22 U.S.C. § 262p-3 : US Code - Section 262P-3: Participation of women in economic, social and policy development activities

Search 22 U.S.C. § 262p-3 : US Code - Section 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.
(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.