This piece was originally posted on the Thought Leadership Compendium for the PSC 2023 Development Conference. Acknowledgement to the authors of the USAID Feed the Future Toolkit to Address Gender-based Violence in Agriculture and Market Systems Development—Anne K....

This year, EnCompass had the pleasure of hosting Ms. Adeng Mayik, a Mandela Washington Fellow from South Sudan and the founder and CEO of the Media Development Foundation, which aims to educate and empower Sudanese communities on conscious consumption of media...

Did you know that half the people on our planet are age 30 or younger, and this is group is expected to make up 57 percent of the global population by the end of 2030? August marked International Youth Day, an initiative that celebrates people under 30 and recognizes...

By: Adam LeClair, Team Lead, Generating Results in Our Work and Thought Leadership (GROWTH) Building resilient and inclusive democracies globally requires a dedicated, skilled, and connected cadre of democracy defenders. USAID’s Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance...

At EnCompass, we understand that our role as learning experience designers is not to design learning but to design circumstances that enable learning—to craft a process that invites participants to build on their current knowledge and expertise and stretch into new...

At EnCompass, our Monitoring, Evaluation, and Research team uses data gathered through rigorous data collection approaches and appreciative learning techniques to help ensure our clients are drawing on evidence to inform strategic decisions. Over the years, we have...

By, Gayatri Malhotra, Sofia Machado, and Ghazia Aslam Evaluators today need approaches and tools to help them navigate effectively and ethically in a world where violence from war and conflict, gender-based violence, racial and ethnic prejudice, and discrimination...

EnCompass is continually honored to support USAID’s commitment to promote the rights and inclusion of marginalized communities worldwide. Our democracy and human rights (DRG) work around the world thrives when it’s focused on social and political inclusion to ensure...

By, Adriana Abreu-Combs, Chief of Party, MEL Activity, El Salvador Development is more meaningful and has the potential to be more sustainable when it is localized.   In Central America, there is a drive to empower and partner with local organizations in initiatives...

Research shows that gender inequalities and gender-based violence (GBV) have several negative health outcomes, including higher rates of maternal mortality, higher incidence of STIs including HIV, poorer birth outcomes, and poorer child health. Training health care...

Armenia has taken a gradual approach to anti-corruption reform, resulting in steady and positive improvements. However, institutionalizing anti-corruption policies, addressing corruption in public service delivery, and transforming social norms to reject corruption...

EnCompass LLC is delighted to celebrate the launch of USAID’s 2023 Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy (Gender Policy) which lays out the vision for USAID’s work to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment around the world. We are proud of all that...

This piece was written by Stacy Kancijanic and Mindy Visser.  April 7 is World Health Day and marks the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization (WHO). This year’s theme is “Health for All,” and EnCompass’ recent work to strengthen health leadership and...

This piece was originally posted on ClimateLinks and written by Laura Cooper Hall, Gender and Climate Change Specialist on the USAID Technical, Operational, and Program Support (TOPS) Institutional Support Contract. The launch of the new U.S. Strategy on Global...