Women’s economic empowerment and Australian aid: more work to be done

Ashlee Betteridge and Stephen Howes review the Office of Development Effectiveness Evaluation on women's economic empowerment and Australian aid.[blockquote]One confusion this report gives important insight on, though doesn’t resolve, is in relation to the gender target for projects. The Minister’s speech says that 80 per cent of projects should be “focused on support and empowerment of women” (and that “all” should “address gender issues”). If that’s the case, the aid program is in trouble. The report reveals that only 55 per cent of aid projects have gender as a significant or principal objective. The other 45 per cent are not focused on gender equality.[/blockquote]Read the full post here.