This report focuses on the consideration of gender in the poverty assessment tools developed by the University of Maryland's Center for Institutional Reform and the Informal Sector (IRIS Center). The report provides recommendations for how these tools may be adapted to assess the presence of intra-household poverty and inequality. The report's objective is to draw attention to the presence of intra-household inequality and develop a menu of options for developing and testing methods to assess intra-household poverty.

This is the USAID general notice issued by Administrator Randall L. Tobias in commemoration of International Women's Day, 2007. The notice highlights USAID's support for and accomplishments in improving the status of women and enhancing their opportunities.

This document summarizes the findings from a recent survey of Development Assistance Committee (DAC) members’ programs and projects that address improving market access for women entrepreneurs and wage earners in developing countries. The study focuses on a number of key impediments to women’s access to labor markets, financial markets, and markets for goods and services in developing countries. The report presents an overview of key programs and projects undertaken by DAC members’ and provides recommendations for best practices to enhance women’s access to markets.

This document provides an overview of inequalities in women's access to markets and how these gender inequalities negatively affect pro-poor growth. It summarizes gender issues in the labor, financial, goods, and services markets, the controversies of different donor approaches, and the policy implications of failing to focus on women’s market access. In addition, it offers policy recommendations and presents a variety of recommended best practices.

This fact sheet covers the benefits of integrating women into the world economy, why they are affected differently by trade and economic growth, and what factors constrain women’s ability to participate in global trade. The fact sheet provides examples of how women have been affected by trade in the agriculture, handicrafts, and manufacturing sectors and with regard to tariff reduction and trade liberalization. As well, it summarizes how USAID can help improve gender equality in trade and economic growth and how the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) project helps USAID Missions integrate the needs of the poor, particularly poor women, into their trade and economic growth programs.

Gender and agribusiness project (GAP)

For most countries, there are a number of national and international options for data sources. International and national statistics can help Strategic Objective (SO) teams to draw important conclusions about key gender differences that need to be addressed through the developing program objectives and activities. Sex-disaggregated data includes micro- and macro-economic data as well as national statistics on social development, labor force participation and segmentation, incomes, poverty rates, educational attainment, health status, legal status, judicial access, and political participation.

This document describes illustrative Gender Integration Strategies for Trade (GIST) and present possible gender constraints, mitigating strategies, and indicators.

Common Gender Terminology for economic growth projects

Examples of good gender senstitve indicators for economic growth activities.

This paper is one of several analytical documents synthesizing the findings of Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) projects and their implications within various themes. Using a human rights and freedoms approach to development, this paper synthesizes the findings from a number of PROWID projects that explore women's economic roles and opportunities and their aspirations for advancement. It reviews the sorts of constraints they face in fulfilling them and considers the relationship between women's rights and capabilities on the one hand and development policy and practice on the other.

This paper gives a brief history of the evolution of international trade in agricultural products and the changing circumstances of the world's women, especially with regard to women's employment in the agriculture sector. The accompanying analytic framework provides a tool for use in assessing employment practices as they affect women workers. The paper was produced under the Gender and Agribusiness Project (GAP).

This information bulletin provides an overview of the WIDTECH Small Grants Initiative, which supported the efforts of local organizations in integrating women into the development process. The organizations that received grants fell into three general areas: promotion of women's economic opportunities, promotion of women's legal and political rights, and integration of gender in conservation efforts. Although the grants described in this bulletin represent just a small sampling of the total awarded, they illustrate the impact that a relatively small investment can have in raising awareness of gender inequities in developing countries and in affording local groups the opportunity to address them.

Project title: Greater access to trade expansion (GATE) | Task order 02

This paper investigates the unique position of women within the economy, drawing attention to the numerous aspects of gender inequality that limit women's full participation in "productive" activities. It explores why the inclusion of gender issues is not only beneficial, but also crucial, to the success of economic development programs. Through an examination of the domains of economic development and trade liberalization, the paper emphasizes that integrating gender considerations leads to a greater understanding of the impediments that hinder women's full participation in the economy.

