Sec. 1759. Women, Peace, and Security Act implementation
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It is the sense of Congress that $15,000,000 annually is an appropriate allocation of funding to be made available for activities consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–68 ; 131 Stat. 1202) and with any guidance specified in this section, in order to fully implement such Act and in furtherance of the national security priorities of the United States. During the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2025, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out activities consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 and with the guidance specified in this section, including by carrying out— any Defense-wide directives and programs that advance the implementation of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, including directives relating to military doctrine, programs that are applicable across the Department, and programs that are specific to a combatant command; the hiring and training of full-time equivalent personnel as gender advisors of the Department; the integration of gender analysis into training for military personnel across ranks, to include special emphasis on senior level training and support for women, peace, and security; and security cooperation activities that further implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017.
Consistent with the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State, shall incorporate gender analysis and participation by women into security cooperation activities conducted with the national security forces of foreign countries pursuant to subsection (b)(4), including by— incorporating gender analysis (including data disaggregated by sex) and priorities for women, peace, and security into educational, training, and capacity-building materials and programs, including as authorized by section 333 of title 10, United States Code; advancing and advising on the recruitment, employment, development, retention, and promotion of women in the national security forces of such foreign countries, including by— identifying available military career opportunities for women; promoting such career opportunities among women and girls; promoting the skills necessary for such careers; encouraging the interest of women and girls in such careers, including by highlighting as role models women in such careers in the United States or in applicable foreign countries; and advising on best practices to prevent the harassment and abuse of women serving in the national security forces of such foreign countries; incorporating training and advising to address sexual harassment and abuse against women within such national security forces; integrating gender analysis into policy and planning; and ensuring any infrastructure constructed pursuant to the security cooperation activity addresses the requirements of women serving in such national security forces, including by addressing appropriate equipment.
The Secretary of Defense shall include in any partner country assessment conducted in the course of carrying out security cooperation activities specified in subsection (b)(4) consideration of any barriers or opportunities with respect to women in the national security forces of such partner countries, including any barriers or opportunities relating to— protections against exploitation, abuse, and harassment; or recruitment, employment, development, retention, or promotion of the women.
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall initiate a process to standardize policies relating to women, peace, and security across the Department of Defense. In carrying out the process initiated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall establish roles, responsibilities, and requirements for gender advisors, gender focal points, and women, peace, and security subject matter experts, including with respect to commander and senior official-level engagement and support for women, peace, and security commitments.
The Secretary of Defense shall— integrate gender analysis into relevant training for all members of the Armed Forces and civilian employees of the Department of Defense; develop standardized training, across the Department, for gender advisors, gender focal points, and women, peace, and security subject matter experts; and ensure that gender analysis and the meaningful participation of women and their relationship to security outcomes is addressed in professional military education curriculum.
Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency shall provide a briefing to the appropriate committees of Congress on the efforts to build partner defense institution and security force capacity pursuant to this section. During the period beginning on the date of the enactment and ending on January 1, 2025, on a basis that is not less frequently than annually, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress reports on the steps the Department has taken to implement the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, including with respect to activities carried out under this section.
In this section: The term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and the Committee on Armed Services and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. The term gender analysis has the meaning given that term in the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–428 ; 132 Stat. 5509).
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Sec. 1759
Women, Peace, and Security Act implementation
Stat.131 Stat. 1202
Stat.132 Stat. 5509
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