carry out
activities under this section.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID08afc06d379b46c0aba887a36dcb97c0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>102.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties of the Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7997a0ca5a7549d4b29c3613b73cc1be"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The USAID Administrator, in fulfilling the
duties and purposes of this Act, shall designate a senior official (referred to
in this Act as the <term>Women’s Development Advisor</term> or the
<term>Advisor</term>), who shall report directly to the USAID Administrator to
coordinate and conduct prevention and response activities described in this
Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID8b88500453214a3ba96d287fe6af337b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support staff</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The USAID Administrator shall designate
appropriate staff to support the efforts of the Women’s Development
Advisor.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID06f52c47994a4a84b1dd0c3e20ffb15c"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Advisor shall coordinate and guide all
USAID efforts to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3eb3ca3a6f5941e6b751ca96ab7dbd37"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrate prevention and response, as well
as broader gender issues in foreign assistance;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7205d168298b4f2cb31605f94ec2a178"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and consult with the Ambassador
and USAID mission directors in carrying out (c)(1);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6a48b199be074494800cce799cf40b06"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide high level guidance to USAID
missions, offices, and bureaus on prevention and response, gender integration,
design, strategy and programming; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID403f6ca3b16941fb8ad919c52e62c8a2"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">participate in agency-wide monitoring and
evaluation on gender integration activities and strategies, including
prevention and response.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID35febfb338284ff299828ee6dff94db0"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordinated USAID reporting</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDedb6a8e725614bb48d946b48ba29b884"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfa653bd8f7764b799df1378286946a8b"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Scope of data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The data and findings provided under
paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID59e1c55a0c0042239c693b85a63681ae"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0f71a79201c04652a9e3ce91200f0f55"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be made publicly available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4ab04977f9dd43fd843b1543da2901dc"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Security concerns</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6b95267af23c48f49e2a1759d07c9959"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID91d1110552d849ba8d5ede403b4631e4"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB3AA02A534DE44D988C92252CD3A050D"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to amounts otherwise available,
there is authorized to be appropriated, for each of the fiscal years 2011
through 2015—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1F3F91FB417C454DBF2406EDB3E1955D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 for operations, administration,
and related expenditures; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id82B9BE9939314EC79C071E54DA91A971"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">$5,000,000 in program funds to carry out
the activities under this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id29F818E986AB4C73B6E65A026773BC55"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supervision of expenditures</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated pursuant to this
subsection shall be expended under the direction of the Advisor.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle commented="no" id="id15FC23355D9041D0AC66B5D4FD5032B7" level-type="subsequent"><enum>B</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Strategy, policy, and programs</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id696FFB3030294EBABD141EB015FE5696" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>111.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comprehensive international strategy and
assistance to reduce and prevent violence against women and girls</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA6F49DB37964495AA7D20366F18B3A99"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development and implementation of
strategy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE1D81A304C554F27AC618EA8C25D5AE0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop a comprehensive, 5-year
international strategy to prevent and respond to violence against women and
girls internationally; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id96007DDC2CAA4ABA81B3913F1A1E5AD8"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">submit the strategy developed under
paragraph (1) to the <committee-name committee-id="SSFR00">Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate</committee-name> and the
<committee-name committee-id="">Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives</committee-name>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAF8B44B02A9A4C8FAC29F78D1AB56A6B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collaboration and
coordination</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In developing
the strategy under subsection (a), the Secretary of State, with the assistance
of the USAID Administrator, shall consult with—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf3abc112f5e5497f997d845200dc58d3"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">executive branch agencies and entities
administering international programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79A37AB6364D46CF8318753C31E6E988"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Senior Policy Operating Group on
Trafficking in Persons;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4986D91449EE4448804B6AEEB41877F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">representatives of civil society with
demonstrated experience combating violence against women and girls or promoting
women’s health or women’s development issues internationally.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB7ABA0715FFC4D918F56F1AFE519C9DA"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The strategy developed under subsection (a)
shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1d777883b8f243aca8dafd3d4eff890e"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7fd37812cfb746a3bf7782f220d717fd"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID103622c781c441199859a446a3759be4"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">assess and describe the current or
potential capacity of each government or civil society to address and respond
to violence against women and girls;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDcc1d264076024b4081fddfa305cdd143"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and coordinate with Federal
departments and agencies that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E35B1491AB84244BF01ECB7C0489979"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have existing programs relevant to the
strategy; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFF27ABFE60D04666B3DCDE8017971619"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">will be involved in new program
activities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb989bd3ea04b4867946428149842298e"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">describe the monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms established for each country, and their use in assessing overall
progress in prevention and response;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe27ef0949d204e2d9983e10323701f6c"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">project general levels of resources needed
to achieve the stated objectives in each country, including an accounting
