Sec. 7059. gender equality
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## SEC. 7059 gender equality ###
(a)Gender Equality Funds appropriated by this Act shall be made available to promote gender equality in United States Government diplomatic and development efforts by raising the status, increasing the participation, and protecting the rights of women and girls worldwide. ###
(b)Women’s Leadership Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available to increase leadership opportunities for women in countries where women and girls suffer discrimination due to law, policy, or practice, by strengthening protections for women’s political status, expanding women’s participation in political parties and elections, and increasing women’s opportunities for leadership positions in the public and private sectors at the local, provincial, and national levels. ###
(c)Gender-Based Violence ####
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(A)Of the funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available to implement a multi-year strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence in countries where it is common in conflict and non-conflict settings. #####
(B)Funds appropriated by titles III and IV of this Act that are available to train foreign police, judicial, and military personnel, including for international peacekeeping operations, shall address, where appropriate, prevention and response to gender-based violence and trafficking in persons, and shall promote the integration of women into the police and other security forces. ####
(2)Department of State and United States Agency for International Development gender programs shall incorporate coordinated efforts to combat a variety of forms of gender-based violence, including child marriage, rape, female genital cutting and mutilation, and domestic violence, among other forms of gender-based violence in conflict and non-conflict settings. ###
(d)Women, Peace, and Security Funds appropriated by this Act under the headings “Development Assistance”, “Economic Support Fund”, “Assistance for Europe, Eurasia and Central Asia”, and “International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement” should be made available to support a multi-year strategy to expand, and improve coordination of, United States Government efforts to empower women as equal partners in conflict prevention, peace building, transitional processes, and reconstruction efforts in countries affected by conflict or in political transition, and to ensure the equitable provision of relief and recovery assistance to women and girls. ###
(e)Women and Girls at Risk From Extremism ####
(1)Assistance Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Economic Support Fund”, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to support women and girls who are at risk from extremism and conflict, and for activities to— #####
(A)empower women and girls to counter extremism; #####
(B)address the needs of women and girls adversely impacted by extremism and conflict; #####
(C)document crimes committed by extremists against women and girls, and support investigations and prosecutions of such crimes, as appropriate; #####
(D)increase the participation and influence of women in formal and informal political processes and institutions at the local level and within traditional governing structures; #####
(E)support reconciliation programs between impacted minority, religious, and ethnic groups and the broader community; #####
(F)develop and implement legal reforms and protections for women and girls at the national and local government levels; and #####
(G)create and sustain networks for women and girls to collectively safeguard their rights on a regional basis. ####
(2)Clarification and notification Funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1)— #####
(A)are in addition to amounts otherwise available by this Act for such purposes; and #####
(B)shall be made available following consultation with, and subject to the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.