Women & Development Aid

Sharma, Ritu R., Foreign Policy in Focus

Key Points

* Economic studies and program
evaluations show that considering
gender roles and targeting programs
to women and girls dramatically
enhances economic growth and
project effectiveness.

* Women-headed households represent
the majority of the poor worldwide.
U.S. development programs, which
aim to reduce poverty, should
logically center on women.

* Despite economic evidence,
evaluation results, and directives from
Congress, U.S. development
assistance programs have largely
ignored gender integration.

Over the past 30 years, study after study by academics, development practitioners, and international agencies has demonstrated the seemingly self-evident fact that women are equal to men, and sometimes surpass men, in contributing to social and economic …

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Publication information: Article title: Women & Development Aid. Contributors: Sharma, Ritu R. - Author. Magazine title: Foreign Policy in Focus. Volume: 6. Issue: 33 Publication date: September 17, 2001. Page number: 1. © 1999 International Relations Center. COPYRIGHT 2001 Gale Group.

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