of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDD323EA3757437097106E481B339458"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities and funding already expended by
the Department of State, USAID, other Federal agencies, other donor country
governments, and other multilateral institutions; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32BB90801EA34BB78EE33B5A86B24FE2"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">leveraged private sector resources;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0f58ee3f3b674848908741cb74fe42c1"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6bb62890ebc941f38ee04ee0b8cbfabf"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID59da4c6ce8fb4d14aeb678763b450317"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">integrate gender analysis into the strategy
for each country to ensure that the roles of women, girls, men, and boys are
appropriately addressed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDF7D70AA0EEE4A6E83C18484A5CA98A4"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Program activities supported</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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:</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id563036653B0B444BA4863D1950AFA38E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing the capacity of the health sector
to respond to violence against women and girls.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdf3fee0b7f574e4284d0e56c6b611492"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development and enforcement of civil and
criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protections, trainings, and
capacity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID661ebca692c34a3697400deb41f76bba"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Development of programs affecting social
norms, community attitudes, and male and female participation in violence and
response to victims.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1b43fdb2fcce4ca4a721aeb9bad4e65e"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring accessible quality educational and
literacy opportunities for women and girls.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe69396fb1133402e955c63c8fce16524"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Promotion of access to economic opportunity
projects, including increasing distribution, credit, property, and inheritance
rights for women and girls.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id56481CCD7ADC435B947EA1AC21B8E08D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>112.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Assistance to reduce international violence
against women and girls</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idEE531C4266254AA89575C2E72D0B4788"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination of existing assistance
programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD522C123A9A74ABCA342B152483CB53B"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa162547f77b3448d92c2110e70fdf43a"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Allocation of new funding</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id259D95D55EFB4BA28E2682AE0ABDB239"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe31dfde262d94154a824ac8c7d6f75e5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any funds made available under this section
to nongovernmental organizations should be designated to organizations
that—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idED47B49621584ED18C7FB50AAA827EAF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have demonstrated experience regarding
violence against women and girls internationally or have entered into a
partnership with an organization with such experience; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC021FC4B63324C8397F5A111D31D0F34"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">have demonstrated capabilities or
experience in a particular program activity described in section 111(d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID7bee46092bf34e3390bf9d0cc059be42"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congressional briefings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB68B3DC57DF64AA281825DE23F0BFFB5"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grants to women’s nongovernmental
organizations and community-Based organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4901A2A465EC4902AAE2710315342F67"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Award process</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Grant amounts awarded under this section
shall be provided through an open, competitive, and transparent process to the
extent possible.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0D92A8E922664F428F5F4D470C3E9FB1"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Conditions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Entities receiving grants under this
section—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6f7c74722fcf4ac786b7695f99b833df"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall allocate a reasonable portion of such
grants for data collection and the evaluation of program effectiveness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF920AAD8404E4526A3FEF25CDFFCE3DC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall be responsible for developing and
reporting on outcomes and impacts relating to preventing and responding to
violence against women and girls internationally;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9956C381F2CD4E7AAD1AE5626192F9BA"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE002F0E60EE54E7483A912E77D095EE1"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall consider the safety of women and
girls as a primary concern in deciding how to design, implement, monitor, and
evaluate programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id581DB33409A64AA48B8E9FB540E54877"><enum>(h)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id418A9F0BD08F4E89BB85F7098574D6CC"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8FF2F67A674643379B0CF65CCC755CA1"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Availability of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts appropriated pursuant to paragraph
(1) shall remain available until expended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id040D665EDEFA4B39BA21A52A325B27CB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>113.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Ensuring accountability of the United
States response to violence against women and girls internationally</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBFA309723C194A45AE92DD0840E1F1FF"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID75b62dd03f3c4177be0f282d7a52b8b2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3b3c621d58274d1dba95e4bf7d91112e"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">recommendations related to best practices,
effective strategies, and improvements to enhance the impact of prevention and
response efforts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb709106355c74e01a570f77928abab19"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the impact of activities funded by the
strategy in preventing and reducing violence against women and girls
internationally.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd399eee14deb4067a595a264c75aa39b"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 116(d) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n(d)) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID48a96a6b481c401da2b8859b5e54501a"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (10), by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDeeb5fbaa8492401db751fcdb54025782"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (11)(C), by striking the
period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3a8d106f8a0645578eefce6db2368217"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="deleted" committee-id="SSFR00" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9E1D0F1585EA408D9585693035A7E7DC" reported-display-style="strikethrough" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43815fc23b1649c8b04558fadd545e12"><enum>(12)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">wherever applicable, the nature and extent
of violence against women and girls (as defined in section 4 of the
<short-title>International Violence Against Women Act of
2010</short-title>).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0a4c12fa66334e208667069ac76bf222"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Transparency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID43be571695304185a78c2b5c94865187"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Research and data collection</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id91C8DC3AF2E84AC39A49093928DF1176"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall work to improve the quality and
coordination of existing data collection and evaluations of current violence
against women and girls internationally programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAE332C2F5204481E938E248FC7764588"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may provide financial assistance for
original research or analysis of effective interventions to prevent or respond
to violence against women and girls internationally.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDabd13c92e7484c6199e2af50a4075388"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Use of funds</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Amounts authorized to be appropriated in
this section may be used to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID34c6534c5a084cce99e151f807a3e2ce"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa76e3aa4fbc743599eed4c78e77ee950"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct research on effective interventions
to respond to violence against women and girls internationally, including
efforts to scale up effective programming; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDffb48a703a104a438ac5ff3375684ad0"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID14cd6a90d20843caa8718c06cd0e528d"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">governments of foreign countries;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDad10349dff07438da6b878ce72d7453f"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">federally funded development assistance and
health assistance.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9fc721375e4942aaa81dfc1cb69a5a86"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA9849CB7A263489B8AD2B71306C8329F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>114.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing United States training of foreign
military and police forces and judicial officials on violence against women and
girls</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID498e26bf69224082a04fdc58134b3d6d"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID49eef90246734aa4a8fa7d072b90d1e5"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Covered programs</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The programs referred to in subsection (a)
include—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2289192ebd01478b91a55848b6316649"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities authorized under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd63cc8b05e7f4efab87d756ca9a497d5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">activities under section 1206 of the
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109–163;
119 Stat. 3456), as amended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51969aa526cd4766aef6171736c12f31"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense shall, as appropriate—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6f31cbbd090b4a398bd353d54b05c5cd"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporate training on prevention and
response into the basic training curricula of foreign military forces and
judicial officials; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6a9825e7d5334b3a99a957591640599d"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensure that United States assistance to
units involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations includes
training on prevention and response.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID612c3640653d4e97bba3c1611958db65"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5FE9F8A7562344C08A58BD3E963486EF" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Addressing violence against women and girls
in humanitarian relief, peacekeeping, conflict, and post-conflict
settings</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc7c5da0f01bd448ab57980f890fd4159"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Defined term</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term
<term>Inter-Agency Standing Committee</term> means the committee established in
response to United Nations General Assembly Resolution 46/182, adopted at New
York on December 19, 1991.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDd4178d00c79640a7890a0215cccdbf49"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities of the Department of State with
the United States Agency for International Development</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD778752891FA4881975AB287D5CFDAE5"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD6C6FE32DB1244039051D254A5B9149B"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The USAID Administrator and the Assistant
Secretary shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB38098A4FDC84CA6A2E379D21592AA9E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">consider the Ambassador’s guidance to the
extent practicable;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4a56f7f7946b4f67806c2c85b85cc3df"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide assistance to programs carried out
by international organizations, international and local nongovernmental
organizations, and governments, as appropriate, that—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id194EC0C7967B49C999FB02B09834F0D7"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">prevent and respond to violence against
women and girls in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict
settings;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1DB8371E302449E19BCAD43E7FDA6008"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">adhere to the Inter-Agency Standing
Committee’s Guidelines for Gender-based Violence Interventions in Humanitarian
Settings;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe20e32815c224faf9b9d11a93c8cdff9"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">build the capacity of humanitarian
organizations and government authorities, as appropriate, to address the
special protection needs of women and children;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID51795692da214f12aec8b62c92180fa2"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf3b478fd917441fbbab13cc12908997f"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide legal services for women and girls
who are victims of violence;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2ab52bbc775c4febb4391a60c305cd0e"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb71cbf1fbf0e4b7ebf9a86b6f105bd66"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing protection and suitable separate
facilities in demobilization and transit centers for women and girls formerly
involved in, or associated with, fighting forces;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDad8de77cef2c46129070244d4cffd381"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">ensuring equitable reintegration activities
and opportunities for such women and girls, including access to schooling,
vocational training, employment, and childcare;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc9d96ba6ecb9466c84cca646828ad102"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing essential medical care and
psychosocial support for such women and girls who are victims of violence;
and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID64962254f5d141698a99e0182bed8abe"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporating prevention and response to
violence against women and girls into programs for former combatants;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf05ccb79e32540d09e0ba1d0fde81ae8"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID9a8b23280b2149d0b9be802982e92e9b"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">strive to ensure that all grantees deployed
in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict operations—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6fcdb69965ee4a37b8dfe9ec6e4cda61"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comply with the Inter-Agency Standing
Committee’s Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and
Abuse;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5a4b7a9268b54693bde87aac0ccfe833"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDfc2cf37e3b094d7fa4f252cf5182eeb0"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct appropriate public outreach to make
known to the host community the mechanisms to report violence against women and
girls; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf44d0e1f7c9d49448b2e7df5d23e9db8"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promptly and appropriately respond to
reports of violence against women and girls and treat survivors in accordance
with best practices regarding confidentiality.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID00daf674081c4325841c9492d8fcd16d"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of appropriations</header>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB262992414D44F35B0B455C3F13303FD"><enum>(A)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id838094AB6FE1422D99177F392923DD31"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Sense of congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of Congress that amounts
appropriated pursuant to paragraph (1) should not affect the amount
appropriated for other humanitarian programs.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4080287b73bc4f76b32ebc5acfb0c512"><enum>(c)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Activities of the Department of
State</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID5cce35ea257547db85c0cf2330c0d435"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">create a mechanism to ensure that
contractors and grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and
post-conflict settings—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID6fe3a15525ce4478b3ab0a2228225c26"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">comply with the Inter-Agency Standing
Committee’s Six Core Principles Relating to Sexual Exploitation and
Abuse;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID17ab441c665e4fa58e0a12741d7e5bed"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">train their humanitarian workers in
prevention and response, including proper mechanisms to report gender-based
violence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDae3cb332baf84ea3a9b7f01c3fbfaa38"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">promptly and appropriately respond to
reports of violence against women and girls and treat survivors in accordance
with best practices regarding confidentiality; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbe2a808d8aa943da934f2643aba65f8b"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">carry out the activities described in
subsection (b)(2).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID4f0397dcc39d404f82ba4c8b27a9ac47"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Coordination of United States Government
efforts</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E4AA5725A9449DCBE6B5D06981DC0E8"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Enhancing United States leadership and
advocacy in the United Nations</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8790C4C55E714B409777A61C3090D2ED"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Resource sharing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbc5d4aa72d4d41debcb5523719d3b9db"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">develop and implement appropriate training
programs in prevention and response to violence against women and girls
internationally for peacekeeping and humanitarian personnel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDa32a688e38e34b1b8e1b3a80c4451eaf"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">meet staffing goals for women military and
police peacekeepers, including all-women teams and units;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAD98BD2B845848C5AED411D78C1B1590"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">enhance the deployment of civilian women at
all levels to serve in peacekeeping missions, including through innovative
staffing formulas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDdc67288d0ca84acabd7f84581572cb68"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">improve protection mechanisms in and around
United Nations managed refugee and internally displaced persons camps;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0f6bc6806ca146d5b01910db7a0bd11a"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">implement a zero tolerance policy for
sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations peacekeeping and humanitarian
operations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDb8dbb82b38b14017bfaf35d3e3a110ce"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">support troop and police contributing
countries in—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2C436B0E01464CD9B846EAF3FD2B303D"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">taking appropriate actions to prevent
violence and abuse;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE70DF6BD1DA14601BD3FA68C7C89609D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">providing materials for pre-deployment and
in-theater awareness training; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF0FA40D8B9FD484A8FF1882FF0F3CCB8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">taking other actions to promote full
accountability in cases of abusive conduct involving the personnel of such
countries;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID1815627c30f645babff2d6711cf3ae47"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDc88e0a6cd5864ccf952f142b083be97f"><enum>(H)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID263bb2cbd0044b03b32d85c4db281d40"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID775b23005a28429e9f45220ebe106d12"><enum>(f)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response to widespread reports of
violence against women</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID887dca68128d4705aa09d87696ecc238"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Emergency response to credible reports of
critical or widespread violence against women and girls</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of State, in consultation
with the Ambassador and in coordination with relevant bureaus of the Department
of State, shall—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe7a60e85a02c44d089297112d88e494c"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDbe79fd82a6664ef5980c85d3bde42072"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">determine emergency response measures not
later than 45 days after such identification; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID2e4ffd3f85b545909a11f026c6937a5f"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">brief Congress on the implementation of
such emergency response measures and outcomes not later than 30 days after such
determination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDe5acbf2de4a64403aed192dbbf8424ab"><enum>(2)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The emergency measures developed under
paragraph (1) shall include a description of—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID10f48c4811c844baad8afd69437160d0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">bilateral diplomatic efforts with—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD42D9A9BAC0A4DBEBCC794AB9DD06D58"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the government of the country in which the
violence is occurring;</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id19CC0D704427411488B9DDFA1A812160"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">governments in the region in which the
violence is occurring; and</text>
</clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC08E63B6B9B34E33A57A28C94C27164F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">other donor governments.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDf632da0837804c19939599fc5dbc33fb"><enum>(g)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id34BA7C52FB19460CB906761B1C98FB0C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Support for multilateral efforts to end
violence against women and girls</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</section>
1.Short title; table of
contents
(a)This Act may be cited
as the International Violence Against
Women Act of 2010
.
