Resources

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

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Toolkit

Youth and Gender Analysis Toolkit

Use this toolkit that provides effective tips and links to tools for youth program implementers and USAID staff to apply when carrying out gender- and/or youth-focused analysis.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Adolescent Girls/Youth
  • Gender Analysis
  • Inclusive Development
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Research and Reports

Global Trends and Recommendations for Youth Excel (GESI Analysis)

Review the analysis of Youth Excel, a USAID-funded program that aims to advance gender equality by using research, learning, and data to change systems and transform norms, shifting power differentials so that diverse youth influence development decisions.

    Tags:
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Resilience and Food Security
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
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
Brief

How to Identify and Advance Equitable Social Norms

Understand the definition of social norms, including gender norms, and how they relate to gender-based violence, as well as various tools to identify and address them.

    Tags:
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Adolescent Girls/Youth
  • Data and Decision-Making
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
Summary

Clean Air Catalyst Fact Sheet

Review the Clean Air Catalyst program fact sheet which describes the program's goal to cut air pollution and improve human health in cities in low- and middle-income countries.

    Tags:
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • Global Health
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Project Design and Implementation
Brief

The State of Evidence on Gender and Resilience

Explore this brief which highlights some of the key gendered dimensions of resilience.

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Gender Analysis
  • Resilience and Food Security
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Training and Learning Material

Gender and Sexual Diversity Training

The training addresses the needs of gender and sexual minority communities in the context of HIV programming, U.S. workplace policy on non-discrimination, and human rights.

    Tags:
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Training
Index

USAID Reports and Data

Read through USAID's Reports and Data page which includes reports, assessments, and data on USAID's work. These pages are dedicated to transparency and accountability within USAID.

    Tags:
  • Data and Decision-Making