Laphonza Butler

FP4A supports intersectional approaches to addressing gender inequality and empowering women across every aspect of society. Backed by that vision, Foreign Policy for America chose to score a collection of bills that address the many ways and areas in which women are either marginalized or disproportionately impacted across the world. Foreign Policy for America scored positively those who cosponsored at least one of the following three bills:

1. S. 1924, the GLOBE Act of 2023, which would protect human rights and enhance opportunities for LGBTQI people around the world. The measure, introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), concluded the 118th Congress with 13 cosponsors in the Senate.
2. S. 1098, the Global Health, Empowerment and Rights Act, which would ensure that a foreign nongovernmental organization areis not disqualified from receiving certain U.S. development assistance solely because the organization provides medical services using non-U.S. government funds, so long as the medical services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate U.S. federal law if provided in the United States. The measure, introduced by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), concluded the 118th Congress with 50 cosponsors in the Senate.
3. S. 1007, the International Human Rights Defense Act of 2023, which would establish a Special Envoy for the Human Rights of LGBTQI+ Peoples in the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor at the Department of State. The measure, introduced by Sen. Ed Markey (D-MA), concluded the 118th Congress with 43 cosponsors in the Senate.

FP4A supported S. J. Res. 111, which would have disapproved of the proposed $774.1 million sale of 120mm tank rounds to the Government of Israel, among other items and forms of logistical support, given the documented cases of civilian harm associated with the 120mm tank rounds, their widespread use in densely populated areas, and the lack of meaningful progress the Netanyahu government had made to deliver on the concrete actions called for by the Biden administration. The resolution, introduced by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and voted on in November 2024, failed by an 18–79 vote. Foreign Policy for America scored positively those who supported the joint resolution.