Resources

Access the full text of the Executive Order on Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council from March 8, 2021. 

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

The first-ever U.S. Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls launched in March 2016. It brings together four U.S. government agencies to tackle barriers that keep adolescent girls from achieving their full potential.

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.

Delve into the Land Links site, full of material in support of USAID's mission to secure and strengthen women’s land and resource rights across the developing world.

Read this factsheet to learn about the Biden Administration’s U.S. domestic and global priorities on gender equity and equality.

Access the full text of the Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation from January 20, 2021.

Review the first-ever U.S. national gender strategy which aims to ensure that a focus on gender is mainstreamed across the work of the federal government.

Read this strategy that seeks to increase women’s meaningful leadership in political and civic life by helping to ensure they are empowered to lead and contribute, equipped with the necessary skills and support to succeed, and supported to participate through access to opportunities and resources.

Review the policy that provides the vision for USAID’s work to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment around the world.