Excerpt: "In 1995, the International Center for Research on Women (ICRW) and the Centre for Development and Population Activities (CEDPA) began working in partnership to manage the 'Promoting Women in Development' (PROWID) grants program, funded by the Office of Women in Development at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)... This paper is one of several analytical documents synthesizing the findings across PROWID projects and their implications within the various theme areas."