The administration inherited a gender equality policy from the Obama administration that was highly controversial in that it promoted homosexuality and transgenderism. The Obama gender strategy has been guiding USAID gender equality programming in foreign countries ever since.

The new policy clearly characterizes "gender equality" as referring strictly to equality between men and women and boys and girls. This drew outrage from those on the left, who slammed the policy for adopting "a conservative framing of human rights" and erasing any mention of transgender issues or people who identify as LGBTQ.

The gender policy is one of several strategy documents that guide the agency's work. It replaces a previous 2012 policy put in place under the former president, Barack Obama. A brief one-week period for comments on the draft closed on Tuesday.

The policy includes many notable changes from its predecessor, including emphasis on the importance of partnering with faith-based groups, which was omitted in the 2012 policy. The policy also leaves out any references to abortion, including euphemistic language such as "reproductive health," which the Trump administration has opposed in UN negotiations as well as internal policy documents... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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