Women represent half of the world’s employment potential, but institutional, sectoral, and cultural barriers often impede their full and effective participation in many industries. These barriers include under-representation in and exclusion from employment, especially in technical and leadership positions.
Benefits
- Over 950 gender equality activities implemented across the employee life cycle
- More than 12,900 women hired or promoted, including 4,200 into leadership and technical roles
- 80 gender equality policies developed by partner organizations
- More than $3.2 million in funding contributed to implement gender equality initiatives
Tetra Tech is advancing economic opportunities for women through the U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID) Engendering Industries program, which was launched in 2015 as Engendering Utilities. Engendering Industries partners directly with 68 organizations in 39 countries in traditionally male-dominated industries such as power, water, infrastructure, and information communications technology to employ gender equality interventions and strengthen business operations simultaneously.
The contractor’s leadership team is effective, collaborative, client-oriented, and strategic. The change management coaches, lead gender expert, and Chief of Party have received repeated praise from a range of partners.
After seven years of iterative implementation, learning, and evaluation, Engendering Industries has honed a proven approach to advancing workforce gender equality across a company structure. The approach comprises six pillars that sustainably promote gender equality across the employee life cycle:
Implement Gender Equality Best Practices Across the Employee Life Cycle
The Best Practices Framework for Male-Dominated Industries outlines a comprehensive approach to advance gender equality across a company.
Provide Tailored Change Management Coaching and Technical Support
Program change management coaches take a system-wide approach that supports partners to achieve sustainable and transformative gender equality advances.
Develop a Business Case to Generate Commitment and Buy-In
Global evidence shows that enhancing equality improves business performance so Engendering Industries frames gender equality as a business imperative.
Train Employees to Become Gender Equality Change Agents
The program offers a one-week course in gender equality and change management topics for senior leaders and helps companies build a cadre of employees with the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to drive meaningful change.
Engage Men to Enhance Gender Equality
Engendering Industries supports partners to actively engage men as allies for gender equality through tailored workshops, coaching support, and the Engaging Men for Gender Equality Training Manual.
Use Data for Strategic Planning and Decision-Making
Engendering Industries has developed a suite of data tools that enable companies to more objectively make evidence-based decisions and measure progress toward their gender equality goals.
Through Engendering Industries, Tetra Tech is working to institutionalize gender-inclusive policies, improve gender equality in male-dominated industries, and build the capacity of partners to implement gender equality interventions.
