Sec. 3. Statement of policy
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It is the policy of the United States— to take effective action to prevent, mitigate, and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian emergencies around the world to promote respect for basic human rights and gender equality, economic growth, improved public health, and peace and stability; to systematically integrate and coordinate efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in United States foreign policy and foreign assistance programs, including conflict prevention, humanitarian relief and recovery, and peace-building efforts; to promote accountability and access to justice for acts of gender-based violence; to build local capacity in countries responding to humanitarian crises, including the capacity of governments at all levels and nongovernmental organizations, especially women-led organizations, to prevent, mitigate, and respond to gender-based violence; to consult, cooperate, coordinate, and collaborate with a wide variety of nongovernmental partners and international organizations, including women-led organizations, when designing and implementing humanitarian response programs; to support activities that prevent and mitigate the impacts of gender-based violence in humanitarian settings and that empower survivors or those at risk of gender-based violence, including through economic opportunities, access to education and skills building, and promotion of women’s leadership and participation in humanitarian response; to ensure that international organizations and nongovernmental organizations receiving funding from the United States have the capacity and internal protocols to identify gender-based violence, including sexual exploitation and abuse committed by humanitarian personnel, integrate gender-based violence prevention and response initiatives into policies and programs, and report regularly on efforts to prevent and respond to gender-based violence; to employ a multisectoral approach to preventing and responding to gender-based violence globally, including through activities in the economic, education, health, protection, nutrition, and legal sectors; to ensure protection against sexual exploitation and abuse by and against humanitarian actors; and to include the active leadership and participation of women and girls in humanitarian program design, implementation, and evaluation.