Resources

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

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Fact Sheet
A group of women in colorful clothing raise their fists in unity.
Women in India take part in a USAID-funded social behavior change (SBC) program USAID/India

Fact Sheet: What Works to Prevent Violence Phase 2: Impact at Scale

Read this fact sheet to learn more about the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) partnership to prevent gender-based violence.

    Tags:
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Inclusive Development
  • LGBTQI+ Peoples
  • Partnerships
Research and Reports
Young girl stands by a window wearing a red scarf
Parisa (11 years old) pictured near a window in her home. Before the Taliban took control, Parisa’s mother worked hard to ensure she attended school every day. Now, her future, and the future of all Afghan girls remain uncertain. Too Young to Wed (TYTW)

The United States Global Strategy to Empower Adolescent Girls

Read this report to learn about U.S. government efforts to ensure all adolescent girls are educated, healthy, empowered, and free from GBV and discrimination.

    Tags:
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Education
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Adolescent Girls/Youth
  • Child, Early, and Forced Marriage or Union
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Policy Formation
  • Strategy
Tool

GBV-Aware Investing Tool

A tool to promote gender-based violence-aware investing.

    Tags:
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Policy

USAID Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment Policy

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

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Conflict and Insecurity
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Economic Growth
  • Education
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Global Health
  • Humanitarian Assistance
  • Land and Property Rights
  • Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Data and Decision-Making
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Engaging Men and Boys
  • Inclusive Development
  • Policy
  • Women’s Leadership
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Partnerships
  • Policy Formation
  • Project Design and Implementation
  • Strategy
Research and Reports
man in field
Bobby Neptune/USAID

Youth, Women, and Market Systems Development in Agriculture and Supporting Markets: Landscape Analysis and Case Studies Report

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.

    Tags:
  • Agriculture and Food Security
  • Conflict and Insecurity
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Economic Growth
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
  • Partnerships
  • Policy Formation
  • Project Design and Implementation
  • Strategy
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
Training and Learning Material

Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence Across Sectors

Take this course to learn how to integrate gender-based violence prevention and response into existing USAID work.

    Tags:
  • Gender-Based Violence
  • Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
  • Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
  • Education
  • Gender-based Violence
  • Humanitarian Response, Crises and Conflict
  • Women's Economic Empowerment