Summary

“Gender equality and female empowerment play a key role in achieving effective and sustainable development outcomes. ACDI/VOCA’s GenderFirst approach enables an organization’s staff and partners to identify and prioritize program interventions with the most potential to reduce gender equality gaps in households, communities and markets. Through this framework, ACDI/VOCA focuses on reducing gender-based constraints, improving social dynamics, and creating environments in which all people can thrive, while ensuring that activities “do no harm” to participants. GenderFirst tools and resources can be adapted based on program objectives and customized to address the unique needs of communities, taking context-specific dynamics and realities into consideration.”