Sec. 5. Women, peace, and security strategy
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(a)of section 5 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 ( 22 U.S.C. 2152j–1 ; Public Law 115–68 ) is amended— in paragraph (1), by striking and after the semicolon at the end; in paragraph (2), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: include a section on countering violent extremism and terrorism that addresses— women’s contributions to preventing and countering violent extremism and terrorism, including through their community, religious, and security roles; preventing, detecting, and countering women’s involvement in violent extremism and terrorism, including their roles as informants, facilitators, recruiters, and suicide bombers; how violent extremist and terrorist groups target women and infringe on their rights and safety, and on the broader relationship between gender-based violence and extremism and terrorism; the gender dimensions of disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration activities, including women’s positive engagement and participation in such efforts and the disarmament of women combatants; and such other considerations as are determined appropriate by the President. . The amendments made by subsection
(a)of this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this section and apply beginning with the first Women, Peace, and Security Strategy that is required to be submitted pursuant to section 5 of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 after such date of enactment.
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