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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§2152j Statement of Policy

Title 22 › CHAPTER 32 — FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Part I — Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations › § 2152j

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States must promote real involvement of women in preventing, handling, and resolving conflicts abroad, and in relief and recovery work after conflicts. U.S. diplomacy and programs must bring women's views into prevention plans. They must urge other governments to make plans that increase women’s roles in peace and security decisions. They must protect women’s and girls’ safety, income, and dignity, and make sure women get equal access to aid and services. They must collect gender data to help warn of violence, change policies and programs to improve gender equality, and track and check how well these efforts work.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2152j

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

It shall be the policy of the United States to promote the meaningful participation of women in all aspects of overseas conflict prevention, management, and resolution, and post-conflict relief and recovery efforts, reinforced through diplomatic efforts and programs that—
(1)integrate the perspectives and interests of affected women into conflict-prevention activities and strategies;
(2)encourage partner governments to adopt plans to improve the meaningful participation of women in peace and security processes and decision-making institutions;
(3)promote the physical safety, economic security, and dignity of women and girls;
(4)support the equal access of women to aid distribution mechanisms and services;
(5)collect and analyze gender data for the purpose of developing and enhancing early warning systems of conflict and violence;
(6)adjust policies and programs to improve outcomes in gender equality and the empowerment of women; and
(7)monitor, analyze, and evaluate the efforts related to each strategy submitted under section 2152j–1 of this title and the impact of such efforts.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2152j

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102