United States strategy to promote the participation of women in conflict prevention and peace building

Not later than one year after October 6, 2017, and again four years thereafter, the President, in consultation with the heads of the relevant Federal departments and agencies, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees and make publicly available a single government-wide strategy, to be known as the Women, Peace, and Security Strategy, that provides a detailed description of how the United States intends to fulfill the policy objectives in section 2152j of this title. The strategy shall— Each strategy under subsection (a) shall include a specific implementation plan from each of the relevant Federal departments and agencies that describes— The President should promote the meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention, in coordination and consultation with international partners, including, as appropriate, multilateral organizations, stakeholders, and other relevant international organizations, particularly in situations in which the direct engagement of the United States Government is not appropriate or advisable. It is the sense of Congress that the President, in implementing each strategy submitted under subsection (a), should—