Engendering Industries

Explore Best Practices for Improving Workforce Gender Equality

The Engendering Industries Best Practices Framework outlines nearly 100 actions companies can take to increase gender equality across their workforce. Take our online gender equality assessment and use our curated resources and tools to advance gender equality at your company.

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Advancing gender equality to improve business performance.

USAID's Engendering Industries program supports companies to increase workforce gender equality in male-dominated sectors worldwide. 75% of our partners observed business improvements.

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Our Approach

Implement the Engendering Industries Approach.

Our evidence-based approach sustainably advances gender equality in male-dominated companies worldwide.

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Do It Yourself

Use our tools to advance gender equality at your company.

Companies around the world have successfully used Engendering Industries' tools to advance gender equality across their workforce.

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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% observed improved business performance linked to improved gender equality.

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Our Impact

USAID’s Engendering Industries program supports companies to increase gender equality in male-dominated 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 at partner companies that had historically only been held by men.

68%

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

75%

Percentage of partner companies that observed improved business performance as a result of their gender equality initiatives.

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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 gender equality both inside and outside the workplace.
Through a Local Lens: Institutionalizing Gender Equality

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To scale impact, Engendering Industries embeds gender equality trainings at partner institutions worldwide.