Women + Water Alliance
Women+Water is a Global Development Alliance between USAID (U.S. Agency for International Development) and Gap Inc. that is committed to improving and sustaining the health and well-being of women and communities touched by the apparel industry in India.
Overview
Women + Water Alliance Objectives
Results
Partners
Check out the Women + Water Alliance Program Strategy Map
IMPLEMENTING PARTNERS
USAID and Gap Inc. draw on their complementary strengths to ensure the sustained and scalable impact of WASH programming and advancement of women in India.
As a prime partner, Gap Inc. works with USAID to share information, collaborate and build partnerships across and beyond the apparel sector to further the impact and extend the reach of the Women + Water Alliance.
CARE advances women’s self-efficacy and agency through Gap Inc.’s life-skills training program, P.A.C.E. (Personal Advancement & Career Enhancement).
WaterAid accelerates women's access to sustained WASH services by strengthening community drinking water management.
ISC aggregates stakeholders to improve water stewardship practices in the apparel industry in India.
EVALUATION PARTNERS
I4DI is an evaluation partner and supports the W+W Alliance by evaluating the program as a whole based on the program strategy map. This is done through baseline, and end line evaluation.
Resources
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The Business Case for Building Community Resilience in Corporate Value Chains with the USAID Gap Inc. Women + Water Alliance Blog At this year’s Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI’s) World Water Week, partners from the USAID Gap Inc. Women + Water Alliance shared perspectives on the business case for investing in community water resilience. The Women + Water… |
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Ensuring a Water Secure Future in Maharashtra’s Cotton-Growing Villages Blog On a sunny October morning in 2019, members of the Donoda village council in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, met to better understand what they could do about the lack of irrigation water for their cotton crops. Yavatmal had seen less than the normal… |
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Findings of a Baseline Study on the State of Water and Women's Empowerment in Maharashtra, India Infographic USAID and Gap Inc. launched the Women + Water Alliance (W+W Alliance) in 2017 to improve and sustain the health and well-being of women and communities touched by the apparel industry in India. This infographic highlights some of the key… |
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The State of Women and Water in Cotton Growing Communities in India Blog Achieving gender equity in India is predicated on addressing the water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) needs of females in the country. Predominantly tasked with the responsibility to manage household water and sanitation, women face immense… |
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Building CLA foundations for USAID Gap Inc. Partnership: Women + Water Alliance Case Studies In 2017, Gap Inc. and USAID launched the Women + Water Global Development Alliance to improve and sustain the health and well-being of women and communities touched by the apparel industry. The initial program and monitoring, evaluation, research,… |