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Gender and Development Cooperation Fund

  • Year established 2003
  • Partners Australia, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Norway
  • Cumulative Contributions Committed $11.7 million
  • Project Commitments This figure accounts for savings from closed projects. Project commitments may exceed contributions as investment income and gains from foreign exchange transactions are used for new projects.
    Grants

    $1.4 million for 4 projects

    Technical Assistance (TA)

    $10.5 for 11 TA projects

The Gender and Development Cooperation Fund, or GDCF, promotes gender equality and women’s empowerment in Asia and the Pacific. It supports country gender assessments and strategies to guide the formulation of country partnership strategies, project-specific gender action plans for ADB gender-mainstreamed projects, recruitment of long-term gender consultants, gender impact assessments, and promotion of partnerships with women’s organizations and other development partners.

Stories

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Safer Homes and Communities for Women and Children

Initiatives of the Nepal police against domestic violence have helped women feel more comfortable reporting gender-based crime and domestic violence. Women police officers in Nepal are trained to deal with such crimes.

Knowledge

Projects