(b)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.
2.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.
3.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.
4.In this Act:
(1)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)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)The term prevention and response means
activities designed to prevent and respond to violence against women and
girls.
(4)The term USAID
means the
United States Agency for International Development.
(5)Violence against women
and girlsThe 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.
<enum>I</enum><header>International Prevention
of Violence Against Women and Girls</header>
<subtitle id="H35056618D10146068C0C6264BDE48E64"><enum>A</enum><header>Official designations and
institutional changes</header>
<section id="H2A6C1C3D1E32403EACAF2BA87E631E25"><enum>101.</enum><header>Duties of the
Secretary of State</header>
<subsection id="H53E51DEFC41740658BFD69D98D4F9F57"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDCDEF82D882B49C4A4AD10ACCABF3401"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information-Sharing and
Transparency</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB5A0B01A6FB9460184E4FDC7C06596D7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional
briefings</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H692D5637741944C0B399B5CCEBB3ED13"><enum>102.</enum><header>Duties of the
Administrator of USAID</header>
<subsection id="H05CE5C1357CC4350885DF3999486B8C0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBCF9489D28E44DBFA6FB7E92396E28FE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordinated USAID
reporting</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC5F5A0CDADBC4A25816136479BFABEB7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Congressional
briefings</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H02135794C3CF4505A0C953FF053B6CBA"><enum>B</enum><header>Strategy, policy, and
programs</header>
<section id="H7DEAC17E76354D749B57940AEB0F2948"><enum>111.</enum><header>Comprehensive
international strategy and assistance to reduce and prevent violence against
women and girls</header>
<subsection id="H38CD4ABE87D246718428C181E001B4AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Development and
implementation of Strategy</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="HD6F8F66094FA4A0D9C606DE2A30C7AE7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>develop a comprehensive,
five-year international strategy to prevent and respond to violence against
women and girls internationally;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HADD83405CB5A43C28FA65694B829B4D7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2B760B63C896404CB579E5975D84BD09"><enum>(3)</enum><text>make the strategy
available to the public.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDBA9064C5F8340F4B74ADC0B2731CDFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Collaboration and
coordination</header><text>In developing the strategy under subsection (a), the
Secretary of State shall consult with—</text>
<paragraph id="HB24B9115BFD344159B11DF36CDA0A7E8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Federal departments and
agencies that have expertise preventing and responding to violence against
women and girls or administering international programs;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCAAE6151C3F2457BA482083C2E6D2E13"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the Senior Policy
Operating Group on Trafficking in Persons;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H05722E050C77408BB259FED3E81488DC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9D42624A61864633888E819AFE6BFA22"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The
strategy developed under subsection (a) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC74719A3DDE842BD9D1A2482F56839F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3638C792A1FC4AC698AEBFC43FC65BA8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H74EAE756ACCD4A6A84C55C859A1E783E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFAF1EE406EE44C6E9C822207F8D6049B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>identify and coordinate
with Federal departments and agencies that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H36653C20E8124DB798870B81AE739734"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have existing programs
relevant to the strategy; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA0864C04706144F4921F63185D59106D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>will be involved in new
program activities;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7C809AE62EA44A41B98D3CA380F7B653"><enum>(5)</enum><text>describe the monitoring
and evaluation mechanisms established for each eligible country, and their use
in assessing overall progress in prevention and response;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H48A095C9AB8E4E8DAC0A537BC399FF67"><enum>(6)</enum><text>project general levels of
resources needed to achieve the stated objectives in each eligible country,
including an accounting of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H700CA0D730F44F06B133ADE9B9447881"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40258120FF4E454C95E5455FD7DA05C8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>leveraged private sector
resources;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE5F5BC6F911A4518AD4239745396504F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3FD1E80A53A4C63AF24B7D0BEB8CD78"><enum>(8)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF909FF727E6E4C5DA8E00710F511B7E3"><enum>(9)</enum><text>integrate gender analysis
into the strategy for each country to ensure that the roles of women, girls,
men, and boys are appropriately addressed; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H90FCF8E7ADA843B5A73556C71F3A58B7"><enum>(10)</enum><text>include, as appropriate,
strategies designed to accommodate the needs of stateless, internally
displaced, refugee, or religious or ethnic minority women and girls.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FCD386761C143BD87553EF4D73439E0"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Program activities
supported</header><text>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:</text>
<paragraph id="H8441CE4C7B52460BB9F9F23BEDBC1C27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Enhancing the capacity of
the health sector to prevent and respond to violence against women and
girls.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4EF9001072A94307ABFE0B240BCE67F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Development and
