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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§2152j–3 Consultation and Collaboration

Title 22 › CHAPTER 32 — FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER I — INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT › Part I — Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations › § 2152j–3

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

Allow State Department and USAID leaders to set rules so US staff overseas talk with local groups—women, youth, and other marginalized groups—about preventing or resolving violent conflict and making mediation more successful by ensuring women's meaningful participation. The Secretary of State should work with international, regional, national, and local groups to boost women's role in peacekeeping and promote training so peacekeepers can protect people and support women's meaningful participation.

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Title 22, §2152j–3

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)In general
The Secretary of State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development may establish guidelines or take other steps to ensure overseas United States personnel of the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development, as the case may be, consult with appropriate stakeholders, including local women, youth, ethnic, and religious minorities, and other politically under-represented or marginalized populations, regarding United States efforts to—
(1)prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict; and
(2)enhance the success of mediation and negotiation processes by ensuring the meaningful participation of women.
(b)Collaboration and coordination
The Secretary of State should work with international, regional, national, and local organizations to increase the meaningful participation of women in international peacekeeping operations, and should promote training that provides international peacekeeping personnel with the substantive knowledge and skills needed to ensure effective physical security and meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention and peace building.

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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–3

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110