Working for Women, Worldwide: The U.S. Commitment

WORKING FOR WOMEN, WORLDWIDE

T H E U. S. C O M M I T M E N T

CONTENTS

Preface

Introduction

Education: The Key to Women's Progress

Providing an Education to African Girls

Bringing Literacy to Moroccan Women

Ensuring Healthy Lives for Women

Healthier Babies: Filipino Clinics Deliver a Better Way

One Child at a Time: Reducing HIV/AIDS Transmission

Promoting Economic Opportunities for Women

'Water for the Poor' in Bangladesh

Microenterprise: Lifting Women Out of Poverty

Championing Women's Political Empowerment

Training Women Leaders to Make a Difference

Building Peace in War-Torn Countries

Afghanistan: 'Ordinary Women Doing Extraordinary Things'

Combating Violence Against Women

Fighting Human Trafficking in Europe and Eurasia

Advancing Women's Rights in the U.S.

Official U.S. Statements on Women's Issues, 2001-2004

U.S. Government Resources

The U.S. government supports women's advancement through programs housed in many offices, both in the United States and abroad:

U.S. Department of State

Global Affairs — Office of International Women's Issues: Coordinates the integration of women's issues into broader U.S. strategic, economic, and diplomatic goals.
http://www.state.gov/g/wi/

Global Affairs — Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons: Coordinates international anti-trafficking efforts across the U.S. government and publishes the Trafficking in Persons Report.
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/

International Organization Affairs Bureau — Office of Social and Humanitarian Affairs: Coordinates U.S. participation in U.N. bodies that deal with human rights, humanitarian relief and refugees, women's issues, and trafficking in persons.
http://www.state.gov/p/io/

International Organization Affairs Bureau — Office of Economic Development Affairs: Coordinates U.S. participation in U.N. bodies that deal with economic policy, poverty eradication, and hunger.

Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor Bureau — Office of Multilateral Affairs: Works on human rights issues in the U.N. system.
http://www.state.gov/g/drl/

Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau: Promotes mutual understanding through international educational exchanges and training programs and through personal, professional, and institutional ties between private citizens and organizations in the United States and abroad.
http://exchanges.state.gov/

Legal Adviser — Office of Human Rights and Refugees and Office of Law Enforcement and Intelligence are among the offices under the Legal Adviser that are involved with issues affecting women.
http://www.state.gov/s/l/

Population, Refugees, and Migration Bureau: Coordinates U.S. international refugee and migration policies, and provides humanitarian assistance through the multilateral system.
http://www.state.gov/g/prm/

U.S. Agency for International Development

Bureau for Global Health: USAID's strategy for global health seeks to protect human health through programs in maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS, family planning, infectious diseases, environmental health, nutrition, and other life-saving areas.
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/global_health/

Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade — Office of Women in Development: Provides technical assistance to USAID missions and develops approaches to new and emerging issues; sponsors projects on education, economic growth, trafficking, and violence against women that promote women's development.
http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/wid/

U.S. Department of Education

Institutional Development and Undergraduate Education Service: Provides grants to improve science education at predominantly minority institutions and to attract ethnic minorities, particularly women, into science and engineering careers.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/idues/index.html

Women's Educational Equity Act Equity Resource Center: Supports and brings additional resources to efforts to improve the education of girls and women in the United States.
http://www2.edc.org/GDI/

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Office of the Secretary — Office of Global Health Affairs: Coordinates Department's participation in meetings on women's issues sponsored by the U.N. and other international organizations. http://www.globalhealth.gov/

Administration for Children and Families: Promotes the economic and social well-being of families, children, individuals, and communities through partnerships with individuals, front-line service providers, communities, American Indian tribes, Native communities, U.S. states, and the U.S. Congress; ensures services are integrated to improve access.
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/

Food and Drug Administration — Office of Women's Health: Works to correct gender disparities in drug, device, and biologics testing and regulation policy; monitors progress of priority women's health initiatives; and partners with government and consumer groups, health advocates, professional organizations, and industry to promote women's health.
http://www.fda.gov/womens/default.htm

National Institutes of Health — Office of Research on Women's Health: As agency's focal point for women's health research, promotes and supports efforts to improve women's health through biomedical and behavioral research; works to develop opportunities for women in biomedical careers.
http://www4.od.nih.gov/orwh/

Office of Public Health and Science — Office of Women's Health: Focal point for women's health issues in the U.S. government; works to eliminate disparities in women's health status and encourage women to take personal responsibility for their health and wellness.
http://www.4woman.gov/owh/index.htm

U.S. Department of Defense

Advisory Committee on Women in the Services: Provides Department with advice and recommendations on matters and policies relating to the recruitment and retention, treatment, employment, integration, and well-being of highly qualified professional women in the Armed Forces.

U.S. Department of Justice

Office on Violence Against Women: Handles Department's legal and policy issues regarding violence against women.
http://www.usdoj.gov/trafficking.htm

U.S. Department of Labor

Women's Bureau: Promotes the welfare and working conditions of wage-earning women in the United States.
http://www.dol.gov/wb/welcome.html

Small Business Administration — Office of Women's Business Ownership: Promotes women-owned businesses through business training and technical assistance and provides access to credit and capital, federal contracts, and international trade opportunities.
http://www.sba.gov/financing/special/women.html

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Office of Women Veterans: Works to ensure female and male veterans have same access to benefits. http://www1.va.gov/womenvet/


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