
Key Technical Resources

Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Assessment Framework
To encourage gender-inclusive programming in the Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance (DRG) sector, USAID developed a toolkit for DRG staff to integrate gender into programming and advance gender equality in civil society and government institutions.

Trauma Informed Approaches Toolkit
A trauma-informed approach (TIA) to international development recognizes and addresses the potential for trauma and its effects on individuals and communities within development programs, ensuring that interventions are sensitive and responsive to any potentially existing trauma.

Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Kenya Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Kenya WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Kenya.

Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Columbia Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Colombia WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Colombia.

Inclusive Development Analysis
An Inclusive Development Analysis (IDA) is an analytic tool that assists in the inclusion of marginalized and underrepresented groups in policies and programming.

Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Ecuador Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Ecuador WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Ecuador.

Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Nigeria Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Nigeria WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Nigeria.

Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Kyrgyz Republic Assessment
This report discusses the results of the KR WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in the KR.

Women’s Political Participation and Leadership Final Report — Honduras Assessment
This report discusses the results of the Honduras WPPL Assessment. These results are intended to guide the program strategies, activity design, and allocation of resources aimed at advancing WPPL in Honduras.

What works in supporting Women’s Political Participation and Leadership
This evidence review presents existing research on why the gender gap in political participation and leadership persists and opportunities for the United States Agency for International Development to undertake programming that addresses it.

Safety/Security-Sensitive and Trauma-Informed Stakeholder Consultations with Members of Marginalized Groups
This document outlines practices that will assist USAID staff and implementing partners to conduct consultations with individuals and organizations of marginalized groups in a manner that is sensitive to their safety/security concerns and prior experiences of trauma.

Guide on Gender Integration in DRG Programming
Incorporating gender analysis into USAID’s work in Washington and in the field allows the Agency to identify opportunities to advance gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment and helps to ensure that all of our work takes gender-based differences, constraints, and opportunities into account. Gender analysis is required for strategies and projects, but the scope of analysis will differ depending on the level of focus.
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