Summary

This is the management response to the Review of Gender Equality and Rural Development - A Stocktake of AusAID's Approach and Progress.

Description

An Effective Aid Program for Australia: Making a real difference–Delivering real results states that empowering women to participate in the economy is critical to opening up development opportunities for all. The food security and rural development portfolio aims to improve incomes, employment and enterprise opportunities for poor women and men, so both objectives are linked. The Review of Gender Equality and Rural Development – A Stocktake of AusAID's Approach and Progress:

• assessed the capacity of the programs to address gender equality issues
• provided advice on ways of enhancing gender equality to improve development outcomes for poor women and men, girls and boys.

This document is the management response to the stocktake.

Review of Gender Equality and Rural Development – A Stocktake of AusAID's Approach and Progress – Management response (PDF 122kb)
Review of Gender Equality and Rural Development – A Stocktake of AusAID's Approach and Progress – Management response (Word 115kb)

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