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Women, Peace, and Security Caucus Co-Chairs Franke...
August 05, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) released the following statement commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Yazidi genocide in Sinjar, Iraq, in which Islamic State of Iraq and ...
Women, Peace, and Security Caucus Co-Chairs Franke...
February 20, 2024
Washington, DC – Last week, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-6), Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security Caucus, hosted a kickoff panel discussion on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). Members of Congress and experts discussed the widespread, historic...
Women, Peace, and Security Caucus Co-Chairs Franke...
January 12, 2024
Washington, DC – Today, Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus Co-Chairs Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02) welcomed Japanese Foreign Minister KAMIKAWA Yoko to the U.S. Capitol to discuss the WPS Caucus’s priorities for the coming year and Japan’s work to further the W...
Women, Peace, and Security Caucus Hosts Ukrainian ...
March 08, 2023
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the Bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-22) and Michael Waltz (R-FL-06), hosted Ukrainian government and civil society women leaders and senior U.S. Government officials for a closed-door discussion on how to imp...
Women, Peace, and Security Caucus Co-Chairs Franke...
March 29, 2022
Washington, DC – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21) and Michael Waltz (FL-06) released the following statement in response to the Taliban’s order that girls’ high schools in Afghanistan be shut down. “The Taliban’s refusal ...
Women, Peace, and Security Caucus Co-Chairs Franke...
March 08, 2022
Washington, D.C. – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21) and Michael Waltz (FL-06) released the following statement recognizing International Women’s Day. “Increasing women’s participation in peace and security efforts is cruc...
Co-Chairs Frankel, Waltz Joined by Reps. Keating, ...
September 23, 2021
Washington, D.C. – Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21) and Michael Waltz (FL-06), joined by Caucus members Representatives Bill Keating (MA-09) and Jackie Speier (CA-14) released the following statement after the passage of ...
Women, Peace, and Security Caucus Urges Secretary ...
April 14, 2021
Today, Co-Chairs of the bipartisan Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus Representatives Lois Frankel (FL-21) and Michael Waltz (FL-06) led 13 members of the WPS Caucus in a letter to Secretary Blinken to encourage the State Department to work closely with, and promote the inclusion of, Afghan wom...
Mission Statement
The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Caucus aims to ensure that women have active, meaningful roles in all aspects of their society and communities to promote women’s inclusion to advance democracy and stability worldwide, as provided in the Women, Peace, and Security Act.
Members
- Rep. Frankel (D-FL)
- Rep. Allred (D-TX)
- Rep. Brownley (D-CA)
- Rep. Carson (D-IN)
- Rep. Crow (D-CO)
- Rep. Dean (D-PA)
- Rep. Scanlon (D-PA)
- Rep. Grijalva (D-AZ)
- Rep. Houlahan (D-PA)
- Rep. Jackson Lee (D-TX)
- Rep. Jacobs (D-CA)
- Rep. Kamlager-Dove (D-CA)
- Rep. Keating (D-MA)
- Rep. Lynch (D-MA)
- Rep. Manning (D-NC)
- Rep. Meng (D-NY)
- Rep. Kiggans (R-VA)
- Rep. Miller-Meeks (R-IA)
- Rep. Moulton (D-MA)
- Rep. Neguse (D-CO)
- Rep. Norton (D-DC)
- Rep. Panetta (D-CA)
- Rep. Phillips (D-MN)
- Rep. Raskin (D-MD)
- Rep. Rutherford (R-FL)
- Rep. Salazar (R-FL)
- Rep. Schweikert (R-AZ)
- Rep. Sherrill (D-NJ)
- Rep. Titus (D-NV)
- Rep. Tokuda (D-HI)
- Rep. Waltz (R-FL)
Latest Updates
Resources
Information on the Women, Peace, and Security Act
The United States became the first country in the world to establish a comprehensive WPS law with the passage of the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017 (P.L. 115-68).
WPS National Strategy
The White House’s strategic plan to carry out goals set forth by the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017. This National Strategy furthers U.S. priority to increase women’s meaningful participation in political, civil, and economic roles worldwide.
Interagency WPS Implementation Plans
As directed by the Women, Peace, and Security Act of 2017, the Departments of State, Defense, Homeland Security, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) released their plans to advance the 2019 United States Strategy on Women, Peace and Security and maintain leadership in WPS issues domestically and with partner nations.