§ 262p-3. — Participation of women in economic, social and policy development activities.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC262p-3]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
Sec. 262p-3. Participation of women in economic, social and
policy development activities
(a) Congressional declaration of policy
Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States
that multilateral development banks should--
(1) fully involve women in borrowing countries in the
identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation of
mainstream development activities financed by such banks;
(2) recognize and support women's direct and indirect roles in
the economic development of their countries and communities;
(3) recognize and support women's direct and indirect roles in
the education and social development of, the maintenance of the
health of, and in the provision of adequate nutrition for, family
members and communities, especially children;
(4) work to remove legal and customary barriers which impede the
full participation of women in economic and social development, such
as lack of access to credit, property rights, education, health
care, and government services; and
(5) involve women's groups in borrowing countries in project
identification and preparation in order to factor their assessments
of women's economic and social needs into project design.
(b) Instructions by Secretary of the Treasury to United States Executive
Directors
The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct--
(1) the United States Executive Director of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the International
Development Association to support attempts to strengthen the role
of the Women in Development division in policy development, project
design and implementation, and evaluation; and
(2) the United States Executive Directors of the regional
multilateral development banks to support exploring the
establishment of a mechanism, or the strengthening of any existing
mechanism, within each of the respective banks, to advise, advocate,
and promote the full intergration \1\ of women in the planning,
design, implementation, and evaluation of lending activities both in
borrowing countries and within the banks.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``integration''.
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(c) Annual reports to Congress
Each annual report to the Congress by the National Advisory Council
on International Monetary and Financial Policies shall describe the
actions taken by the multilateral development banks to implement the
policies established under this section.
(Pub. L. 95-118, title XVI, Sec. 1604, as added Pub. L. 100-202,
Sec. 101(e) [title I], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-131, 1329-134.)
Codification
Section 1604 of Pub. L. 95-118 is based on section 701 of title VII
of H.R. 3750, One Hundredth Congress, as introduced Dec. 11, 1987, and
enacted into law by Pub. L. 100-202.
Definitions
The definitions in section 262p-5 of this title apply to this
section.
