---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2152j–3"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2152j–3"
heading: "Consultation and collaboration"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2152j-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 32 — Foreign Assistance"
  - "Subchapter I — International Development"
  - "Part I — Declaration of Policy; Development Assistance Authorizations"
---

# §2152j–3. Consultation and collaboration

- (a) **In general—** The Secretary of State and the [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) of the United States Agency for International Development may establish guidelines or take other steps to ensure overseas United States personnel of the Department of State or the United States Agency for International Development, as the case may be, consult with appropriate [stakeholders](/usc/22/2152j–4.md?p=3), including local women, youth, ethnic, and religious minorities, and other politically under-represented or marginalized populations, regarding United States efforts to—
  - (1) prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict; and
  - (2) enhance the success of mediation and negotiation processes by ensuring the meaningful participation of women.
- (b) **Collaboration and coordination—** The Secretary of State should work with international, regional, national, and local organizations to increase the meaningful participation of women in international peacekeeping operations, and should promote training that provides international peacekeeping personnel with the substantive knowledge and skills needed to ensure effective physical security and meaningful participation of women in conflict prevention and peace building.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 115–68, § 7, Oct. 6, 2017, 131 Stat. 1205.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, and not as part of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which comprises this chapter.