enforcement of civil and criminal legal and judicial sanctions, protections,
trainings, and capacity.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="ID9b96a7bf4782488db6a6d7c9e3ebc31b"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD0AC8B5D765344069CE55FD5073E9D4F"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Ensuring accessible
quality educational and literacy opportunities for women and girls.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H26661F6D47A1428F97384EE72AB4270A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Promotion of access to
economic opportunity projects, including increasing distribution, credit,
property, and inheritance rights for women and girls.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H82A910B95DCE40D4A08F255D3FD64F97"><enum>112.</enum><header>Assistance to prevent
and respond to violence against women and girls internationally</header>
<subsection id="H818043AA8CE0470BAF254C340BBEA56A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8D0B32EDC4684377B76586360DA2BA0E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Coordination of
existing assistance programs</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A7E9941854E40C5A3B0FE87FA9E2275"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of funds</header>
<paragraph id="HF5DE44D990C74FE38D28F79EDC88BBF2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Any funds made available under this section to
nongovernmental or civil society organizations should be made available to
organizations that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HC1B0D4E892C344679400FE7AAA042369"><enum>(A)</enum><text>have demonstrated
experience regarding violence against women and girls internationally or have
entered into a partnership with an organization with such experience;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H30E93B47E8FB45C4A68CCF4121C6CB39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>have demonstrated
capabilities or experience in a particular program activity described in
section 111(d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4F82D8288E5407F8568C860F4BDC122"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Congressional
briefings</header><text>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).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAB0EF963119C4D649D71619267776634"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Grants to women’s
nongovernmental organizations and community-based organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0F42AAE288244C6682A7411B37C7367A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Award
process</header><text>Assistance provided under this section shall be provided
through an open, competitive, and transparent process to the extent
possible.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HBB60BD1D311542FFBF6F948B6C35F6C1"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Conditions</header><text>A
recipient of assistance under this section—</text>
<paragraph id="HEC14716229F4460DABFDA88B2438735F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall allocate a
reasonable portion of such grants for data collection and the evaluation of
program effectiveness;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDB974B9961F34E289383E24AADDF68AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall be responsible for
developing and reporting on outcomes and impacts relating to preventing and
responding to violence against women and girls internationally;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB51BEC71BADE47BA8E0B8B8DD9248BA5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC44D9767434C4D42AF004974B9DC0441"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall consider the safety
of women and girls as a primary concern in deciding how to design, implement,
monitor, and evaluate programs.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H987B5017CA8B47139DD84C2F69370343"><enum>113.</enum><header>Ensuring
accountability of the United States response to violence against women and
girls internationally</header>
<subsection id="HE618EE49203C409598284E47C60DB59D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="H7A9E7696ECD940E9AA922E53BA628B89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE7A294E2F9074A02B0631019BF14E04B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>recommendations related
to best practices, effective strategies, and improvements to enhance the impact
of prevention and response efforts; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE3A1FF0C88034BA7816F4FCF91915F3D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the impact of activities
funded by the strategy in preventing and reducing violence against women and
girls internationally.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HF8911003AD44411C96FD30CE50B99B9C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is
amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HCB0B0CF5431E4E87BA56882805BC4210"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 116(d) (22
U.S.C. 2151n(d))—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H531B0A3DD4D444F5A81D0FA9E29F0272"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (10), by
striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H522F0D2248D6411F9B50DD80DBB0A8BD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (11)(C), by
striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H0C1578ED278647DCBA70A8598BC97330"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFR00" id="H8A8F5116CC204DE0BCF3C88C8305539E" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" id="H326D4320614944F18EB59F37D0AEEA57"><enum>(12)</enum><text>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).</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H20C607C3DC594E78B06E487FCFDAD7D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 502B (22
U.S.C. 2304), by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block changed="added" committee-id="SSFR00" id="HBA42468EE6994D6AA0900971A3D90707" reported-display-style="italic" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HA7998347CC8343A7AAD40E013239E3AE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9CA0FDD9F573442BBFACDE468F1BC1BF"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transparency</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H667B292C1A7F4362B3CF176F11A708A2"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Research and data
collection</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="H98BA164D8D6F4D73BE5938E7C294CF77"><enum>(1)</enum><text>shall seek to coordinate
