§2152j–2 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of State, working with the USAID Administrator, must make sure all relevant staff and contractors who work in or go to places at risk of, in, or coming out of violent conflict get training. That includes special envoys, mediation or negotiation team members, civil and foreign service staff, and contractors. The training must cover three things: preventing and resolving conflict, protecting civilians from violence, exploitation, and trafficking, and basic international human rights and humanitarian law. Each topic must include a clear focus on women and on making sure women can take part meaningfully. The Secretary of Defense must make sure military and other relevant personnel get training too. That training must teach conflict prevention, peace processes, and security work that stresses why women’s meaningful participation matters; gender issues and women’s participation, including relevant human rights and humanitarian law and ways to protect civilians from violence, exploitation, and trafficking; and practical strategies and best practices for ensuring women can participate meaningfully.

Title 22, §2152j–2

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(a)The Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, shall ensure that all appropriate personnel (including special envoys, members of mediation or negotiation teams, relevant members of the civil service or Foreign Service, and contractors) responsible for or deploying to countries or regions considered to be at risk of, undergoing, or emerging from violent conflict obtain training, as appropriate, in the following areas, each of which shall include a focus on women and ensuring meaningful participation by women:

(1)Conflict prevention, mitigation, and resolution.

(2)Protecting civilians from violence, exploitation, and trafficking in persons.

(3)International human rights law and international humanitarian law.

(b)The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that relevant personnel receive training, as appropriate, in the following areas:

(1)Training in conflict prevention, peace processes, mitigation, resolution, and security initiatives that specifically addresses the importance of meaningful participation by women.

(2)Gender considerations and meaningful participation by women, including training regarding—

(A)international human rights law and international humanitarian law, as relevant; and

(B)protecting civilians from violence, exploitation, and trafficking in persons.

(3)Effective strategies and best practices for ensuring meaningful participation by women.

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.

§2152j–2 Training requirements regarding the participation of women in conflict prevention and peace building

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Title 22, §2152j–2

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