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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.
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
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.
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Economic Growth
Energy and Infrastructure
Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Inclusive Development
Partnerships
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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 working in the transport sector in Indore lead air quality initiatives, sharing strategies to improve air pollution through USAID’s Clean Air Catalyst project.
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Economic Growth
Energy and Infrastructure
Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Inclusive Development
Partnerships
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A solar panel on a thatched roof. Photo Credit: Azuri Technologies
USAID has mobilized more than $1 billion in private capital for development through INVEST, working in 81 countries across a wide range of sectors, including gender equality.
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Economic Growth
Energy and Infrastructure
Gender-Based Violence
Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
Adolescent Girls/Youth
Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Gender Analysis
Inclusive Development
LGBTQI+ Peoples
Women's Economic Empowerment
Collaborating, Learning, and Adapting
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El Níspero II hydroelectric power plant in Honduras. Photo Credit: Deetken Impact
In Honduras, USAID support provided technical assistance to a hydroelectric power plant to enhance their gender-smart practices, community engagement, and advocacy in gender equality.
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Economic Growth
Energy and Infrastructure
Land and Property Rights
Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
Climate, Environment, and Natural Resource Management
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Inclusive Development
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning
Partnerships
Blog
The gender equity assessment rating tool will help Kiva have more impact for women borrowers, like Jacqueline from the Dominican Republic. Photo Credit: Kiva
With USAID support, online lending platform Kiva developed a publicly accessible tool for financial service providers to assess how they consider gender across the work environment.
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Economic Growth
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
PepsiCo and USAID have partnered to develop new gender-responsive on-farm approaches that generate data and insights that will make a compelling business case for scaling investments in women’s economic empowerment within agricultural supply chains in India and around the world.
Read this landscape study about the evidence base for legal reform and internal organizational and business policies that advance women’s power “as economic actors”.
