Resources

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

Strategy

COVID-19 and the Gender Digital Divide

Read this strategy where USAID addresses the gender digital divide in the context of COVID-19 and provides key considerations.

    Tags:
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
Index

Gender and COVID-19 Resources

Access USAID’s information and resources on how and why gender matters in COVID-19 response.

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  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Gender Analysis
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Strategy
Guidance

Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) Emergency Application Guidelines

Follow these application guidelines for the USAID Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) Emergency Application which applies to non-competitive, emergency awards for non-governmental organizations, inclusive of urgent response, early recovery, and disaster risk reduction programming.

    Tags:
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Project Design and Implementation
Summary

Fact Sheet: Empowering Women for Food Security

Review this factsheet which outlines Feed the Future's approach to empowering women in food security to overcome barriers and unleash their full potential, including in the wake of COVID-19.

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Adolescent Girls/Youth
  • Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
  • Data and Decision-Making
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Engaging Men and Boys
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Resilience and Food Security
  • Training
  • Strategy
Toolkit

Return to Learning During Crisis Toolkit

Explore this toolkit which helps education planners make key decisions about an equitable and inclusive return to learning during and after crises such as COVID-19. 

    Tags:
  • Education
  • Education
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Activity Design and Implementation
Research and Reports

USAID Global Water and Development Report FY 2020

Learn about USAID’s water security, sanitation, and hygiene activities, as well as USAID’s achievements towards targets and goals set out in the U.S. Government Global Water Strategy.

    Tags:
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Data and Decision-Making
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Resilience and Food Security
  • Women, Peace, and Security (WPS)
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Strategy
Research and Reports

Digital Finance and Women's Economic Empowerment in Beyond-Production Roles in Agriculture

Learn about how digital financial services have the potential to promote women’s economic empowerment in agriculture and food systems contexts, especially in beyond production.

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Economic Growth
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Women, Peace, and Security (WPS)
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Policy

The Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Act of 2017

Read through this public law that "ensures the United States promotes the meaningful participation of women in mediation and negotiation processes seeking to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict."

    Tags:
  • Conflict and Insecurity
  • Adolescent Girls/Youth
  • Child, Early, and Forced Marriage or Union
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Women, Peace, and Security (WPS)
  • Policy Formation