Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Fund Announces $122 Million in Progress and Partnerships
Launched
in February 2019, the White House-led Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP)
Initiative is the first-ever whole-of-government effort to advance
global women’s economic empowerment. W-GDP seeks to reach 50 million women in
the developing world by 2025 through focusing on three pillars: women
prospering in the workforce, women succeeding as entrepreneurs, and women
enabled in the economy. In its first year, W-GDP reached 12 million women
through a series of U.S. government activities, public-private partnerships,
and the innovative W-GDP Fund.
NEW W-GDP Fund Programs and
Partnerships Announced:
In
August 2020, Advisor to the President Ivanka Trump and USAID Deputy
Administrator Bonnie Glick, joined by Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun,
National Security Advisor Ambassador Robert O’Brien and Ambassador for Global
Women’s Issues Kelley Currie, announced $122 million in W-GDP Fund progress and
partnerships including:
$2 million: Women Empowered in Recycling and
Waste Management
Supports women working throughout the waste recycling value chain – from waste
collectors to women business leaders – to strengthen women’s economic
empowerment throughout USAID’s global flagship program to combat ocean plastic pollution.
