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Microempresas client Isabelina Mosquera Murillo makes artesanal products crafted from the totumo fruit. Ricardo Ramos, Microempresas de Colombia

Finanzas para Todas: Applying a Gender Lens to Financial Education in Colombia

Governments and aid agencies often focus efforts on improving access to finance, however, access to financial products does not guarantee that people know how to use them wisely.

It’s as important to ensure that people can develop healthy and sustainable financial habits and behaviors that cement a better quality of life. In Colombia, USAID INVEST and partners developed a new digital tool to guide financial service providers in designing and delivering financial education using a gender-smart and intersectional approach.
    Tags:
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Economic Growth
  • Education
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Inclusive Development
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Activity Design and Implementation
Fact Sheet
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Working with the State Great Hural’s Parliamentary Research Institute in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, USAID provided parliament members and staff tips for using both traditional media and new digital platforms to engage constituents. 2021 DRG Photo Contest finalist, International Republican Institute

USG Launches Initiative to Advance Women’s Political Leadership

Discover the U.S. Government's $850M initiative to advance women's political leadership globally in the digital age. Read more in the USAID fact sheet.

    Tags:
  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Education
  • Gender Equality in the Workforce
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Women’s Leadership
  • Activity Design and Implementation
  • Partnerships
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A woman pointing at a sign of the USAID Western Kenya Sanitation Project
One of USAID’s partnering entrepreneurs points to the project name that has brought her new business. Photo Credit: Marian Siljeholm, USAID

It’s a Boda Girl Thing

Advancing menstrual equity in Kenya.

Many women and girls around the world struggle to access high-quality, safe menstrual hygiene products. This can mean that they miss school or work when they are menstruating.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Global Health
  • Water Security, Sanitation, and Hygiene
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Maternal Child Health and Nutrition & WASH
  • Menstrual Hygiene Management
  • Partnerships
  • Project Design and Implementation
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
Summary

Gender Lens Investing: USAID INVEST Resource Guide

USAID INVEST’s Resource Guide contains stories, tools, and data that capture lessons learned in gender lens investing.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Partnerships
Fact Sheet

Investing in Women to Strengthen Supply Chains

A global partnership to scale women’s economic empowerment in PepsiCo’s agricultural supply chains

    Tags:
  • Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Partnerships
Fact Sheet
Bobby Neptune for USAID
Photo Credit: Bobby Neptune for USAID

Fact Sheet: New Commitments to the Women in the Digital Economy Initiative

Explore this fact sheet to learn more about the Women in the Digital Economy Fund and new partner commitments to the Women in the Digital Economy Initiative.

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  • Digital Access and Technology
  • Economic Growth
  • Education
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
  • Women's Economic Empowerment
  • Partnerships
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Buckets of charcoal on a table. Photo Credit: Clean Air Catalyst

Charting the Course for Gender-Responsive Clean Air Action in Nairobi

Researchers from USAID's Clean Air Catalyst in Nairobi, Kenya are considering gender-specific factors and procedures when identifying and designing solutions for air pollution. 

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Inclusive Development
  • Partnerships
Blog
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Attendees of the Clean Air Catalyst’s ‘Women in Clean Air’ workshop pose for a group photo. Photo Credit: USAID Clean Air Catalyst

Women are Taking on Indore’s Air Pollution Crisis by Transforming the Transport Sector

Women working in the transport sector in Indore lead air quality initiatives, sharing strategies to improve air pollution through USAID’s Clean Air Catalyst project.

    Tags:
  • Economic Growth
  • Energy and Infrastructure
  • Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
  • Economic Growth and Gender Equality
  • Inclusive Development
  • Partnerships