Equity
Advancing fairness is the cornerstone of Abt’s work and an integral part of our programs and strategies. We partner with clients and communities to create and implement approaches that address local and system level needs while supporting systems and policies that offer opportunities for all. We live by this value internally, including through our Employee Networking Groups, which advocate for inclusivity in the workplace. Our commitment to equal opportunity is recognized by several worldwide assessment and certification platforms, including Economic Dividends for Gender Equality (EDGE), Action for Diversity and Inclusion, and Global Health 50/50.
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Our Approach and Results
Abt’s work is grounded in the core principles of “do no harm” and “nothing about us without us.” We engage those often left behind to co-lead design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of strategies, projects, and policies, supported by our technical expertise. Together, we tackle complex issues such as inclusive economic development and community approaches to ending homelessness. Around the world, we:
Counteract gender barriers in malaria vector control, including best practices from Madagascar, Rwanda, and Zambia for hiring women
Advance behavioral health equity for under-resourced communities in the U.S., including via policy support and network development
Promote gender workplace equity and boost investment in women-owned businesses in Southeast Asia
Featured In Equity
PMI Evolve: Evolving Vector Control to Fight Malaria
The World Health Organization estimates that about 608,000 people died from malaria in 2022, a slight decrease from the prior year, but still higher than before the onset of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Young children and pregnant women are among the…
Investing in Women
While gender gaps are shrinking for some labour market outcomes, substantial challenges remain globally and in Southeast Asia. Detailed examination of data indicates that women are much less likely to work full-time than men and are less likely to…
Ukraine to Rwanda: Integrating Renewable Energy with Gender Equity
In this podcast, Joan Chahenza and Nadiia Zaritska discuss how building resilient energy systems—from Ukraine to sub-Saharan Africa—can support gender equity.
Abt Conversations: A Growing Number of Older Adults Are Unhoused. How Can We Help?
Abt’s Brooke Abrams talks to DC-area Miriam’s Kitchen’s April Veney and Adam Rocap about the increasing number of elderly people experiencing homelessness.
Implementing Equity in Projects: Developing a System to Remake the System
This podcast discusses Abt’s approach to dismantling systemic inequities, and how we’re implementing it in HUD’s annual report to Congress on homelessness.
Advancing Women’s Representation and Leadership in the Energy Sector
Women are underrepresented in the global workforce; this blog offers four strategies to not just improve representation but grow leadership in the energy sector.
Working Towards Ending Youth Homelessness
Each year, an estimated 4.2 million youth and young adults ages 13 to 25 experience homelessness in the United States. The real number may be higher, as it’s hard to contact unhoused people, many youth and young adults aren’t in shelters, and some move…
Achieving Equity Takes Time
Achieving equity in technical assistance and research, monitoring, and evaluation is not a quick fix. It takes thoughtfulness, strategy, authenticity, and time.
Evaluations & Racial Equity: How Do We Eliminate Bias from Evaluations Intended to Address … Bias?
What happens when data collection and analyses of programs that promote equity are inadvertently sabotaged by bias? Abt experts share tips and experiences.
Break the Chain: Exploring the Links Between Environmental & Criminal Justice
This podcast examines how systemic racism thrusts Black families into a cycle linking dangerous environmental conditions, poor health, and the justice system.
Combatting Inequities in Behavioral Health
Underserved and historically marginalized communities continue to experience disparities in behavioral health outcomes. Linguistic and cultural barriers, stigmatized pathways to care, lack of culturally adapted evidence-based interventions, and lack of…
Careers at Abt
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Social Behavior Change Communication Specialist- PMI Evolve DRC
Democratic Republic of Congo
As the PMI Evolve project’s Social Behavior Change Communication Specialist, you will be responsible for the development of strategies and initiatives required for the social mobilizations and communications before, during and after ITN mass distribution campaigns. This position is expected to support the activity through September 2025.
Clinical Services Lead Proposal
Afghanistan
Abt Global is preparing for an upcoming USAID-funded health activity (project) in Afghanistan that aims to improve the quality of health and nutrition services, increase access to health services, improve healthy behavior and care-seeking practices, and strengthen the health system to enhance resilience. The activity will focus on increasing equitable access to and utilization of quality health and nutrition services and adoption of health behaviors, especially for women and children, in both the public and private sectors.
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