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Parisa (11 years old) pictured near a window in her home. Before the Taliban took control, Parisa’s mother worked hard to ensure she attended school every day. Now, her future, and the future of all Afghan girls remain uncertain. Too Young to Wed (TYTW)
Read this report to learn about U.S. government efforts to ensure all adolescent girls are educated, healthy, empowered, and free from GBV and discrimination.
USAID is strengthening women’s rights to land and resources so that women may use these rights for concrete economic, social, and political opportunities.
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Land and Property Rights
Biodiversity, Conservation, and Natural Resources Management
Read through this public law that "ensures the United States promotes the meaningful participation of women in mediation and negotiation processes seeking to prevent, mitigate, or resolve violent conflict."
Read this policy outlining the primary purpose of USAID education programming: to achieve sustained, measurable improvements in learning outcomes and skills development.
Read this policy that draws on the latest thinking and evidence in the field of economic development and provides a common frame of reference for USAID staff and programs around the world.
Read this framework which depicts USAID’s common understanding of a higher education system, commitment to key higher education outcomes, and ways of engaging with higher education to achieve these outcomes.
Read this strategy that seeks to increase women’s meaningful leadership in political and civic life by helping to ensure they are empowered to lead and contribute, equipped with the necessary skills and support to succeed, and supported to participate through access to opportunities and resources.
Review the first-ever U.S. national gender strategy which aims to ensure that a focus on gender is mainstreamed across the work of the federal government.
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Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance
Economic Growth and Gender Equality
Entrepreneurship, Digital, and Financial Inclusion
Access the full text of the Executive Order on Preventing and Combating Discrimination on the Basis of Gender Identity or Sexual Orientation from January 20, 2021.
