Sec. 6. United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security
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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, the Administrator, the Secretary of Defense, and the heads of other appropriate Federal departments and agencies shall, subject to subsection (b), develop or update and implement a NAP. The NAP shall be transmitted to the appropriate congressional committees and made publicly available. For the purposes of this section, the United States National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security , issued in December 2011, shall be deemed to fulfill the initial requirement of subsection (a).
Section 704 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4024) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary, in conjunction with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall ensure that all appropriate personnel, including special envoys, members of mediation or negotiation teams, relevant members of the Civil Service or Foreign Service, and contractors responsible for, or deploying to, countries or regions considered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent conflict, obtain substantive knowledge and skills through— appropriate advanced training in conflict prevention, peace processes, mitigation, resolution, and security initiatives that specifically addresses the importance of women’s meaningful inclusion and participation (as defined in section 3 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2013); training on gender considerations and women’s meaningful inclusion and participation, including training regarding— international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as relevant; and protecting civilians from violence, exploitation, and trafficking in persons; and training on effective strategies and best practices for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion and participation. .
Chapter 107 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that all appropriate personnel, including members of the Armed Forces, members of mediation or negotiation teams, relevant members of the Civil Service, and contractors responsible for, or deploying to, countries or regions considered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent conflict, obtain substantive knowledge and skills through— appropriate advanced training in conflict prevention, peace processes, mitigation, resolution, and security initiatives that specifically addresses the importance of women’s meaningful inclusion and participation (as defined in section 3 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2013); training on gender considerations and women’s meaningful inclusion and participation, including training regarding— international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as relevant; and protecting civilians from violence, exploitation, and trafficking in persons; and training on effective strategies and best practices for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion and participation. .
The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 107 of such title is amended by adding at the end the following new item: 2158. Training for ensuring women’s meaningful inclusion and participation. . The Secretary is strongly encouraged to work with the United Nations and the international community to promote training that provides international peacekeeping personnel with substantive knowledge and skills needed to effectively ensure women’s meaningful inclusion and participation.
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