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US HR1018
Resolution
Status
1/22/2026
Primary Sponsor
Yvette Clarke
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AI Summary
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Condemns systematic sexual violence and gender-based harms against women and girls in Haiti, as well as their exclusion from leadership positions in Haiti's transitional government, which has zero women among the 7 voting seats on the Transitional Presidential Council despite a constitutional requirement of at least 30 percent women in government positions
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Condemns the State Department and Defense Department for dismantling Women, Peace, and Security commitments, including closing the Office of Global Women's Issues and ending the WPS program, finding these actions contrary to the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–68)
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Calls for urgent implementation of policies ensuring women fill at least 30 percent of all government and decision-making positions, prioritizing funding for gender-based violence protection and survivor services, and requiring gender-disaggregated data collection across all programs
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Urges close consultation with Haitian feminist and women's rights organizations when formulating policies on security, elections, governance, and humanitarian relief, and calls for adequate funding for these grassroots organizations
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Resolves to rebuild the Office of Global Women's Issues at the State Department and the Women, Peace, and Security program at the Defense Department to advance U.S. commitments to women human rights defenders in Haiti
Legislative Description
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that protecting and advancing the rights of women and girls in the Republic of Haiti is critical to the success of Haiti's transition from crisis and its future stability, condemning the failure to center women's leadership and distinct needs to date, and calling for urgent measures to secure all human rights of women and girls in Haiti.
International affairs
Last Action
Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
1/22/2026