This brochure is the monographic record of a USAID photographic exhibition in honor of International Women's Day (8-16 March 2007, Senate Russell Office Building, Washington, DC and 16-23 March 2007, Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC). It describes how women contribute to development and how USAID assistance supports women's empowerment and equality, focusing on the economic growth, peace and security, humanitarian assistance, democracy and governance, education, and health sectors.

This document profiles USAID's efforts to address barriers to full access to opportunity for women and men throughout the developing world. The success stories are a testament to the progress women and men have made. The selected examples illustrate the many efforts made by the USAID field missions, the Office of Women in Development, and other USAID operating units to fully integrate women into development programs and policies throughout USAID.

This is the final report of the Women in Development Technical Assistance (WIDTECH) Project, a five-year contract that ran from September 1996 through December 2001. WIDTECH promoted gender integration by supporting the USAID Women in Development office in its goal of enabling women to participate fully and benefit equally in the development process and incorporating gender concerns into all activities in USAID-assisted countries. The report describes WIDTECH's achievements and lessons learned, focusing on its five sector areas (democracy and governance, economic growth, education, environment, and health) and core services (training, grants to local NGOs, communication and information dissemination, and gender integration).

This document reports on DevTech's implementation of three gender training workshops for the USAID Missions in Africa. The workshops, held in Accra, Pretoria, and Addis Ababa in 2004, emphasized the economic growth, agriculture, and trade sectors. The document discusses the participant evaluations, shares the technical and institutional lessons learned from the trainings, and provides recommendations to help improve future trainings.

This final report of the African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment (AWLAE) program provides an overview of the activities implemented and results achieved under the program. The goal of the program was to increase the participation and leadership of African women at all levels of agricultural and environmental activity. The program focused on helping professional women advance so that they might become stronger advocates for policies and programs that benefit women farmers.

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

This gender assessment considers (1) the general context of women and gender issues in Eritrea, including how gender issues are enshrined in law and legal codes and thereby impact political participation and education; (2) the health situation and constraints for women and girls in terms of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS; (3) gender issues relating to economic growth and income generation in terms of rural and urban enterprise development; (4) studies of female demobilized soldiers; and (5) how the Mission can take a cross-cutting approach to gender equity and increased participation of women in its funding, management, monitoring, and evaluation.

At USAID/Eritrea's request, the WIDTECH project provided a social scientist with expertise in gender and microenterprise development to review USAID/Eritrea's Investment Objective on human capacity development and develop recommendations for activities that the USAID/Eritrea mission could undertake to enhance women's participation in the workforce, with a focus on the microenterprise sector. The first part of this report describes and analyzes the role of women in Eritrea with regard to both the microenterprise sector and the formal economy and then identifies major issues involved in the economic empowerment of women in Eritrea. The second part of the report proposes a USAID program that could support female microentrepreneurs and workers and contribute to the development of information and awareness on gender issues.

This report shares the findings of an independent external evaluation of the Ethiopian Management of Participatory Opportunities for Women in Extension and Research (EMPOWER) Program. EMPOWER was an agriculture technology transfer and gender mainstreaming project focused on food security and enhanced gender relationships in the small-holder sector of rural Ethiopia. Part I of the report contains the executive summary, introduction, and chapters one and two.

This report shares the findings of an independent external evaluation of the Ethiopian Management of Participatory Opportunities for Women in Extension and Research (EMPOWER) Program. EMPOWER was an agriculture technology transfer and gender mainstreaming project focused on food security and enhanced gender relationships in the small-holder sector of rural Ethiopia. Part II of the report contains chapters three through five.

This report shares the findings of an independent external evaluation of the Ethiopian Management of Participatory Opportunities for Women in Extension and Research (EMPOWER) Program. EMPOWER was an agriculture technology transfer and gender mainstreaming project focused on food security and enhanced gender relationships in the small-holder sector of rural Ethiopia. Part III of the report contains chapters six and seven.

