Carla Koppell, chief strategy officer, and Allison Salyer, gender adviser with the USAID Task Force on Syria, write in USAID’s “IMPACTblog” about the agency’s efforts to meet the needs of women and girls affected by ongoing conflict in Syria. “…USAID has stepped up commitments to meet the needs of women and girls, not only through our Implementation Plan for the [U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security (NAP)], but also in realizing the U.S. Government Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender Based Violence Globally; the joint State-USAID Safe from the Start initiative; and through our shared leadership in 2014 of the Call to Action to Protect Women and Girls in Emergencies. We strive daily to live up to those commitments and eagerly look to the broader international community for collaboration…” (4/30).