WEE Resources

The report explores the gender-related barriers faced by young women and young men, reviews the many approaches that programs take to confront these barriers, and tries to establish whether and how these approaches have been successful.… Read More ›

This report describes the lessons learned by a group of major multinationals who have

joined the effort to economically empower women through partnerships, research, and

innovative programmes that aim to lift economic barriers and bring women into full

participation.… Read More ›

This learning brief captures AWEF’s experience in developing an efficient poverty measurement tool that is gender-sensitive and empowerment-forward, which it has chosen to call the Disadvantage Assessment. Throughout the process, AWEF sought to push the boundaries of how it measures poverty – by being woman-focused, multidimensional, and context-specific.… Read More ›

This case study is the third in ÉLAN RDC’s Women’s Economic Empowerment Learning Series. ÉLAN RDC is a DFID-funded market systems programme working across ten highly differentiated and geographically dispersed provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).… Read More ›

This Brief is intended for funders, practitioners, and policy makers who are committed to women’s financial inclusion and economic empowerment. It introduces basic concepts of social norms change theory, reviews current practices regarding gendered approaches to financial inclusion, and explores how lessons learned from other sectors that are embedding norms changes in their design can be applied to women’s financial inclusion programming.… Read More ›

The aim is to provide a set of clear and actionable recommendations to inform current planning and increase women’s participation in the mining sector.… Read More ›