Sec. 5. Implementation of foreign assistance projects, programs, and activities
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The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall implement United States foreign assistance projects, programs, and activities designed to strengthen the participation of adolescents, particularly adolescent girls, in democracy, human rights, and governance, including— increasing adolescent girls’ civic and political knowledge, advocacy, leadership and research skills, leadership opportunities, intergenerational mentorship opportunities, data and media literacy, and supporting their meaningful political participation and engagement in civil society and the public sphere; addressing barriers to adolescent girls’ and women’s civic engagement and political participation, and integrating engagement of men and boys, families, community leaders, religious leaders, schools, political bodies, government bodies, and other stakeholders to improve the enabling environment for adolescent girls’ civic and political participation; identifying and taking into account other barriers to adolescent girls’ civic and political engagement, including child marriage, access to quality primary and secondary education, unequal childcare burdens, gender-based violence, early pregnancy, adolescent maternal mortality, mobility constraints, malnourishment, displacement, lack of safe and reliable female sanitation and hygiene facilities, and harmful social norms; integrating feedback from program participants into the monitoring, evaluation, and learning processes of relevant United States agencies; supporting girl-led and girl-focused civil society organizations with flexible, sustainable funding and technical support; and ensuring age-appropriate and gender-sensitive child-safeguarding provisions for all programs that engage participants under the age of 18.