Instituting a National Action Plan On Women, Peace, And Security
Establishes National Action Plan for Women, Peace, and Security
What it does
Agencies must implement the National Action Plan, and key departments must submit agency-specific implementation plans within 150 days.
Real-world impact
- Requires top foreign policy and defense leaders to appoint implementation coordinators.
- Mandates agency-specific implementation plans be submitted within 150 days.
- Strengthens protection and humanitarian access for women and children in conflicts.
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Summary
This order creates a government-wide National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security to promote women's participation in conflict prevention, peace processes, and post-conflict recovery, and to strengthen protections against sexual and gender-based violence.
It requires senior officials—specifically the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense, and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (the agency that manages foreign aid)—to appoint coordinators and submit agency-specific implementation plans within 150 days.
The plan also calls for agency reporting, a review (first in 2015), and better humanitarian access for women and children.
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