; table of contents This Act may be cited as the International Violence Against Women Act of 2017 . (b) Table of contents The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Findings. Sec. 3. Statement of policy. TITLE I—United States strategy to prevent and respond to gender-based violence globally Sec. 101. Global strategy requirement. Sec. 102. Country plans. Sec. 103. Report on priority country selection and country plans. Sec. 104. Rule of construction. TITLE II—Oversight and Accountability Sec. 201. Definitions. Sec. 202. Office of Global Women’s Issues. Sec. 203. Senior Coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment. Sec. 204. Briefing. 2. Findings Congress makes the following findings: (1) An estimated one out of every three women throughout the world will be beaten, coerced into sex, or otherwise abused in her lifetime. (2) Up to 70 percent of women in some countries report experiencing gender-based violence at some point in their lives. (3) Intimate partner violence is the most prevalent form of violence against women, preventing them from playing more active roles in the social, economic, and political development of their communities. (4) Sexual violence among adolescents and pre-adolescents is alarmingly high. National surveys in Swaziland, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Haiti have found that between 28 and 38 percent of girls and between 9 and 18 percent of boys report experiencing sexual violence before reaching 18 years of age. (5) Adult male respondents in 6 countries who had experienced violence as children were significantly more likely to report perpetrating intimate partner violence themselves according to the International Men and Gender Equality Survey dataset. (6) Gender-based violence harms economies and the workers that fuel them. Despite underreporting, striking statistics document prevalent forms of gender-based violence globally that affect the world of work. Worldwide, women are concentrated in low-wage, insecure jobs in workplaces where they lack