Findings

Congress finds the following: (1) The United Nations Secretary General’s 2025 Report on Women, Peace and Security notes an estimated 676,000,000 women and girls lived within 50 kilometers of a deadly conflict event during 2024, which is the highest number since the 1990s. (2) The meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention and conflict resolution processes— (A) promotes more inclusive and democratic societies; and (B) is critical to the long-term stability and security of those countries and regions. (3) In 2017, President Trump signed the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68), which codified decades’ long efforts to strategically address material threats to United States national security by supporting United States leadership in improving the participation of women in peace and security processes, conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and decision-making institutions. (4) In 2018, President Trump signed the bipartisan Women’s Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (Public Law 115–428) to recognize the vital contribution women’s full and unfettered economic participation and inclusion plays in fostering global growth, prosperity, and stability. (5) In October 2023, President Biden released the United States Strategy and National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security to better equip United States national security agencies with the tools to address shifts in geopolitical challenges and advancements in technology. (6) Executive Order 13595 (76 Fed. Reg. 80205 (December 19, 2011); instituting a National Action Plan on Women, Peace, and Security)— (A) institutionalized a United States Government-wide effort promoting women’s participation in conflict prevention, management and resolution, and post-conflict recovery; and (B) noted the responsibility of all nations to protect their populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity, including when implemented by means of sexual violence. (7) For 70 years, the late United States diplomat Esther Coopersmith leveraged creativity and innovation to build bridges and forge common understanding, which contributed invaluably to United States peace and security.