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Integrating Gender

The integration of gender concerns throughout USAID's portfolio is the responsibility of the entire Agency.

Gender integration means taking account of both the differences and the inequalities between men and women in program planning, implementation, and assessment.

The roles and activities of men and women affect who does what in carrying out an activity, and who benefits. Taking account of the inequalities and designing programs to reduce them should contribute not only to more effective development programs but also to greater social equity.

The integration of gender concerns throughout USAID's portfolio is the responsibility of the entire Agency. One of the top priorities of the WID Office is to help promote greater institutionalization of a gender perspective throughout all USAID programs.

The WID Office works to achieve this through:

• Assistance to USAID Missions and other operating units;
• Dissemination of best practices;
• Identifying emerging development issues with differential impacts on women and men globally; and
• Creating programs and activities to address new and emerging issues.

Current Activities

Short-Term Technical Assistance and Training (STTA)
Investing in Women in Development (IWID) Fellows Program

Read about Women with Disabilities and International Development.

Read more about USAID's Gender Analysis work

Key Publications

Women, Men and Development; 3/06 (7MB PDF)

Catalyzing Equitable Development: An Initiative to Institutionalize a Gender Perspective in PVO and NGO Work in the Field (08/23/2007 PDF)

Full List of Publications

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