WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:
General Women, Peace and Security: 4/17;
Conflict Prevention: 1/17;
Disarmament: 0/17;
Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 1/17;
Participation: 3/17;
Peace Processes: 3/17;
Peacekeeping: 0/17;
Protection: 8/17;
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 1/17;
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 5/17;
Implementation: 2/17;
Justice, Rule of Law, SSR: 3/17;
Human Rights: 4/17.

S/PV.7533: "In addition to more women wearing blue helmets, we must take every possible step to root out sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers, which is too prevalent. Countries must train their peacekeepers better in order to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse, and must hold any soldier or staffer who commits such crimes fully accountable. As President Obama said last month and as the Secretary-General has made clear, there should be zero tolerance for them. Yet too often today their perpetrators enjoy impunity."

WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:
General Women, Peace and Security: 1/6;
Conflict Prevention: 0/6;
Disarmament: 0/6;
Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 0/6;
Participation: 1/6;
Peace Processes: 1/6;
Peacekeeping: 0/6;
Protection: 2/6;
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 0/6;
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence:1/6;
Implementation: 0/6;
Justice, Rule of Law, SSR: 0/6;
Human Rights: 2/6.

S/PV.7361: "One place to start is with women and girls. Leymah’s story is a testament to the critical role that women can play in advancing peace and security. In the middle of the second brutal civil war in Liberia, she rallied thousands of women to pray for peace and founded a group that staged weeks-long non-violent protests calling for an end to the conflict. The activism of women helped build grassroots pressure on then President of Liberia, Charles Taylor, to engage in peace talks with rebels. When those talks faltered, she and 200 women formed a human chain to prevent the Government and the rebels from leaving the negotiating table."

WILPF/PeaceWomen themes covered:
General Women, Peace and Security: 1/1;
Conflict Prevention: 0/1;
Disarmament: 0/1;
Displacement and Humanitarian Response: 0/1;
Participation: 0/1;
Peace Processes: 1/1;
Peacekeeping: 0/1;
Protection: 1/1;
Reconstruction and Peacebuilding: 0/1;
Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: 1/1;
Implementation: 1/1;
Justice, Rule of Law, SSR: 1/1;
Human Rights: 1/1.

S/PV.7374: "Defenders of women’s human rights are increasingly targeted. Efforts to silence people like Razan Zeitouneh in Syria and Salwa Bugaighis in Libya are efforts to silence hope, curtail progress, impede justice and infringe upon the dignity of women, not just in Syria and in Libya, but around the world."

National Action Plan:
Moving forward with its National Action Plan. As part of this, it is assisting other nations in their own efforts.

Financial Commitments:
Announced new commitments totaling $31 million. That included more than $14 million for initiatives to protect women from violence and promote their participation in peace processes and decision-making, as well as more than $8 million to implement United States Secretary of State Kerry’s accountability initiative to fight impunity for sexual violence in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Liberia. Another $1 million will be allocated to a justice initiative based in South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. It seeks to educate 50,000 women on their human rights and how to use basic judicial procedures.

 

Profit from Arms Transfer in 2014: $10,470,000,000
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UN Women Government Total Contribution in 2014: $9,700,000

In addition, the United States contributed to the following international Women, Peace and Security initiatives:
The Global Women, Peace and Security Initiative: $8mln;
The Africa Women, Peace, and Security Initiative: $2.1 mln;
the implementation of the U.S. NAP in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burundi, Republic of Congo, Georgia, Guinea, Honduras, Lebanon, Liberia, Mali, Mauritius, Mexico, Papua New Guinea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Rwanda, Samoa, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, and Timor Leste: $6.58 mln;
The implementation in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Liberia: $8.35 mln;
The justice initiative based in Democratic Republic of Congo’s South Kivu: $1 mln;
The strengthening the roles of women and youth in political and peace processes in Mali: $3.7 mln;
The Global Women’s Leadership Fund: $2.6 mln;
USAID also committed $1 million to a creative new USAID partnership that brings together the WPS and climate change agendas to tackle the critical intersections of gender, climate, security, and resilience;
USAID is making a new commitment of $80,000 to support a mechanism to ‘roll up’ the experiences and findings of field based researchers into an international practitioner-researcher network.

The United States was ranked 55.

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HDI (Human Development Index):
The United States was ranked 8.

The United States is included in the "Very High Human Development" category.

In the United States female financial specialists earn only 66 percent of what their male counterparts earn. For dentists the proportion is 74 percent, and for accountants 76 percent.

