U.S. Congress - H.R.4594 International Violence Against Women Act of 2010
H.R.4594 - International Violence Against Women Act of 2010
To combat international violence against women and girls. view all titles (2)
All Bill Titles
- Official: To combat international violence against women and girls. as introduced.
- Short: International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 as introduced.
This Bill currently has no wiki content. If you would like to create a wiki entry for this bill, please Login, and then select the wiki tab to create it.
Bill's Views
- Today: 7
- Past Seven Days: 26
- All-Time: 6,542
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Committees
OpenCongress Summary
Directs the Secretary of State to designate an Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues and develop a comprehensive strategy to prevent violence against women and girls. Directs the secretaries of State and Defense to incorporate training on prevention and response into the curricula of military forces. A similar bill, H.R.4594, was introduced in the House on the same day.Official Summary
2/4/2010--Introduced.International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Office for Global Women's Issues, to be headed by the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, to coordinate efforts regarding gender integration and empoOfficial Summary
2/4/2010--Introduced.International Violence Against Women Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of State to establish the Office for Global Women's Issues, to be headed by the Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues, to coordinate efforts regarding gender integration and empowerment of women in U.S. foreign policy.Establishes an Office for Women's Global Development (intended to replace the Office of Women in Development) in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), to be headed by the Director of Women's Global Development, to coordinate USAID efforts to integrate gender in U.S. foreign assistance programs and policies. Directs the Secretary and the Administrator of USAID to develop a comprehensive five-year strategy for programs to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls in countries with severe levels of such violence. Directs the Ambassador-at-Large and the Director to seek to coordinate efforts to prevent and respond to violence against women and girls internationally into existing foreign assistance programs. Authorizes funds to be awarded to community-based women's nongovernmental organizations and community-based organizations in recipient countries to carry out such efforts.Authorizes the Secretary to provide guidance to the Secretary of Defense (DOD) to:(1) incorporate training on prevention and response into the basic training curricula of foreign military and police forces and judicial officials; and
(2) ensure that U.S. assistance to units involved in regional or multilateral peacekeeping operations includes such training. Authorizes the Ambassador-at-Large to provide guidance to the Administrator and the Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict settings. Authorizes the Secretary to provide guidance on preventing and responding to violence against women and girls to the Secretary of DOD when U.S. military personnel, military contractors, and military observers are to be deployed in humanitarian relief, conflict, and post-conflict settings. Authorizes the Secretary and the Secretary of DOD to:
(1) provide training in prevention and response to violence against women and girls internationally to U.S. military forces;
(2) establish mechanisms for reporting incidences of violence against civilian women and girls committed by U.S. military forces; and
(3) establish related public outreach efforts. Urges the Secretary to make U.S. financial, material, human, and other resources available to assist U.N. efforts to:
(1) implement training programs in prevention and response to violence against women and girls for peacekeeping and humanitarian personnel;
(2) enhance the deployment of military and civilian women in peacekeeping missions; and
(3) improve protection mechanisms at U.N. managed refugee and internally displaced persons camps. Urges the Secretary to identify and take emergency measures to respond to critical outbreaks of violence against women and girls in situations of armed conflict.
...Read the Rest
Organizations Supporting H.R.4594
- Amnesty International
- Women Thrive Worldwide
- Women for Women international
- International Rescue Committee
- Family Violence Prevention Fund
- Global Aids Alliance
- ...and 6 more. See all.
Organizations Opposing H.R.4594
- Save Indian Family Foundation
- United Families International
Recent News Coverage
US: Senate Vote Takes on Global Violence Against Women
...here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:S.2982:@@@P (Senate) and http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:H.R.4594:@@@P (House). Human Rights Watch repeated its call for the US Senate to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Fo
The Feminist Left Goes Global on Our Money
...for this latest pandering to the feminist left is the International Violence Against Women Act called I-VAWA (S.2982 and H.R.4594). The lead sponsors are Senators John Kerry and Barbara Boxer. The bill broadly defines violence against women to include n
New Phyllis Schlafly for 08/17/2010
money to be spent to develop "programs affecting social norms, community attitudes, and male and female participation in violence and response to victims." Just when we thought President Obama had reached the ultimate in seizing extravagant power by
Recent Blog Coverage
View All (207)
|
View Top Rated
இந்திய மருமகள்களுக்கு ஒரு ...
Support the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA - HR 4594, S. 2982) today! இப்படி அந்நிய நாடுகளே இந்திய மருமகள்களின் நலனில் அக்கறை கொண்ட
Therapeutic Justice Project: TJP 2010 Year In Review
Contact your Senate and House members to urge them to pass the International Violence Against Women Act (IVAWA) (S. 2982/H.R. 4594). The Senate Foreign Relations Committee is set to consider this bipartisan bill, but very few days ...
Broad-Based Coalition Hails Progress on International Violence ...
... violence prevention, human rights and development organizations today lauded the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for marking up the International Violence Against Women Act (I-VAWA) – bipartisan legislation (HR 4594/S 2982) that ...
Users tracking H.R.4594 (13) are also tracking:
| Bills | People | Issues |
|---|---|---|
Users supporting H.R.4594 (6) are also:
| Supporting Bill | Supporting Senator | Supporting Representative |
|---|---|---|
| Opposing Bill | Opposing Senator | Opposing Representative |
|---|---|---|
Users opposing H.R.4594 (6) are also:
| Supporting Bill | Supporting Senator | Supporting Representative |
|---|---|---|
| Opposing Bill | Opposing Senator | Opposing Representative |
|---|---|---|
Vote on This Bill
-
Share This Bill
More Share via Email
