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Every year, International Women’s Day provides a global platform to focus attention on the continued need to improve women’s status and opportunities all over the world. Development outcomes are greatly dependent on the degree to which women and girls are empowered to realize their potential and benefit from society’s gains. The U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) programs provide women and girls opportunities to improve their health, education and well-being. The effects reach far beyond a single individual. We know that when women are healthy and educated they trigger progress for themselves, their communities and countries. Women are able to participate in the work force and are more likely to have healthy, educated children – issuing in a cycle of opportunity rather than perpetuating a cycle of poverty.
USAID’s new report, produced by The DHS Program, Women’s Lives and Challenges: Equality and Empowerment since 2000, assesses progress toward gender equality over the past decade. Through analysis of 95 surveys in 47 countries, the report reveals that there has been significant progress in some areas of the world, but women continue to face special challenges in many countries.
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