Resources

Practical tools and resources to improve gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Index

USAID Websites with Related Gender Resources

Browse this curated list of online platforms featuring USAID Agency resources on gender equality and women’s empowerment.

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Economic Growth
  • Education
  • Land and Property Rights
  • Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Partnerships
  • Policy Formation
  • Project Design and Implementation
  • Strategy
Toolkit

Women and ICT Survey Toolkit

The toolkit instructs users on how to understand the implications of landscape assessments and apply learnings to their project and program portfolios.

    Tags:
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Data and Decision-Making
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Project Design and Implementation
Research and Reports
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Bobby Neptune/USAID

Youth, Women, and Market Systems Development in Agriculture and Supporting Markets: Landscape Analysis and Case Studies Report

This report contains a landscape analysis and four case studies to explore the intended and unintended consequences of market systems development approaches to youth’s and women’s inclusion in agriculture and supporting markets.

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Conflict and Insecurity
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Economic Growth
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Partnerships
  • Policy Formation
  • Project Design and Implementation
  • Strategy
Summary

Snapshot of Women’s Economic Empowerment Activities: September 2019–December 2020

This snapshot provides an overview of activities undertaken with resources from the former Women’s Global Development and Prosperity Fund at USAID to advance women’s economic empowerment globally.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Inclusive Development
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Partnerships
Tool

The Women’s Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality Technical Guide

Use this Women’s Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality Technical Guide that is designed to improve dialogue, coordination, and impact among USAID and its development partners as they seek to advance WEEGE.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Project Design and Implementation
Toolkit

Beyond Access: Toolkit for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response into Education Projects

This toolkit helps technical and program officers understand gender-based violence (GBV) in education and integrate a GBV response into projects and activities.

    Tags:
  • Education
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Education
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Project Design and Implementation
Training and Learning Material

Gender Training for Nutrition Programs

Complete this training to learn about one process for integrating gender into nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive programming.

    Tags:
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Education
  • Engaging Men and Boys
  • Gender Analysis
  • Inclusive Development
  • Maternal Child Health and Nutrition & WASH
  • Training
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Summary

WASH for Women and Girls Technical Brief Series

Read these series of technical briefs to learn about USAID's Water for the World initiatives to increase access to sustainable water and sanitation services, promote key hygiene behaviors, and enhance the effective management of water resources in developing countries.

    Tags:
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Project Design and Implementation