Women from the United States are on duty in the following peacekeeping missions:

MINUSCA (0),

MINUSMA (1),

MINUSTAH (7),

MONUSCO (2),

UNMIL (4),

UNMISS (0),

UNTSO (0).

S/PV.7464: "I would be remiss if I did not address the recent terrible allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse being committed at the hands of international forces, including some United Nations peacekeepers. While the vast majority of peacekeepers serve honourably, and make, again, tremendous sacrifices, I must say unequivocally that this alleged conduct is unacceptable and that any personnel who commit such acts must be brought to justice by their national authorities. There is no room in United Nations peacekeeping or in any regional or national mission for those who would prey on the most vulnerable, whom they are there to protect. This should be a principle that all of us can rally around at the United Nations."

Press statement SC/12010 on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse and the Central African Republic was adopted by consensus.

In 2015 an idea to develop a new convention was proposed by the troop-contributing countries through revisions of their laws and criminal procedures, or by changes to the memorandum of understanding. The United States, however, indicated that they are not convinced that a multilateral convention is the most effective way to ensure accountability.

Key women's organisation's (National Organisation for Women) efforts in regard to gender issues include the following:
- Number of conferences: 1 national annual conference, with 500 local and campus affiliates in all 50 states and the District of Columbia hosting numerous conferences and events per year;
- Social services provided: advocacy for reproductive rights and justice, economic justice, ending violence against women, racial justice, LGBTQ rights, and constitutional equality, training and education, lobbying and policymaking.

Types of social support provided:
Education: Yes
Anti-violence: Yes
Women's empowerment: Yes
Gender-related training: Yes
Political participation: Yes
Anti-human trafficking: No
Women's health: Yes
Lobbying and policymaking: Yes
Fundraising: Yes

Human services groups—such as food banks, homeless shelters, youth services, sports organisations, and family or legal services—composed over one-third of all public charities (35.5 percent).

The nonprofit sector contributed an estimated $905.9 billion to the US economy in 2013, composing 5.4 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Almost half (47.5 percent) of the total revenue for public charities came from fees for services and goods from private sources, the second largest proportion of public charities’ revenue came from fees from government sources, such as government contracts and Medicare and Medicaid payments, private charitable giving represented 13.3 percent of total revenues, and government grants represented another 8 percent. The remainder of revenue came from investment (4.8 percent) and other income (1.9 percent).

The USA hosted the following high-level events in 2015:
- Women Changing the World: Global Symposium 2015;
- Global Security and Gender: A Forum with Sweden’s Foreign Minister Margot Wallström;
- National NOW Conference.

**Note: The information about the high-level events has been collected using available media sources.

Department of Defense Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 2012-2017:
- "Goal 1: Ensure Leadership Commitment to an Accountable and Sustained Diversity Effort Develop structures and strategies to equip leadership with the ability to manage diversity, be accountable, and engender an inclusive work environment that cultivates innovation and optimisation within the Department."
- "Goal 3: Sustainability. Federal agencies shall develop structures and strategies to equip leaders with the ability to manage diversity, be accountable, measure results, re- fine approaches on the basis of such data, and engender a culture of inclusion."

Department of Defense Military Leadership Diversity Commission: "The Services should provide diversity leadership education and training, distinct from traditional forms of general diversity training, to service members at every level."

The US NAP gives five objectives:
National Integration and Institutionalisation;
Participation in Peace Processes and Decision-Making;
Protection from Violence;
Conflict Prevention;
Access to Relief and Recovery.

The NAP contains no allocated or estimated budget. Instead, each responsible department is required to resource the actions within existing budgets. The primary implementation agencies (Department of State, Defense and USAID) are required to submit fully resourced individual implementation plans.

The US NAP is unique in setting a timeline for the three main departments in charge of implementation - Department of State, Department of Defense, and USAID – to develop their own departmental implementation plans. In August 2012 both State and USAID launched their organisational action plans. Moreover, the NAP mentions that the Interagency Policy Committee dedicated to Women, Peace and Security (WPS IPC) will later develop specific indicators for the purpose of monitoring implementation. Thus, the US NAP comes across as relatively unspecific because it delegates issues to the future. 

Military Expenditure in 2014: $609,704,000,000
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The NAP contains no allocated or estimated budget. Instead, each responsible department is required to resource the actions within existing budgets. The primary implementation agencies (Department of State, Defense and USAID) are required to submit fully resourced individual implementation plans.

Lower: 19.3%;

Upper: 20.0%.

Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.35

Total law enforcement officers: 899,212

United States Supreme Court:
3 women out of 8 seats (37.5%).

