June 28, 2021

By Nigel Gibbs, RTAC Communications Manager Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ+) Pride Month is celebrated each year in the month of June in recognition of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan, a tipping point for the Gay Liberation Movement in the United States. Much has happened since the…

March 8, 2021

By Nigel Gibbs, RTAC Communications Manager In recognition of International Women’s Day, the Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) is highlighting some of our network’s women researchers. The United Nations called on people to use the  March 8 commemoration as a, “time to reflect on progress made, to call for change…

June 1, 2020

About the Convening In December 2019, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s U.S. Global Development Lab with the Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) brought together 66 researchers, funders, implementing partners, and policymakers in Washington, D.C., to discuss research utilization through the lens of women’s empowerment. This convening brief…

March 6, 2020

Samantha Wasala, Research Analyst—NORC at the University of Chicago for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Research Technical Assistance Center (RTAC) Photo by: Richard Nyberg for USAID March 8 is International Women’s Day.  This year’s theme is #EachForEqual, underscoring the message that everyone is responsible for their own thoughts…

March 5, 2020

On December 11, 2019, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with the support of USAID’s Research Technical Assistance Center, hosted a convening, “Using Research to Advance International Development: Women’s Empowerment as a Case Study” with the Center for Development Research.  Held at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC,…

September 5, 2019

  Women’s full incorporation into politics changes policy; it changes the types of issues that are considered, and the types of solutions that are proposed. The work that I do examines women’s political participation in Latin American politics and th e obstacles to their representation. I predominantly focus on candidate…

October 2, 2018