Resources

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

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
Strategy

USAID Women, Peace, and Security Implementation Plan

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.

    Tags:
  • Adolescent Girls/Youth
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Women, Peace, and Security (WPS)
  • Women’s Leadership
  • Policy Formation
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