This two-page case study describes the work of the USAID-supported South Asia Regional Initiative/Equity Support Project (SARI/Equity). Between 2002 and 2006, the project worked to build and strengthen local capacity to address trafficking and violence against women in South Asian countries. SARI/Equity launched regional action forums, awarded small grants and fellowships for action-oriented research, provided technical support, set up a website for sharing best practices, and built partnerships with almost 600 organizations in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka.

Project title: women in development technical assistance (WIDTECH) | Expanding advocacy for girls' education in Uttar Pradesh, India | Document lists contract as FAO-0100-Q-06-600600

USAID/India has decided to mainstream gender into its strategy as a means of addressing gender inequalities throughout its programs. This gender assessment was conducted to provide the Mission with guidance on how best to set this process in motion.

This paper is one of several analytical documents synthesizing the findings across Promoting Women in Development (PROWID) projects and their implications within various themes; this paper's theme is domestic violence against women. Eleven PROWID projects focused upon domestic violence: three research and intervention projects were facilitated by non-governmental organizations in Russia, Bulgaria and Mexico, and eight research studies were undertaken in India. As a whole, these diverse projects generated some common conclusions regarding the problem of domestic violence.

Women in Development IQC task order | New and expanded opportunities for vulnerable groups in India