Women's Economic Empowerment

Earlier this month, a bipartisan bill became law that could fundamentally change how the United States’ primary aid agency engages on women’s economic issues. 

Now that JB is back home, what next? She’s running again as the only woman among five major presidential candidates in the May 2019 elections.

Growing a business is not easy, and for women firm owners the challenges can be acute, especially when they are poor and run subsistence level firms. In developing countries, 22 percent of women discontinue their established businesses due to a lack of funds, and women are more likely than men ...