Female Empowerment Activity - FEMPOW

The Female Empowerment Activity (FEMPOW), also called Mujeres Poderosas in Spanish, aims to empower women and girls. It will do this by engaging the private sector to reduce gender-based violence, positively transform gender norms and attitudes, and create economic opportunities for women. FEMPOW will also seek to support the U.S. Agency for International Development in Colombia’s (USAID/Colombia) programming in Rural Development Plan with Territorial Approach (PDET) municipalities. 

USAID/Colombia’s Female Empowerment Activity (FEMPOW) will promote the socio-economic empowerment of women and girls in the conflict and violence-affected municipalities. Addressing issues that marginalize women - inequality, disempowerment, and violence - will pay dividends and strengthen the impact of USAID’s significant development investment in Colombia. FEMPOW will also be part of the mission’s medium- and long-term strategy for COVID-19 economic recovery. 

FEMPOW, an activity combating GBV and supporting women’s economic empowerment (WEE), aligns with key USAID policies and initiatives. These initiatives include: the United States Strategy on Women, Peace, and Security (2019); the Women’s Global Development and Prosperity (W-GDP) Initiative (2019); the Women's Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act (2018); the Gender Equality & Female Empowerment Policy (2012); and the United States Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence Globally (2012). Moreover, FEMPOW aligns with the Colombian Government’s 2018-2022 National Development Plan’s guiding principle to “leave no one behind.” It also includes a set of cross-cutting agreements, including the “Pact for the Equality of Women,” that serve as coordination mechanisms to foster opportunities for all Colombians.

Awarded contract 72051421D00002 to ARD, INC. for 36940507.00 on 2021-04-18.