; Whereas, according to a study by the International Peace Institute, a peace agreement is 35 percent more likely to last at least 15 years if women participate in the development of the peace agreement; Whereas, according to the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs of the Department of State, the full and meaningful participation of women in security forces vastly enhances the effectiveness of the security forces; Whereas approximately 15,000,000 girls are married every year before they reach the age of 18, which means that— (1) 41,000 girls are married every day; or (2) 1 girl is married every 2 seconds; Whereas, according to the International Labor Organization, an estimated 40,300,000 people were victims of modern slavery in 2016, and 71 percent of those victims were women and girls; Whereas, according to UNICEF— (1) approximately 1/4 of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 are victims of physical violence; and (2) it is estimated that 1 in 3 women around the world has experienced some form of physical or sexual violence; Whereas, according to the 2016 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime entitled Global Report on Trafficking in Persons — (1) 79 percent of all detected trafficking victims are women and children; and (2) while trafficking for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced labor are the most prominently detected forms of trafficking, the trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of forced marriage is emerging as a more prevalent form of trafficking; Whereas 603,000,000 women live in countries in which domestic violence is not criminalized; Whereas, on August 10, 2012, the United States Government launched a strategy entitled United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-Based Violence Globally , which is the first interagency strategy that— (1) addresses gender-based violence around the world; (2) advances the rights and status of women and girls; (3) promotes gender equality in United States foreign policy