Unit 1: Defining WEEGE

Unit 1 provides a broad overview of women’s economic empowerment and gender equality, outlining the barriers, opportunities and evidence to date and its relevance to USAID. The unit also includes a list of sources that represent some of the best and most readily available women’s economic empowerment and gender equality data to date.

This unit includes the following sections:

• An overview
• WEEGE Barriers, Opportunities and Evidence
• WEEGE at USAID
• Resources, Samples and Tools