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HRES1018119th Congress

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that protecting and advancing the rights of women and girls in the Republic of Haiti is critical to the success of Haiti's transition from crisis and its future stability, condemning the failure to center women's leadership and distinct needs to date, and calling for urgent measures to secure all human rights of women and girls in Haiti.

Sponsored By: Representative Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]

Introduced

Summary

This resolution would center women’s leadership as the key to Haiti’s stability and recovery. It calls for targeted funding and policy changes to protect women and girls from gender‑based violence and to include them in decision making at all levels.

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At least 30% women in leadership

This resolution would call for ensuring women hold at least 30 percent of government, leadership, and decision-making positions in Haiti, in line with the Haitian Constitution. It would especially target top ministerial, directorate, and commission posts related to security, humanitarian assistance, and elections. It would also ask that those women be fully empowered and funded so they can exercise meaningful authority and that actors invest in long-term equality through law and policy changes.

Center women and fund grassroots groups

This resolution would ask U.S., international, and Haitian actors to adopt a feminist policy in Haiti grounded in the Policy Framework for an Effective and Equitable Transition. It would also ask them to consult Haitian feminist and women's rights groups, especially grassroots organizations, when planning security, elections, governance, and humanitarian programs. The resolution would urge providing those groups with adequate funding so they can participate and run programs.

More protection and services for survivors

This resolution would call for prioritizing and funding comprehensive responses to sexual and other gender-based violence in Haiti. It would ask funders to support investigations and prosecutions with evidence preservation and witness protection, and to expand survivor services such as medical care, psychological support, shelter, and protection. The resolution would also ask that programs collect gender-disaggregated, trauma-informed data and that displacement sites follow Inter‑American Commission guidance on safety, site security, official response, and grassroots representation.

Rebuild U.S. offices for women's issues

This resolution would ask the Department of State to rebuild the Office of Global Women's Issues and ask the Department of Defense to rebuild its Women, Peace, and Security program. The purpose would be to advance U.S. commitments to women human rights defenders and to support peacebuilding work in Haiti and beyond. The resolution would link those offices to efforts to protect and empower Haitian women leaders and activists.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9]

NY • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-5]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Cherfilus-McCormick, Sheila [D-FL-20]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Del. Plaskett, Stacey E. [D-VI-At Large]

    VI • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Wilson, Frederica S. [D-FL-24]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Frost, Maxwell [D-FL-10]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Jackson, Jonathan L. [D-IL-1]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]

    DC • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Bell, Wesley [D-MO-1]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Carson, André [D-IN-7]

    IN • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. McIver, LaMonica [D-NJ-10]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large]

    DE • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Sewell, Terri A. [D-AL-7]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Mfume, Kweisi [D-MD-7]

    MD • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Simon, Lateefah [D-CA-12]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12]

    NJ • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Kamlager-Dove, Sydney [D-CA-37]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Cleaver, Emanuel [D-MO-5]

    MO • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Underwood, Lauren [D-IL-14]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7]

    WA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]

    MI • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2]

    MS • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Kelly, Robin L. [D-IL-2]

    IL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9]

    FL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]

    OH • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Veasey, Marc A. [D-TX-33]

    TX • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]

    CA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Bishop, Sanford D. [D-GA-2]

    GA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. McClellan, Jennifer L. [D-VA-4]

    VA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Figures, Shomari [D-AL-2]

    AL • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 1/22/2026

  • Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]

    NV • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

  • Rep. Stansbury, Melanie A. [D-NM-1]

    NM • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

  • Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]

    RI • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

  • Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

  • Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9]

    MA • D

    Sponsored 9/24/2026

Roll Call Votes

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