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Welcome to the WEE Gateway Resources Library! Click on the categories below to see relevant resources to help you integrate women’s economic empowerment into your work. Clicking on a resource will take you to a page detailing key takeaways from that resource.

You can also see our curated list of relevant webinars in the Women’s Economic Empowerment Webinar Library.

Introductory

Moving Toward Gender Balance in Private Equity and Venture Capital – IFC (2019)

Bridging the Digital Gender Divide: Include, upskill, innovate – OECD (2018)

Unlocking Markets for Women to Trade – ITC (2015)

Guide on Gender Mainstreaming: Business, investment and technology services for private sector development – UNIDO (2015)

The Business Case for Women’s Economic Empowerment: An Integrated Approach – ICRW (2014)

Understanding and measuring WEE: Definition, framework, and indicators – ICRW (2018)

Incubate, Invest, Impact. Building and Investing in High-Impact Enterprises for Empowering Women and Girls – GIZ (2014)

The Global Landscape of Gender Lens Investing – Intellecap (2019)

Engaging and Working with Men: Programme insights and key considerations for the agricultural sector – USAID (2016)

Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment (GBVH): Emerging good practice for the private sector – CDC, EBRD & IFC (2020)

Summarizing the Key Characteristics, Enabling Environment and Needs of Women-Owned Businesses – MEDA (2020)

Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: A guiding framework – FAO (2016)

Global Gender Gap Report – WEF (2021)

Promoting Economic Empowerment for Women in the Informal Economy – WOW (2019)

Key Facts in Women’s Economic Empowerment – WOW (2019)

Gender-Sensitive Business Environment Reform: Why does it matter? – A policy guide

Toolkits from the UN Secretary-General’s High Level Panel on WEE – UN Women (2017)

Mainstreaming Women’s Economic Empowerment in Market Systems Development – SDC (2016)

Latest Research and Evidence on PSD – Special Feature: Women’s Economic Empowerment – DCED (2019)

How to Integrate Gender & Women’s Economic Empowerment into Private Sector Development: An accompanying guide for policy-makers – DCED (2018)

Women’s Economic Empowerment: What do we know? – DCED (2019)

Case Studies

Waka Mere: Advancing Workplace Gender Equality 2017 – 2019

Scaling the Financial Inclusion Pyramid in Egypt 2018 – 2020

Regional Economic Empowerment of Women Project, Lebanon 2010 – 2014

Alliances Programme Georgia 2008 – 2021

Feminist Perspectives on Care Work in the MENA Region – Gender at Work (2020)

Gender-lens Investments Enable Women Entrepreneurs to Thrive in Pakistan – IFC (2020)

How Do Intra-household Dynamics Change When Assets Are Transferred to Women? Evidence from BRAC’s “Targeting the Ultra Poor” Programme in Bangladesh – IFPRI & ILRI (2013)

Women’s Empowerment and Socio-Economic Outcomes: Impacts of the Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Programme – WB (2014)

Understanding Unpaid Care Work to Empower Women in Market Systems Approaches – BEAM (2016)

Women’s Pathways to the Digital Sector: Stories of challenges and opportunities – BMZ (2017)

Women’s Economic Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa – Recommendations for Business Action – BSR (2017)

How to put Gender and WEE into practice in M4P: A Description of the Ethos, Systems and Tools used in the Alliances Programme in Georgia

On the Move – Women’s Economic Empowerment in Contexts of Migration and Forced Displacement

Case Study: Gender-Sensitive Business Environment Reform and Informality

Case Study: Advancing Women’s Financial Inclusion through Gender-Sensitive Business Environment Reform

Gender Transformative Approaches in the Global Programme to End Child Marriage- UNICEF (2019)

Practical

Private Equity and Value Creation: A fund manager’s guide to gender-smart investing – IFC & CDC (2020)

Violence and Harassment at Work: A guide for small and medium enterprises to prevent violence and harassment in the workplace – RVO (2020)

A ‘How-To’ Guide to Measuring Women’s Empowerment – Oxfam (2017)

Beyond Income: A critical analysis of agency measurement in economic programming – MDF (2018)

Guidance for Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Monitoring and Mitigation within Non-GBV Focused Sectoral Programming – Care (2014)

Toolkit for Integrating Gender-Based Violence Prevention and Response into Economic Growth Projects – USAID (2014)

Empowering Women Entrepreneurs in Developing Countries: Why current programs fall short – Brookings (2019)

How Women Contribute to and Benefit from Growth. Integrating Women’s Economic Empowerment into the Market Development Facility (MDF) Approach (2015)

Women’s Empowerment and Market Systems (WEAMS) Framework – BEAM (2016)

Developing Gender-Sensitive Value Chains: Guidelines for practitioners – FAO (2018)

Gender and Business Environment Reform: What is “Best Practice”? – BERF (2016)

Women, Business and the Law – WB (2021)

USAID’s Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy (2020)

USAID Women’s Economic Empowerment and Equality (W3) Dashboard: Interactive tool compiling country-specific data on women’s economic, social, and political inclusion

Green Finance

Green Innovation and Entrepreneurship

Green Jobs and Skills Development

Green Value Chains

Macro-Economic Policies and National Green Growth Strategies

An Introduction to Gender-Responsive Green Growth

A Summary on Gender-Responsive Green Growth

Measurement of Women’s Economic Empowerment – WOW (2020)

Measuring WEE: A Compendium of Selected Tools – CGD (2020)

Measuring Women’s Economic Empowerment in Private Sector Development: Guidelines for practitioners – DCED (2014)

How to Integrate Gender & Women’s Economic Empowerment into Private Sector Development – DCED (2017)

A Practical Guide to Measuring Women’s and Girls’ Empowerment in Impact Evaluations – JPAL (2018)

How to Mainstream Gender in Project Cycle Management – SDC (2018)

Guide to Gender Analysis and Gender Mainstreaming the Project Cycle – UNIDO (2021)

AWEF Practitioner Learning Brief – Working with the Private Sector to Empower Women: What to measure and how to build the business case for change

Evidence

Enhancing the Productivity of Women-Owned Enterprises: The evidence on what works – IDRC (2016)

Growing Micro-Enterprises: How gender and family can impact outcomes – evidence from Uganda – ILO (2017)

Scoping Study on Customary Law and Women’s Entrepreneurship – BERF/DFID (2017)

Women’s Wage Employment in Developing Countries: Regulatory barriers and opportunities – USAID (2018)

Revisiting What Works: Women, Economic Empowerment and Smart Design – CGD (2016)