This report shares the findings of an independent external evaluation of the Ethiopian Management of Participatory Opportunities for Women in Extension and Research (EMPOWER) Program. EMPOWER was an agriculture technology transfer and gender mainstreaming project focused on food security and enhanced gender relationships in the small-holder sector of rural Ethiopia. Part IV of the report contains the annexes.

In 2001, WIDTECH's small grants program gave Winrock International Ethiopia a grant to examine and document the development, dissemination, types, and use of appropriate technologies, and to analyze the extent to which technologies were adopted by the intended beneficiaries and the impact that technologies had on women's lives. This two-page information bulletin briefly describes the methodology, findings, and conclusions of the study.

Growth through engendering enterprise (ECOGEE) project | West Africa regional program (WARP) | Related documents: PN-ADE-162 through PN-ADE-166

This report documents the findings of a gender assessment team during its travel in Kenya from September 11 to October 2, 2007 to investigate gender constraints and gender integration opportunities in nature-based enterprises supported by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission in Kenya.

This book of Gender Training Materials, prepared by the USAID-funded Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project and tailored to the needs of the USAID/Kenya Mission, supports the Mission's commitment to gender integration for activities related to Economic Growth and Trade. It was used during a September 2007 workshop for USAID/Kenya staff and partners working on Strategic Objective (SO) 7 and 5. The materials are directed to the staff of the Agriculture, Business and Environment Office (ABEO) Team as well as partner organizations. They are designed to increase participants' knowledge, skills, and confidence in asking the right gender questions, finding the necessary data and assistance to answer these questions, and developing appropriate program interventions to meet gender-related targets.

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of Kenya's economy, covering key economic indicators, trade, poverty, and the labor market. In addition, it presents a development diamond that maps poverty, labor market segmentation, trade, and wage rate trends over a 10-year period.

Given the important role of women in Kenya and the multiple obstacles they face in their daily lives, USAID/Kenya requested assistance in incorporating gender considerations into its portfolio of activities. This report presents the findings of this assistance, offering:

• Suggested approaches toward incorporating gender into the USAID/Kenya strategic objectives of democracy and governance, economic growth, population and health, and natural resources management;
• Recommendations on incorporating gender into the USAID/Kenya Integrated Strategic Plan (ISP), Results Review & Resource Request (R4), and Performance Monitoring Plan (PMP) reporting documents; and
• Recommendations on possible next steps for the Mission toward further supporting the well-being of women in Kenya.

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

This report presents analyses of four sectors: education, economic growth, health care, and democracy and governance; each sector analysis includes key gender issues and opportunities, an analysis of USAID's past practice, and recommendations for the new country strategic plan. In addition, the report suggests cross-cutting themes that apply to all sectors within which USAID/Mali intends to work. Lastly, it proposes a gender plan of action for USAID/Mali.

Growth through engendering enterprise (ECOGEE) project | West Africa regional program (WARP) | Related documents: PN-ADE-161 and PN-ADE-163 through PN-ADE-166

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

Growth through engendering enterprise (ECOGEE) project | West Africa regional program (WARP) | Related documents: PN-ADE-161 and PN-ADE-162, PN-ADE-164 through PN-ADE-166

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of Nigeria's economy, covering key economic indicators, trade, poverty, and the labor market.

Growth through engendering enterprise (ECOGEE) project | West Africa regional program (WARP) | Related documents: PN-ade-161 through PN-ADE-163, PN-ADE-165 and PN-ADE-166

Growth through engendering enterprise (ECOGEE) project | West Africa regional program (WARP) | Related documents: PN-ADE-161 through PN-ADE-164, PN-ADE-166

Growth through engendering enterprise (ECOGEE) project | West Africa regional program (WARP) | Related documents: PN-ADE-161 through PN-ADE-165

This paper evaluates how tariff liberalization impacted male- and female-headed households in South Africa during 1995, 2000, and 2004. An analysis of consumption trends by sex of household head show statistically significant differences, and these are transmitted through the impact in the tariff incidence. The research findings suggests that the sex of the household head matters and must be considered in addition to other household-identifying factors (e.g., socio-economic status) when evaluating the impacts of tariff liberalization.

