Events

On March 6, 2024, the USAID Women's Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) hosted, “Examining Gender-Based Violence and Women’s Economic Empowerment in Environmental Contexts.”  We appreciate the 115 attendees from 26 countries who joined this virtual event and would like to extend a special thank you to our speaker and panelists:

Cooperatives are uniquely positioned to champion their local communities, creating the foundation necessary for long-term development impact. They are created and owned by the communities they serve, empowering local people and institutions to own the planning, implementation and evaluation of their own growth and sustainable development.

On December 14, 2023, the USAID Women's Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) hosted “Gender and Climate in Global Supply Chains: Private Sector Innovations in Practice.” We appreciate the 106 attendees from 31 countries who joined this virtual event and would like to extend a special thank you to our speaker and panelists: 

Mark your calendars for November 14-16, 2023, for MSS2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. Join us in an immersive experience where industry leaders, experts, and visionaries come together to exchange ideas, foster collaboration, and shape the future of market systems. Key Themes Include: Climate Change & Adaptation, Conflict-Affected Contexts,  Food Security and Food Systems.

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On September 28, 2023, the USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) hosted, “Promoting Women’s Economic Empowerment Through Early Childhood Care Programming.”  We appreciate the 86 attendees from 25 countries who joined this virtual event and would like to extend a special thank you to our speaker and panelists:

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Do you want to learn how to effectively promote Local Economic Development (LED) and Market Systems Development (MSD) in your project or location? Join Mesopartner in Vietnam this September for a training event on A Systemic Approach to Local Economic & Market Systems Development. The training will provide a comprehensive introduction to the two approaches and look at their commonalities and differences.

The European Center of Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Canadian Institute of Technology will organize the 11th ICSD 2023 International Conference on Sustainable Development, with particular focus on Environmental, Economic and Socio-Cultural Sustainability. The Conference theme : Creating a unified foundation for the Sustainable Development: Research, Practice and Education.

Creating Change through Communications (CCTC) provides an overview of key strategies and tools for leaders and communications professionals at MSD/PSE programs and projects. In 9 weeks, you will: - Learn communication strategies and tactics for mission-driven organizations and MSD/PSE programs - Receive guided development of a tailored communications strategy - Get 1:1 support from the Discovered Markets Team - Join a vibrant community of like-minded individuals - Obtain a certificate of completion

The USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) held a learning event, “Preparing a Gender-Inclusive Power Sector Workforce for the Future,” on Thursday, June 29th, from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. (ET).

The USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) held a learning event titled “Beyond Inclusion: User Protection for Women in the Digital Economy” on Thursday, March 30, 2023, from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Washington, DC time (ET).  While digital financial services have delivered substantial financial inclusion benefits and opportunities for women, they have also exacerbated user risks. 

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Sustainable market systems development is rooted in its ability to achieve broad-based, inclusive economic growth. However, many markets are deeply inequitable and exclude women, older people, youth, persons with disabilities, and other marginalized groups. Humanitarian and development practitioners can help fulfill the promise that markets hold for improving livelihoods by supporting disenfranchised groups’ access to markets as a key pathway for economic empowerment.

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The USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) learning event:  “Raising the Economic Power of Domestic Workers,”  was on Thursday, January 19, 2023, from 9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Washington, DC time (ET). The Learning Event included remarks from Kelly M. Fay Rodríguez, U.S. Special Representative for International Labor Affairs at the U.S.

Join the Feed the Future Advancing Women’s Empowerment (AWE) program for the launch of a special learning series focused on increasing women’s empowerment in agriculture and market systems through co-creation and private sector engagement.  This learning series, newly expanded for a global audience, will help USAID missions and practitioners intentionally integrate inclusion across the project life cycle of agricultural growth and market systems development programs. This kickoff webinar will introduce the global Virtual Learning Series and its key themes:

On October 4, 2022, the USAID Women's Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) hosted ‘The Nexus of Trade and Gender Equality,’ a peer learning event focused on policies, data, and actions for improving gender integration to trade. Over 150 attendees from 30 countries joined this virtual event, including USAID WEE CoP members and stakeholders.

Join GAYA (Gender and Youth Activity) on September 1, 2022, at 8:30 AM ET for a participatory discussion to reflect on lessons learned for gender and youth programming during the last few years of massive global shocks and stresses.

Learn about how Rapid Labor Market Assessments (RMLAs) are a way to engage the private sector to better serve young people and women This webinar will offer insights on how World Learning has conducted Rapid Local Labor Market Assessments (RLMAs) in Iraq. We will discuss how RMLAs can be a way to build relationships with the private sector and make progress in serving and supporting young people, women, and others.

On July 13, 2022, the USAID Women's Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) hosted a peer learning event, presented by WEE CoP members; it centered on  the World Bank’s  Women, Business and the Law 2022 report. Over 118 attendees from 31 countries joined this virtual event, including WEE CoP members and stakeholders.

On Thursday, June 30, a panel of local cooperative leaders and USAID staff from Haiti, Paraguay, and the Philippines discussed the relevance of cooperatives and their role in advancing USAID’s localization policy.

Global Insight brings together an interdisciplinary team of scholars and independent researchers to tackle our most sensitive questions in partnership with practitioners, policymakers, and donors. Global Insight work across sectors in fragile contexts to produce data-driven, gender-sensitive, multi-methods empirical research. Join the Summer 2022 Brown Bag series which features timely research by our Principal Investigators.

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This webinar explored the care economy – a priority gap highlighted in the U.S. government’s first-ever National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality.