In 2011, the United States made a commitment to join countries around the world in accelerating the implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000), the first resolution adopted by the Security Council to recognize the crucial role of women in promoting peace and security. In 2015, the United States supported UN Security Resolution 2422, the first resolution to make an explicit link between women and countering violent extremism (CVE), and called on the UN and member states to integrate gender as a cross-cutting issue across counterterrorism and CVE initiatives. Most recently, the Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act of 2017 was signed into U.S. law, formally recognizing the importance of U.S. leadership in promoting women’s participation in conflict prevention, conflict mitigation, security, and sustaining democracy in fragile environments.
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