Expressing the sense of the Senate 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.

Summary

Declares that women and girls in Haiti face widespread discrimination, severe gender-based violence, and exclusion from political leadership, and urges that Haitian transitional authorities and international partners center women’s leadership, provide survivor services, and uphold constitutional and international gender-equality commitments. The resolution links failure to address these issues to threats to Haiti’s stability and development and cites U.S. Women, Peace, and Security commitments as a framework for action.

• Affirms that women and girls in Haiti face systemic discrimination and widespread gender-based violence.
• Highlights severe gaps in political representation and leadership for Haitian women.
• References Haiti’s constitutional gender‑representation provisions and international commitments like CEDAW.
• Urges that transitional authorities and international partners center women’s leadership in the transition process.
• Calls for better access to survivor services and accountability for gender-based crimes to reduce impunity.
• Cites U.S. Women, Peace, and Security policy as a guiding framework for action.
• Links failure to protect and include women to broader threats to Haiti’s stability and development.