Circuit Court of Appeals:
60 women out of 170 active seats (35.3%).

Unemployment rate (percentage of female/male labour force):
Female: 7.9%;
Male: 8.2%.

Estimated earned income (PPP US$):
Female: 40,000;
Male: 40,000;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1

Legislators, senior officials, and managers (%):
Female: 43, Male: 57;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 0.77

Professional and technical workers (%):
Female: 57, Male: 43;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.33

The enrolment difference between males and females is provided below (The theoretical maximum value is 100%. Increasing trends are considered a reflection of improving coverage at the specified level of education):

Literacy rate (%):
Female: 99;
Male: 99;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1

Enrolment in primary education (%):
Female: 91;
Male: 92;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1

Enrolment in secondary education (%):
Female: 88;
Male: 86;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.02

Enrolment in tertiary education (%):
Female: 103;
Male: 76;
Ratio (0 = Inequality, 1 = Equality): 1.37

While gender perspectives within the legal frameworks exist, they are not always fully effective, and discrimination (i.e.: gender, racial, and economic discrimination) can cause some groups to have disproportionate challenges equally accessing justice and utilising their rights.

Legal Framework in the United States includes:
Equal Pay Act, 1963;
Civil Rights Act, 1964;
The affirmative action policy of 1965 was expanded in 1967 to cover women as well as racial minorities;
Roe v. Wade, 1973;
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;
Sex-segregated job advertisements were declared illegal by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1968), upheld by the Supreme Court in 1973;
Title IX of the Education Amendment, 1972;
1986, in the decision of Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, sexual harassment was established as illegal and discriminatory;
The Family Medical Leave Act, 1993;
Violence Against Women Act, 1994;
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, 2009.

Presence a non-discrimination by sex clause in the constitution of the United States of America:
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. (Amendment XIX).

The U.S. Constitution does not guarantee equal rights for women.
 

While legal frameworks exist, they are not always fully effective, and discrimination (i.e.: gender, racial, and economic discrimination) can cause some groups to have disproportionate challenges equally accessing justice and utilising their rights.

Legal Framework in the United States includes:
Equal Pay Act, 1963;
Civil Rights Act, 1964;
The affirmative action policy of 1965 was expanded in 1967 to cover women as well as racial minorities;
Roe v. Wade, 1973;
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission;
Sex-segregated job advertisements were declared illegal by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1968), upheld by the Supreme Court in 1973;
Title IX of the Education Amendment, 1972;
1986, in the decision of Meritor Savings Bank v. Vinson, sexual harassment was established as illegal and discriminatory;
The Family Medical Leave Act, 1993;
Violence Against Women Act, 1994;
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, 2009.

Presence of gender perspective in the constitution of the United States of America:
- The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. (Amendment XIX).

The U.S. government fully complies with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking. The federal government continued to investigate and prosecute both sex and labour trafficking, sustaining high prosecution rates. It also continued to provide various types of specialised services to a greater number of trafficking victims, as well as various types of immigration relief for foreign national victims, including a pathway to citizenship. Prevention efforts included amendment of the Federal Acquisition Regulation to strengthen protections against trafficking in federal contracts. Challenges remain: some NGOs continued to express concern that government officials did not consistently take a victim-centred approach. Some trafficking victims, including those under the age of 18 years, were detained or prosecuted by state or local officials for criminal activity related to their being subjected to trafficking, notwithstanding “safe harbour” laws in some states or the federal policy that victims should not be penalised solely for unlawful acts committed as a direct result of being subjected to trafficking. 

Number of women's shelters: 71,828 (data based on point-in-time census data via the National Network to End Domestic Violence).

While veterans services for women veterans exist, the quality of service, outreach to engage female veterans in service access and utalisation, and the availability of gender-sensitive services at all locations are not fully effective.

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of sexual violence exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective. 

While specialised services to support victims/survivors of human trafficking exist, the service quality, resource provision, geographic availability, adequate service availability based on national demand, and the functionality of national mechanism are not fully effective. 

There is a shelter crisis for trafficking victims in the United States. The Home Foundation estimates that there are less than 100 beds nationally for an estimated 100,000 annually identified trafficking victims. Placing trafficking victims in existing homeless or domestic violence shelters is not an adequate solution due to the unique needs of this population.

While a wide range of services and resources are made available to refugees, asylum seekers, and IDPs, these services are usually provided by local service providers, therefore making these services and resources less available in some geographic locations.

According to the US Homeland Security, 36,767 (52.5%) female refugees were admitted into the United States. A total of 69,920 persons were admitted to the United States as refugees during 2015.