H.R. 5905 (112th): International Violence Against Women Act of 2012

Introduced:
Jun 07, 2012 (112th Congress, 2011–2013)
Sponsor:
Rep. Janice “Jan” Schakowsky [D-IL9]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on June 7, 2012, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Jun 07, 2012
Referred to Committee Jun 07, 2012
Cosponsors
55 cosponsors (55D) (show)
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House Foreign Affairs

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Full Title

To combat international violence against women and girls.

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Last updated Jun 07, 2012.
28 pages

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6/7/2012--Introduced.
International Violence Against Women Act of 2012 - Directs the Secretary of State to designate an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues. Directs the Secretary to develop a comprehensive strategy to identify countries with significant levels of violence against women and girls that have the government or nongovernmental organizational capacity to implement gender-based violence prevention and response program activities.
Authorizes assistance for such countries and urges that 10% of such assistance go to community-based and women's nongovernmental organizations in recipient countries.
Authorizes the Secretary to provide guidance to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) on how to:
(1) incorporate training on prevention and response into the basic training curricula of foreign military forces and judicial officials, and
(2) ensure that U.S. assistance to units involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations includes such training.
Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to ensure that:
(1) assistance made available for humanitarian relief, conflict mitigation, and post-conflict reconstruction prevents and responds to violence against women and girls; and
(2) assistance made available for disarmament, demobilization, and rehabilitation provides protection in demobilization and transit centers and essential medical care and psychosocial support.
Directs the Secretary to:
(1) identify critical or widespread incidents of violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict;
(2) determine emergency response measures; and
(3) brief Congress, upon request, on the implementation of such emergency response measures.

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