A woman uses a power tiller for farming, a skill she learned from USAID trainings. Photo by: USAID Asia. Source: Devex.

Making the most of the US ‘umbrella initiative’ for women’s empowerment

By Lyric Thompson, Gayatri Patel, Elise Young, Amanda Klasing // 07 February 2019 // Devex

The co-chairs of the Coalition for Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality published a commentary on Devex outlining their hopes for the White House’s new umbrella initiative for women’s economic empowerment, the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (WGDP) Initiative.