data collection and evaluations of international violence against women and
girls programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB515ACA9256C4C9E9C421C3945E9228F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>may provide financial
assistance for original research or analysis of effective interventions to
prevent or respond to violence against women and girls internationally.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCB8B12169AF948CD9C38DCEF8EACEDEB"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Use of
funds</header><text>Amounts authorized to be appropriated in this section may
be used to—</text>
<paragraph id="H7ABF5DE03BE84CF4970974EC7940A5AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>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;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA86632D6ADA24F92869E7088DA8E6028"><enum>(2)</enum><text>conduct research on
effective interventions to respond to violence against women and girls
internationally, including efforts to scale up effective programming;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4A0D9FAB57EA422CB1DB11DB6D6F280A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H505A7F70F7C0497CB15B648BA0B53AF1"><enum>114.</enum><header>Enhancing United
States training of foreign military and police forces and judicial officials on
violence against women and girls</header>
<subsection id="HB27D379431894C7499FCA67BCB4C9E34"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0B6F7C96359447C1AFBD99F1387A0DDF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text>The
Secretary of State is authorized to provide guidance to the Secretary of
Defense, as appropriate, on how to—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H54D5A6967D1342A49FED824AE0EF7B48"><enum>(1)</enum><text>incorporate training on
prevention and response into the basic training curricula of foreign military
forces, police forces and judicial officials under covered programs; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="HCDB1274DFB994915B087A7941EF67534"><enum>(2)</enum><text>ensure that assistance
under covered programs to units involved in regional or multilateral
peacekeeping operations includes training on prevention and response.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD357E632C25444A399F2ED5BD75A657B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Covered
programs</header><text>The programs referred to in subsection (a)
include—</text>
<paragraph id="H2DC1F5DE1F8E4DF097C0BA3594F468B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>programs carried out by
the Secretary of Defense under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C.
2151 et seq.); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H431B0D8966BB486BBE904C4460CED18E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>programs authorized under
section 1206 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006
(Public Law 109–163; 119 Stat. 3456).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HE08436B7744B4F52A08278DD04ECDCAF"><enum>115.</enum><header>Addressing violence
against women and girls in humanitarian relief, peacekeeping, conflict, and
post-conflict settings</header>
<subsection id="HF4D80133F11246408E8EC9B14D1AF2C1"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Activities of the
Department of State with USAID</header><text>The Secretary of State and the
USAID Administrator shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HC9682F3F7D674E008E59F9E7AC31D125"><enum>(1)</enum><text>provide assistance to
programs carried out by international organizations, international and local
nongovernmental organizations, and governments, as appropriate, that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB659A1F85A4A469FB32BBDC350B11CD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>prevent and respond to
violence against women and girls in humanitarian relief, conflict, and
post-conflict settings;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H526EF13294004029A9F4D379270D3F2A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>build the capacity of
humanitarian organizations and government authorities, as appropriate, to
address the special protection needs of women and children;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3EDD0F1BFD3C49079FF2C8F4DE8A8BA6"><enum>(C)</enum><text>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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2EAB8DA22767454796C9322450F91FA3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>provide legal services
for women and girls who are victims of violence;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E54192353CB4FC9BD693238E678D36C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H6EB9CF9D68E04F7E88C1409B6DDC792E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>providing protection and
suitable separate facilities in demobilization and transit centers for women
and girls formerly involved in, or associated with, fighting forces;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7577CE1F79094700812EFF282F8C8F63"><enum>(B)</enum><text>ensuring equitable
reintegration activities and opportunities for such women and girls, including
access to schooling, vocational training, employment, and childcare;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF70840747584E529E5353F81DCAA839"><enum>(C)</enum><text>providing essential
medical care and psychosocial support for such women and girls who are victims
of violence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD876B5600F1F471D9CA52D2B7B8E82D4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>incorporating prevention
and response to violence against women and girls into programs for former
combatants;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H259FF1E723F14CE3BADDF07C3A3ED9E5"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA430078D777446ED8333AA8D159D50AF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>strive to ensure that all
grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict
operations—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB438F78AA6264D65AB95F842C5867528"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HABAFD82A2F174A039F2A237E94B503C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>conduct appropriate
public outreach to make known to the host community the mechanisms to report
violence against women and girls; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4EE7F8392CE842189BB693815157B9AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>promptly and
appropriately respond to reports of violence against women and girls and treat
