Sec. 7059. gender equality
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## SEC. 7059 gender equality ###
(a)Women’s Empowerment ####
(1)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. ####
(2)Women’s economic empowerment Funds appropriated by this Act are available to implement the Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2018 (Public Law 115-428): *Provided*, That the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, as appropriate, shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on the implementation of such Act. ####
(3)Women’s global development and prosperity fund Of the funds appropriated under title III of this Act, up to $100,000,000 may be made available for the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Fund. ###
(b)Women’s Leadership Of the funds appropriated by title III of this Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be made available for programs specifically designed 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 ####
(1)Of the funds appropriated under titles III and IV of this Act, not less than $165,000,000 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. ####
(2)Funds appropriated under 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. ###
(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 and Conflict 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 the activities described in section 7059(e)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2018 (division K of Public Law 115-141): *Provided*, That such funds are in addition to amounts otherwise made available by this Act for such purposes, and shall be made available following consultation with, and the regular notification procedures of, the Committees on Appropriations.
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