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115th Congress > House > Vote 1197
Clerk session vote number: 490
Description: Protecting Girls’ Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act
Bill summary: Protecting Girls' Access to Education in Vulnerable Settings Act
This bill urges the consideration of the educational needs of vulnerable women and girls in designing, implementing, and evaluating U.S. foreign assistance policies and programs.
The Department of State and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) may advance programs that:
provide safe, primary and secondary education for displaced children;
build the capacity of institutions in countries hosting displaced people to
prevent displaced children from facing educational discrimination; and
help increase the access of displaced children, especially girls, to educational, economic, and entrepreneurial opportunities.
The State Department and USAID may:
coordinate with multilateral organizations to work with foreign governments to collect relevant data, disaggregated by age and gender, on the ability of displaced people to access education and participate in economic activity; and
work with domestic and foreign private sector and civil society organizations to promote safe, primary and secondary education for displaced children.
Bill titles: A bill to enhance the transparency, improve the coordination, and intensify the impact of assistance to support access to primary and secondary education for displaced children and persons, including women and girls, and for other purposes.
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov
