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10Understanding and Measuring Women’s Economic EmpowermentDavid Snyder/ICRWICRW currently advises a number of organizationson how to integrate these conceptsof women’s economic empowerment intotheir program and evaluation efforts.Specific projects that have informed theconcepts in this document include:• Results Based Initiatives (RBIs): Thisis a four-year program to economicallyempower women, commissioned by theWorld Bank as part of its Gender ActionPlan (GAP) in partnership with ICRW andUNIFEM. ICRW worked on the evaluationof five RBIs aimed at economically empoweringwomen in Peru, Egypt, Liberia,Kenya, Laos and Cambodia.• Personal Advancement and CareerEnhancement (P.A.C.E.): This programwas launched by Gap Inc. in partnershipwith several of its Asian sourcing companies,ICRW and Swasti, an India-basednonprofit organization. P.A.C.E. aims toadvance the personal and professionallives of female garment workers. ICRWhas provided strategic guidance on programdesign and rollout, and undertakenevaluation activities in India, Cambodiaand Vietnam.• Women’s Economic Opportunity Initiative(WEOI): ExxonMobil’s signatureinitiative, is aimed at advancing womeneconomically, especially by mobilizingtechnology, across a range of countries.ICRW has provided strategic guidance andevaluation expertise.• Framework for Women’s EconomicEmpowerment in South and SoutheastAsia: In this partnership with the U.K.Department for International Development(DFID), ICRW developed a framework foreconomic empowerment and tested howit fit existing projects in India, Bangladesh,Nepal, Cambodia and Laos.For more information about ICRW’s work andhow to partner with us, visit our website atwww.icrw.org.