Sec. 1268. Efforts of the Department of Defense to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally
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Congress finds the following: Gender-based violence reaches every corner of the world, affecting millions of people ever year and one in three women in her lifetime. This epidemic not only undermines the safety, dignity, and human rights of the individual, family and community, it affects public health, economic stability, and security of nations, which in turn has a direct impact upon United States foreign policy, defense interests, democracy, governance, and peace-building efforts.
With one of the largest international footprints in the United States government, the Department of Defense is an integral part of combating the epidemic of gender-based violence, especially in conflict regions. Section 7061 of the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 directed the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to develop and submit to Congress a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence.
Executive Order No. 13623 of August 10, 2012 (77 Fed. Reg. 49345) established the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally, which required the Department of Defense to participate in an Interagency Working Group co-chaired by the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to implement the Strategy. The Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2015 (H.R. 3979, Public Law 113–291 ), encouraged the Department of Defense to support the continued implementation of the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally and to participate in the Interagency Working Group.
Executive Order No. 13623 requires within 3 years of August 12, 2012, that the Interagency Working Group shall complete a final evaluation of the Strategy and within 180 days of completing its final evaluation, the Interagency Working Group shall update or revise the Strategy to take into account the information learned and the progress made during and through the implementation of the Strategy. It is in the national security interest of the United States to— prevent gender-based violence which will promote regional and global stability and advance sustainable peace and security; have a multi-year strategy in place that will effectively prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally; and ensure that existing laws and regulations relating to the Department of Defense are fully implemented to prevent gender-based violence globally.
The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that the Department of Defense— continues to implement the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally, as appropriate; and pursuant to the intent laid out in Executive Order No. 13623, continues to participate in any Interagency Working Group described in subsection (a)(1)(D) or in interagency collaborative efforts to develop or update a United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally, as appropriate The Secretary of Defense is authorized to— provide training for the United States Armed Forces, Department of Defense personnel, and contractors and military observers on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls globally in conflict, post-conflict, and humanitarian relief settings; and utilize the Department of Defense’s operational capabilities to train professional foreign military, police forces, and judicial officials on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls globally.
Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the specified congressional committees a report on efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally made under a United States strategy. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall— describe the efforts of the Department of Defense in the Interagency Working Group described in subsection (a)(1)(D) to implement the international gender-based violence prevention and response strategy, funding allocations, programming, and associated outcomes; and provide an assessment of human and financial resources necessary to fulfill the purposes and duties of such strategy. The report required under paragraph
(1)shall be made publicly accessible in a timely manner. In this subsection, the term specified congressional committees means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
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Sec. 1268
Efforts of the Department of Defense to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally
Fed. Reg.77 FR 49345
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