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Women with Disabilities in Development World Bank March 10, 2009

Women with Disabilities in Development World Bank March 10, 2009. USAID’s Approach to Integrating Women with Disabilities into Development. Mainstream women with disabilities into general programming and activities

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Women with Disabilities in Development World Bank March 10, 2009

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  1. Women with Disabilities in DevelopmentWorld BankMarch 10, 2009

  2. USAID’s Approach to Integrating Women with Disabilities into Development • Mainstream women with disabilities into general programming and activities • Finding opportunities to build capacity of women with disabilities and DPOs for women

  3. Successful Mainstreaming Approaches • Working with the Women in Development Office (WID) • Including women with disabilities in project design, implementation and evaluation • Investing in Women and Development (IWID) fellowship

  4. Building Capacity of Women with Disabilities • Supporting of programs and encouraging subgrants for women with disabilities • Increasing resources for women with disabilities

  5. Challenges • Poor general understanding of gender issues • Continued need to integrate women with disability in mainstream gender programs and all development programs • Lack of good practices and research • Limited capacity of DPOs

  6. Moving Forward • Take time and build capacity • Identify opportunities for inclusion • Begin to evaluate and build best practices • Realize nothing about us, without us

  7. For more information on USAID’s policies and programs visit:www.usaid.gov/about_usaid/disability

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