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Read how USAID is building a brighter future for girls around the globe.

Governments and aid agencies often focus efforts on improving access to finance, however, access to financial products does not guarantee that people know how to use them wisely.

It’s as important to ensure that people can develop healthy and sustainable financial habits and behaviors that cement a better quality of life. In Colombia, USAID INVEST and partners developed a new digital tool to guide financial service providers in designing and delivering financial education using a gender-smart and intersectional approach.

Advancing menstrual equity in Kenya.

Many women and girls around the world struggle to access high-quality, safe menstrual hygiene products. This can mean that they miss school or work when they are menstruating.

Researchers from USAID's Clean Air Catalyst in Nairobi, Kenya are considering gender-specific factors and procedures when identifying and designing solutions for air pollution. 

Women working in the transport sector in Indore lead air quality initiatives, sharing strategies to improve air pollution through USAID’s Clean Air Catalyst project.

USAID has mobilized more than $1 billion in private capital for development through INVEST, working in 81 countries across a wide range of sectors, including gender equality.

In Honduras, USAID support provided technical assistance to a hydroelectric power plant to enhance their gender-smart practices, community engagement, and advocacy in gender equality.

With USAID support, online lending platform Kiva developed a publicly accessible tool for financial service providers to assess how they consider gender across the work environment.