This study uses a dynamic general equilibrium and microsimulation model to assess the effects of trade liberalization on growth, employment, and poverty in South Africa. It examines how men and women have been affected and whether or not trade liberalization has contributed to the faster rise in female unemployment and poverty. A Research Brief of the same name (PN-ADJ-407) summarizes the findings of this report. 

This Research Brief summarizes the findings of a larger report, "Has Trade Liberalization in South Africa Affected Men and Women Differently?" (PN-ADH-667), which was prepared for the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project. Using an applied general equilibrium and microsimulation model, the report examines how trade liberalization has affected men and women since 1994. The Brief presents the paper’s key implications and recommendations.

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of South Africa's economy, covering key economic indicators, trade, poverty, and the labor market. In addition, it presents a development diamond that maps poverty, labor market segmentation, trade, and wage rate trends over a 10-year period.

Sudan transitional assistance for rehabilitation program (STAR) : strategic analysis/capcity building component (SACB)

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

Project title: Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH) | English ed.: PN-ACL-930

Project title: Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH) | French ed.: PN-ACM-606

Project title: Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH)

The Gender Advocacy in Afghanistan newsletter is produced by UNIFEM Afghanistan through support provided by USAID's Office of Women in Development. The newsletter presents factual information, statistics, and references relevant to four different gender campaign issues in order to facilitate gender-based campaigns by Afghan journalists, government, and civil society organizations.

Volume 4 contents:

• Violence Against Women by Women
• Men's Employment in Afghanistan
• Women's Higher Education in Afghanistan
• Family Planning and Women's Health in Afghanistan
• Understanding the Afghan Constitution and Parliament

Task order no. 03 | Women's economic empowerment workshop project | Header title: ANE guide to women's entrepreneurship in critical environments

Global women in politics | Appendices: PN-ACX-294 through PN-ACX-298

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

GenderReach | Task order no. 5

This research brief summarizes the findings from a larger report, "A Trade Impact Review for Bangladesh" (PN-ADJ-429), which was prepared by the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project. The research explores the linkages between macroeconomic policy changes in Bangladesh and micro-level changes in employment, enterprise development, prices, and consumption levels in Bangladesh, particularly the differential affects on gender. The larger paper summarizes the findings from three separate reports: (1) a gender and pro-poor analysis of the shrimp value chain; (2) a gendered CGE model of Bangladesh; and, (3) a legal and regulatory analysis.

This report, prepared by the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project, seeks to assist donors and policymakers in understanding the effects of trade policies on key sectors in Bangladesh, as well as on poor producers, consumers, and entrepreneurs. This analysis employs a gender perspective —— assessing where men's and women's experiences under trade liberalization diverge and suggesting actions that would create more gender-equitable opportunities for both men and women to gain from increased trade openness. The report summarizes the findings from three separate papers: (1) a gender and pro-poor analysis of the shrimp value chain; (2) a gendered Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model of Bangladesh; and, (3) a legal and regulatory analysis.

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of Bangladesh's economy, covering key economic indicators, trade, poverty, and the labor market. In addition, it presents a development diamond that maps poverty, labor market segmentation, trade, and wage rate trends over a 10-year period.

This report was produced for USAID/Bangladesh by the GATE Project, Development & Training Services, Inc. (dTS), under a task order of the USAID Office of Women in Development. The objective of this study is to (a) review and track ongoing and planned research or program activities on remittances; (b) review ongoing projects on in- and out-migration and its impact; (c) provide a gender perspective on donor projects and studies; and (d) formulate possible programs and recommendations that USAID/Bangladesh can consider to promote remittances as a development tool, with a particular emphasis on women's experiences as migrants and receivers of remittances.

