Resources

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

Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response

Understand USAID's definition of gender-based violence (GBV) and take advantage of their thought leadership and technical support for GBV prevention and response activities around the world.

    Tags:
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Education
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Strategy
Tool

Women's Economic Empowerment and Gender Equality (WEEGE) Wiki

Use this wiki intended to help USAID staff, implementing partners and development practitioners to understand, address constraints to, and advance women’s economic empowerment and gender equality in their work.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Activity Design and Implementation
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
Communications Product

Infographic for Survivor-Centered Programming

Access this infographic which describes the survivor-centered approach to quality gender-based violence (GBV) programming.

    Tags:
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Gender Analysis
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Project Design and Implementation
Summary

Land Links: Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment

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.

    Tags:
  • Land and Property Rights
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Partnerships
  • Policy Formation
Strategy

National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality

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.

    Tags:
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Inclusive Development
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Women’s Leadership
  • Policy Formation
  • Strategy
Research and Reports

Menstrual Hygiene Management and Women's Economic Empowerment: A Review of Existing Evidence

Review evidence on the adequacy of menstrual hygiene management in the workplace that identifies the cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and scalability of approaches to improve conditions.

    Tags:
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Maternal Child Health and Nutrition & WASH
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management
  • Sexual and Reproductive Health
Research and Reports

USAID Transform WASH: Women as Business Leaders

Learn about the gender dynamics in the water, sanitation, and hygiene business and discover action points to enhance women's roles in the sector.

    Tags:
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce