Sec. 2. Establishment of the women’s global development and prosperity initiative
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The Secretary of State shall establish within the Office of Women’s Empowerment an office for the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative (W–GDP) to lead and coordinate efforts related to the objectives set forth in subsection (b). The W–GDP Initiative should be based on the following three pillars: Advance women in the workforce by improving access to quality vocational education and skills training, enabling women to secure jobs in their local economies. Promote women’s entrepreneurship and increase access to capital, markets, technical assistance, and mentorship.
Identify and reduce the legal, regulatory, and cultural barriers that constrain women’s full and free participation in the global economy and promote improved practices. It is the sense of Congress that, recognizing the breadth of work necessary to address the overall enabling environment and supporting efforts related to the third pillar set forth under subsection (b)(3), it should be the policy of the United States to ensure that the United States Government promotes the following five types of foundational legal reforms:
Lifting barriers that prevent women from fully participating in the workforce, ensuring women’s authority to sign legal documents such as contracts and court documents, and addressing unequal access to courts and administrative bodies for women, whether officially, through lack of proper enforcement, or through the unequal access of education that may prevent women’s literacy. Ensuring women’s equal access to credit and capital to start and grow their businesses, and prohibiting discrimination in access to credit on the basis of gender or marital status.
Lifting restrictions on women’s possessing and managing property, including limitations on inheritance and the ability to transfer, purchase, or lease property. Addressing constraints on women’s freedom of movement, including restrictions on obtaining passports on the basis of gender. Eliminating barriers that limit working hours, occupations, or tasks on the basis of gender. The Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Initiative shall be closely aligned and coordinated with ongoing United States Government efforts to advance women’s empowerment globally, including requirements under the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 ( Public Law 115–68 ) and the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 ( Public Law 115–428 ).
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