22 U.S.C. § 2152j–2: Training requirements…

Summary

The Secretary of State, together with the USAID Administrator, must make sure staff and contractors who work in or go to places at risk of, in, or coming out of violent conflict get training. The training must cover how to prevent and resolve conflicts, how to keep civilians safe from violence, abuse, and trafficking, and the laws about human rights and wartime conduct, and it must emphasize women’s full and active participation. The Secretary of Defense must make sure relevant military and other personnel get similar training. That training must stress women’s meaningful participation in peace work, teach gender issues and the human-rights and wartime-law topics above, and give practical strategies and good practices for including women.

Title 22, §2152j–2

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(a)Foreign Service

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)Department of Defense

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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