survivors in accordance with best practices regarding confidentiality.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H1EC072EC165B49BC9C167C7F078F9D98"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Congressional
briefings</header><text>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—</text>
<paragraph id="HFB0E8E2F12E845B19DB520650117538D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>create a mechanism to
ensure that contractors and grantees deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict,
and post-conflict settings—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1028FD3063B04905BF947E626E84BDDA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>train their humanitarian
workers in prevention and response, including proper mechanisms to report
gender-based violence; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1C8BC47B3AA4F5BB57693AA75E9ACFA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>promptly and
appropriately respond to reports of violence against women and girls and treat
survivors in accordance with best practices regarding confidentiality;
and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3FAE3F97A5B84C64B18622A4B1263139"><enum>(2)</enum><text>carry out the activities
described in subsection (a).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H50191348D0BD42609DD9047AF795604C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Coordination of United
States Government efforts</header><text>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.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H7001FD88EDA04C1595A457281FA901DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Enhancing United States
Leadership and Advocacy in the United Nations</header>
<paragraph id="HEDB3B33936934CCD81D4C4E0DAD98FD9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Strengthening United
Nations Procedures</header><text>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—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7101815536C749B7BE3CACFF2BB9102C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>develop and implement
appropriate training programs in prevention and response to violence against
women and girls internationally for peacekeeping and humanitarian
personnel;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3FA2AFC011CB40F8BBC39B6B7EE5949F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>meet staffing goals for
women military and police peacekeepers, including all-women teams and
units;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H09CC041FC8364CF9A5CE1EB46BFAAD3B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>enhance the deployment of
civilian women at all levels to serve in peacekeeping missions, including
through innovative staffing formulas;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H773B74EEB9E74101822C890D8BB95EC4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>institute effective
protection mechanisms in and around United Nations managed refugee and
internally displaced persons camps;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H459345EDCCDA4A66B4B717131497C2B2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>implement a zero
tolerance policy for sexual exploitation and abuse in United Nations
peacekeeping and humanitarian operations;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0794B7465F7640958DCF5D2AE5152EF3"><enum>(F)</enum><text>support troop and police
contributing countries in—</text>
<clause id="H9806CD96B20C4B69AAA92C4D07880852"><enum>(i)</enum><text>taking appropriate
actions to prevent violence and abuse;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1684ECF7F3DA48ADA305E95607815F3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing materials for
pre-deployment and in-theater awareness training; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HFFF5B391037B4F3FB5ABE1346CC4F62E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>taking other actions to
promote full accountability in cases of abusive conduct involving the personnel
of such countries;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA1821B140F74F049C4962BA87D20AE4"><enum>(G)</enum><text>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</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H96B09A859CBA47378D8AC03AD62647F0"><enum>(H)</enum><text>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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB41BD51F58AC4F0F86E3F0FDBD7ABFED"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Emergency response to
widespread reports of violence against women</header>
<paragraph id="HA1AFF9D7CBD741CDAAB64D6371A1C57C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Emergency response to
credible reports of critical or widespread violence against women and
girls</header><text>The Secretary of State, acting through the heads of
relevant bureaus and offices of the Department of State, shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E00A4B30D2E40C2B5AE4DDE1CB9E964"><enum>(A)</enum><text>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;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42315CC39E82464EB1B315ED724BF230"><enum>(B)</enum><text>determine emergency
response measures not later than 45 days after such identification; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H245155620CCD4B86A35DF0A7A2A1421D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>brief Congress, upon
request, on the implementation of such emergency response measures and outcomes
not later than 90 days after such determination.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H85398D3FB12045F38EBC9080F5DF623E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The emergency measures developed under
paragraph (1) shall include a description of bilateral diplomatic efforts
with—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H64B870485F7547A787E1F4826C9DF9D9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the government of the
country in which the violence is occurring;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="H7C3E35D22EC94F9DA5D5A56CB1835613"><enum>(B)</enum><text>governments in the region
in which the violence is occurring; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="HC0313E1AB3EA46AA9E695F3831A2F3A7"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other donor
governments.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header>
<section id="id01463C7853AB42248A6B95E533D5954B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">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.</text>
</section>
December 21, 2010
Reported with an amendment