This Gender Training Handbook, prepared by the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project, is designed primarily to complement and augment the October 17-18, 2005 training on integrating gender into economic growth activities. The handbook aims to go beyond the training and provide Mission staff with additional knowledge, skills, and ideas to develop appropriate program interventions to meet gender-related targets. Its goal is to help Mission staff understand how they can design USAID programs to enhance the abilities of men and women -- including the poorest citizens -- to proactively seize the new opportunities presented by trade and economic growth activities.

This book of gender training materials, prepared by the USAID-funded GATE Project, was used during two different workshops for USAID/Bangladesh staff. It was designed primarily to help the Mission's Economic Growth, Food, and Environment Team increase their knowledge, skills, and confidence in asking the right gender questions, find the necessary data and assistance to answer these questions, and develop appropriate program interventions to meet gender-related targets.

This report, prepared by the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project for USAID/Bangladesh, explores the nature of production and the terms and conditions of employment along the shrimp value chain in Bangladesh. The primary objectives of the report are to identify opportunities to improve market outcomes, raise productivity and wages, and foster pro-poor growth in the shrimp sector. To analyze costs and returns within the sector, the report employs a pro-poor livelihoods approach and a value chain approach, which includes a gender analysis of the value chain.

This study provides an overview of information and communication technology (ICT) trends and opportunities for women in Bangladesh. It looks at ways that USAID/Bangladesh can integrate gender and poverty concerns into the its programs and recommends pro-poor, gender-sensitive ICT interventions for review. The study aims to help USAID/Bangladesh ensure that its ICT development programs promote gender equity and create opportunities for economic growth.

Under the Greater Access to Trade Expansion (GATE) Project, USAID/Bangladesh commissioned Development & Training Services, Inc. (dTS) to carry out a trade impact review (TIR) to inform its Country Strategic Statement (2006–2010) for Bangladesh. The Bangladesh TIR includes several complementary analyses, including this legal and regulatory analysis. The report analyzes the coherence between (1) Bangladesh's trade commitments and trade-related policies, laws, and regulations, and (2) the country's international and national commitments to poverty reduction and gender equality.

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

Girls' and women's education [GWE] policy research activity | Related document: PN-ACR-860 | Contract listed on document as HNE-C-00-96-900047-00

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

In June 2002, the EGAT/WID NGO Small Grants Program held the "Conference on Women's Property and Inheritance Rights" in Nairobi, Kenya. Representatives of NGOs that had received funding to support their efforts to strengthen women's property and inheritance rights gathered at the conference to discuss the goals, structures, and outcomes of their work. This paper synthesizes and summarizes those proceedings.

Gender and agribusiness project (GAP)

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of Albania's economy, covering key economic indicators, trade, poverty, and the labor market. In addition, it presents a development diamond that maps poverty, labor market segmentation, trade, and wage rate trends over a 10-year period.

This Gender Assessment Report first presents findings of key gender issues in Azerbaijan, risks and opportunities, and relevant NGOs and public institutions. It then offers general recommendations, focusing on operational gender integration, followed by specific recommendations by strategic objective area (economic, democratic, social transition). The report serves as a basis for understanding the overall situation for men and women in Azerbaijan, how Azerbaijan’s democratic, economic, and social transition has affected both men and women, and how the role of gender is and can be influenced by USAID/Caucasus/Azerbaijan's activities.

This report presents the results of a gender assessment carried out in Georgia in March 2003. The assessment tried to answer the following questions: (1) How are the problems of men and different? How might solutions be different? (2) How might contributions of men and women to activities be different? (3) How might activities differentially affect women and men? It found that USAID/Caucasus is aware of gender mainstreaming and the relationship between improving the unequal status of women and the economic, political, and social growth in Georgia.

This Gender Assessment Report first presents findings of key gender issues in Azerbaijan, risks and opportunities, and relevant NGOs and public institutions. It then offers general recommendations, focusing on operational gender integration, followed by specific recommendations by strategic objective area (economic, democratic, social transition). The report serves as a basis for understanding the overall situation for men and women in Azerbaijan, how Azerbaijan’s democratic, economic, and social transition has affected both men and women, and how the role of gender is and can be influenced by USAID/Caucasus/Azerbaijan's activities.

