Engendering Industries

Explore Best Practices for Advancing Women in the Workplace

The Engendering Industries Best Practices Framework outlines nearly 100 actions companies can take to advance women's workforce participation. Take our online assessment and use our curated resources and tools.

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Advancing women’s economic empowerment worldwide.

USAID’s Engendering Industries program supports companies in advancing women’s workforce participation in lucrative sectors worldwide. Since 2017, 75% of our partners have observed business improvements.

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Our Approach

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Our evidence-based approach sustainably advances women’s workforce participation in lucrative industries worldwide.

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Use our tools to advance women in the workforce.

Companies worldwide have successfully used Engendering Industries’ tools to advance women’s workforce participation.

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Our Impact

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We have supported our partner companies to hire and promote more than 12,900 women, and 75% of these companies observed improved business performance.

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Our Impact

USAID’s Engendering Industries program supports companies to increase women’s economic empowerment in lucrative industries worldwide.

12,900

The number of women hired and promoted by partner companies since 2017.

1,000

The number of “first women” hired into positions historically only held by men at partner companies.

68%

Percentage of partner companies that promoted women at the same rate as men or higher in 2023.

75%

Percentage of partner companies that observed improved business performance, which they attribute to more gender-balanced teams.

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Our Stories

Empowering Women to Power the Dominican Republic

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USAID’s Engendering Industries improves economic opportunities for women in the country’s energy sector.
ISWSC Campaign to End Gender-Based Violence Results in New Legislation in Nigeria

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ISWSC’s state campaign to pass the Violence Against People Prohibition Act is one of several public initiatives the company has used to advance women's workforce participation both inside and outside the workplace.
Through a Local Lens: Institutionalizing Women's Workforce Participation

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To scale impact, Engendering Industries embeds women's workforce participation trainings at partner institutions worldwide.