Afghan Women: Comprehensive Assessments Needed to Determine and Measure DOD, State, and USAID Progress
Abstract
WHAT SIGAR REVIEWED. Since 2001, the U.S. government has made improving the lives of Afghan women and girls a priority and has solidified its commitment through the U.S. Embassy Kabul Gender Strategy; funding designated for Afghan women; and programming to support this vulnerable group. However, despite reported improvements in conditions for Afghan women, U.S. agencies, the Congress, nongovernmental organizations, and members of Afghan civil society have expressed concerns that Afghan women still face challenges and that gains made since 2001 may be difficult to sustain. This audit followed up on SIGAR s 2010 report on U.S. funding designated for Afghan women. Its objectives were to (1) evaluate the extent to which the Department of Defense (DOD), Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) can identify and track U.S. funding and efforts to support Afghan women implemented from fiscal years 2011 through 2013; (2) determine the extent to which U.S. agency coordination has improved since SIGAR s 2010 report; and (3) evaluate the extent to which DOD, State, and USAID have assessed the overall impact of their efforts to support Afghan women, and are prepared to do so beyond 2014, in view of current and future challenges.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 18, 2014
- Accession Number
- ADA612885
Entities
Organizations
- Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction