GWD Resources
Gender, Women, and Democracy (GWD) Resources collects together documents and resources developed over the past 20+ years by the U.S. government and its civil society partners related to policy and programming on gender, women, and democracy. It is designed to be a platform for practitioners, policymakers, and others interested in continuing the work to advance democracy, human rights, and governance alongside gender equality and women’s empowerment.
This website is coordinated by Mona Lena Krook, Caroline Hubbard, and Meg McClure, with support from the Women & Politics Program in the Department of Political Science at Rutgers University.
Gender, Women, and Democracy Resources
GWD Resources is guided by the conviction that women’s political participation is essential to building and sustaining strong, peaceful, and inclusive democracies. Moreover, the health of any democracy is linked to the ability of everyone to participate freely and safely in politics and public life.
Recent and ongoing shifts in U.S. government international assistance and foreign policy, alongside broader reductions in bilateral and multilateral funding, have changed the global landscape of research and programming focused on gender, women, and democracy. As valuable tools and publications are removed from the internet, decades of work and knowledge is at risk of being rendered inaccessible or lost.
This platform seeks to make these resources available to anyone interested in advancing gender-inclusive democracy. We welcome submissions from practitioners whose work has been - or is in danger of being - taken down from government and institutional websites. By creating a shared repository, we hope that this work will continue to inform efforts to expand women's political participation around the world.
RESOURCES
The list will be expanded as new materials are located and uploaded to the website.
To submit resources, please email gwd_resources@email.rutgers.edu.
POLICIES ARCHIVE
White House Gender Policy Council
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2021 Executive Order on Establishment of the White House Gender Policy Council
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2021 National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality | Factsheet
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2023 National Strategy on Gender Equity and Equality Progress Report
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2025 Gender Equity and Equality at Home and Abroad Factsheet
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Secretary of State's Office of Global Women's Issues (S/GWI)
INITIATIVES ARCHIVE
Network for Gender Inclusive Democracy
Women Leading Effective and Accountable Democracy in the Digital Age (Women LEAD)
Global Partnership for Action on Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse
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Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence: Preliminary Landscape Analysis
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Building a Shared Agenda on the Evidence Base for Gender-Based Online Harassment and Abuse
Summit for Democracy
INSTITUTIONAL HISTORIES
National Democratic Institute. Looking Back, Leading Forward: An Oral History of Gender, Women, and Democracy at NDI.
Sandra Pepera and Mona Lena Krook. The #NotTheCost Campaign: An Academic-Practitioner Collaboration.
ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORKS
USAID. Women's Political Participation and Leadership (WPPL) Assessment Framework.
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Arabic: WPPL Framework | Two-Page Summary | Workbook
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English: WPPL Framework | Two-Page Summary | Workbook
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French: WPPL Framework | Two-Page Summary | Workbook
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Spanish: WPPL Framework | Two-Page Summary | Workbook
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WPPL Dataset: Measures and Data
USAID. Women's Leadership as a Route to Greater Empowerment.
CASE STUDIES
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Colombia.
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Côte d'Ivoire.
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Ecuador.
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Fiji.
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Honduras
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Kenya.
USAID. WPPL Assessment in the Kyrgyz Republic.
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Nigeria.
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Assessment in English | Two-Page Summary
USAID. WPPL Assessment in Tanzania.
USAID. Women's Leadership as a Route to Greater Empowerment.
POLITICAL TRANSITIONS
USAID. DRG Learning Digest on Exploring Strategies for Gender-Inclusive Governance in Democratic Transitions.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN IN POLITICS AND PUBLIC LIFE
National Democratic Institute. #Not the Cost: Stopping Violence against Women in Politics.
National Democratic Institute. No Party to Violence: Analyzing Violence against Women in Political Parties.
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Overview | Cote D'Ivoire | Honduras | Tanzania | Tunisia
National Democratic Institute. Shadow Reporting to the CEDAW Committee on Violence against Women in Politics.
National Democratic Institute. Tweets That Chill: Analyzing Online Violence against Women in Politics.
National Democratic Institute. Violence against Women in Elections: Observations from the 6th Ethiopian Elections.
TECHNOLOGY FACILITATED GENDER BASED VIOLENCE
USAID. DRG Learning Digest on Combatting Technology-Facilitated Gender-Based Violence in Politics.
National Democratic Institute. Tweets That Chill: Analyzing Online Violence against Women in Politics.
National Democratic Institute. Interventions for Ending Online Violence against Women in Politics.
Field Fellowship. Practical Steps to Navigate Online Harassment, Disinformation, and Hate for Women in Politics.
GENDERED DISINFORMATION
National Democratic Institute. Engendering Hate: The Contours of State Aligned Gendered Disinformation Online.
National Democratic Institute. Addressing Online Misogyny and Gendered Disinformation: A How-To Guide.
DEMOCRATIC RESILIENCE
National Democratic Institute. Women, Resilience, and Democracy Delivery in Crisis.
National Democratic Institute. Climate Justice and Gender Justice: An Essential Pairing to Get Resilience Right.
POLITICAL PARTIES
National Democratic Institute. Win With Women: Building Inclusive 21st Century Parties.
National Democratic Institute. Supporting Inclusive Early Party Development.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT
National Democratic Institute. Local Government Gender Assessment & Action Planning: Implementation Guide.
MEN AND MASCULINITIES
National Democratic Institute. Men, Power, and Politics: Online Program Guidance.