This publication extends two prior reviews—So What? (2004) and New Evidence (2009)—of evidence for gender-integrated interventions. Reviewers summarized the evidence, published from 2009 to 2016, for reproductive health interventions that promoted behaviors related to unintended pregnancy, maternal health, human HIV/AIDS, and other sexually transmitted infections, gender-based violence, and menstrual hygiene management.Read More
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Raising Kind Boys and Amazing Girls
This five-minute video, cut down from a longer documentary, explores the work of two South African researchers, Rebecca Helman and Kopano Ratele. They have conducted interviews, ethnographic observations, and a survey into gender inequality, equality, and violence. Their work seeks to not only grasp and show how inequality is thought of and manifests in homes, but how egalitarian families understand equality and inequality, do equality,...Read More
Women Leading Locally: Exploring Women’s Leadership in Humanitarian Action in Bangladesh and South Sudan
With case studies from Bangladesh and South Sudan, this report examines women’s leadership in locally led humanitarian action and seeks to understand whether and how local humanitarian leadership (LHL) can promote or constrain women’s leadership. It finds that women’s leadership in local humanitarian settings is limited in both countries and faces many of the same challenges as LHL itself. However, by encouraging collaboration between women...Read More
Gender and Climate Change in the United States: A Reading of Existing Research
In partnership with WEDO, the Sierra Club has released a first-of-its-kind comprehensive review of the existing literature surrounding gender and climate in the United States. While it is well-established that the climate crisis disproportionately harms women around the world, this report demonstrates the critical need for gender-responsive national climate policies specific to the United States.Read More
Closing the Poor–Rich Gap in Contraceptive Use in Rwanda: Understanding the Underlying Mechanisms
Using data from the 2005, 2010, and 2015 Rwanda Demographic and Health Surveys, 19,028 in-union women (15–49 years) were analyzed to examine trends in socioeconomic disparities in contraceptive use. The shrinking of gaps in contraceptive use by socioeconomic status coincided with narrowing of disparities in demand for children and with improvements in family planning services, suggesting that disadvantaged populations may have especially benefited from public programs...Read More
Utilizing Cash and Voucher Assistance within Gender-based Violence Case Management to Support Crisis-Affected Populations in Ecuador
A recent pilot project undertaken by the WRC and CARE in Ecuador shows that giving women cash and vouchers as part of a program to prevent and respond to GBV can be highly effective and yield positive impacts in the lives of GBV survivors and individuals at risk of GBV. This brief highlights the importance of better understanding how CVA can help prevent, mitigate, and...Read More
