Strengthening Girls’ Financial Literacy
Challenge Women and girls often have lower financial literacy rates than men, which presents a barrier to their financial inclusion and economic well-being. Managing personal…
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Women's Empowerment
Incorporating Gender-Based Violence in Assessing Investment Risk
Challenge Gender inequality remains pervasive globally: One in three women have been subjected to gender-based violence (GBV) in their lifetime since the age of 15,…
Collective Action to Reduce Gender-Based Violence (CARE-GBV)
Gender-based violence (GBV) is a pervasive violation of unalienable human rights and a barrier to civic, social, political, and economic participation
Latin America and Caribbean Learning and Rapid Response (LACLEARN)
Challenge Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is currently seeing the largest share of declines in democracy-focused Sustainable Development Goals. Throughout LAC, democratic backsliding has…
Unleashing the Economic Leadership Power of Young Women: Strengthening the Evidence Base
Challenge Efforts by the international development community to improve women’s and girls’ access to quality education and training have yielded improvements over the years. Yet,…
Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems Activity (KCDMS)
Challenge The majority of smallholders in Kenya subsist on low-input, low-output rain-fed agriculture on very small plots. Women and youth represent a large portion of…
Agribusiness Competitiveness Activity in Tajikistan (ACAT)
Challenge Tajikistan faces a number of serious economic development challenges, including market failures, lack of access to finance, a weak labor market with limited opportunities…
YouthPower2: Learning and Evaluation W-GDP — DREAMS Collaboration
Challenge Mozambique has high levels of youth unemployment, particularly among young women. At the same time, Mozambique has a shortage of skilled labor in the…
Ready, Resourceful, Risk Aware (Triple R): OVC, Adolescent Girls, and Young Women/ Insika Ya Kusasa
Challenge Despite recent reductions in new HIV infections in eSwatini, the number of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in the country remains high. The impact…
Integrated Community Agriculture and Nutrition Activity (ICAN)
Challenge Communities in Uganda suffer from multiple challenges, such as poverty, food insecurity, high rates of malnutrition, disease, illiteracy, and high population growth rates. Poor governance and…