USAID announces additional $1.5 million to advance women's economic empowerment

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Glick announced $1.5 million in new grant funding for the WomenConnect Challenge under the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative. Led by USAID, the Challenge seeks to bridge the gender digital divide so women can participate fully in the global economy.

The Challenge calls for global solutions that empower women and girls to have access to, and use, digital technology to advance W-GDP’s three pillars: 1) Women prospering in the workforce; 2) Women succeeding as entrepreneurs; and 3) Women enabled in the economy by removing restrictive legal, regulatory and cultural barriers.

The W-GDP WomenConnect Challenge is part of a whole-of-Government effort to advance global women’s economic empowerment worldwide. W-GDP seeks to economically empower 50 million women in the developing world by 2025.

Original source: USAID
Published on 05 June 2019