
Tracking funding is vital for catalysing women’s economic empowerment
A new initiative to track funding for women’s economic empowerment It is now well established that investing in women’s economic empowerment has a catalytic effect in reducing poverty for all people and achieving gender equality. Gains made over the last years, however, have been severely challenged by the impact of COVID-19. The UN Women report on gender equality and Covid-19 pointed to the economic fallout and the variety of ways in which the pandemic has disproportionately