This report presents the results of a gender assessment carried out in Georgia in March 2003. The assessment tried to answer the following questions: (1) How are the problems of men and different? How might solutions be different? (2) How might contributions of men and women to activities be different? (3) How might activities differentially affect women and men? It found that USAID/Caucasus is aware of gender mainstreaming and the relationship between improving the unequal status of women and the economic, political, and social growth in Georgia.

Gender and agribusiness project (GAP)

Project title: Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH)

Project title: Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH)

This document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Portuguese-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Spanish-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This report presents the results of a longitudinal study, implemented by the Girls’ and Women’s Education Policy Research Activity, that examined women's integrated literacy and basic education programs in Bolivia. The study evaluated elements of the NGO-run programs and assessed their impact on women’s personal development and ultimately on national development. The study assessed the impact of women's integrated literacy and basic education programs by studying their effects on specific socio-economic indicators, including 1) literacy and education; 2) children's education; 3) health and reproductive health; 4) participation in economic activities; 5) household decision making; 6) community participation; and 7) awareness of legal rights.

This document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Portuguese-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Spanish-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

Este informe fue elaborado por el proyecto de Mayor Acceso a la Expansión del Comercio (GATE, por sus siglas en inglés) para la Misión de la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para el Desarrollo Internacional en la República Dominicana (USAID/República Dominicana), bajo una Orden de Trabajo de la Oficina de la Mujer en el Desarrollo. El propósito del documento es analizar, mediante un enfoque de género, el perfil de los y las trabajadores(as) desplazados(as), explorar su reinserción laboral e identificar intervenciones y lineamientos de políticas y programas que contribuyan a reducir los efectos económicos y sociales del cierre de las empresas, y asistir a los y las trabajadores(as) desplazados(as).

This fact sheet provides a snapshot of the economy of the Dominican Republic, covering key economic indicators, trade, poverty, and the labor market. In addition, it presents a development diamond that maps poverty, labor market segmentation, trade, and wage rate trends over a 10-year period.

This document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Portuguese-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Spanish-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 36 participants representing grant organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru, which focus on conservation-based economic opportunities for women. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Spanish-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Spanish-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This report is part of a series of publications that address the gender dimensions within four areas of USAID/Guatemala's Strategic Objective 5, "Improved Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation," (1) Economic activities; (2) Sustainable use of natural resources; (3) Policy, laws, and regulations analysis; and (4) Strengthening of local NGOs. This publication deals with the third area -- policy, laws, and regulations analysis -- and analyzes human settlements and forest concessions policy with a particular focus on non-timber forest products. Two components of the gender analysis of the human settlements policy have been translated into English to give non-Spanish speakers some idea of the gender analysis undertaken.

This report is part of a series of publications that address the gender dimensions within four areas of USAID/Guatemala's Strategic Objective 5, "Improved Natural Resources Management and Biodiversity Conservation". The report is divided into two parts; Report A addresses technical assistance to the staffs of USAID's strategic partners in Atitlán, and Report B deals with technical assistance to civil society organizations in Atitlán. Consultants provided training to the staffs of NGOs and to community leaders in three regions -- Atitlán, Polochic/Motagua, and Petén; the two reports on the Atitlán training serve as the main text of this document.

This document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

This Spanish-language document reports on the outcomes of the "Economic Opportunities and Labor Conditions for Women: Perspectives from Latin America" conference, which took place in September 2002 in Panama City. At the conference, 21 participants representing grantee organizations, local NGOs, and USAID discussed the achievements and obstacles faced by WID office NGO Small Grants Program projects in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, which aim to improve working conditions for women by, for example, raising awareness about local labor laws and promoting national laws to protect workers. The purpose of the conference was to provide a forum to share lessons learned and discuss pressing issues that affect NGOs working in this area.

Project title: Women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH)