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At Smash Strategies we help companies and not-for-profit organizations that understand that gender equality is “good for business.” Our clients succeed when they unleash the talent, skills and power of their employees and partners, and match their internal and external commitments, so that they can do well and do good.

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The Smash Strategy partners have decades of collective experience, working both internationally and domestically on women’s political empowerment and leadership, economic and development policy, sustainability and advocacy.

Concrete Steps to a Feminist Foreign Policy

In order to increase the prospects for peace, stability, and security, and to demonstrate American leadership and commitment to human rights, foreign policy must integrate the goal of gender equality into national security strategies and approaches.

Reviving the US Commitment to Women’s Rights and Gender Equality: The UN Commission on the Status of Women

In the first 100 days, we urge the new Biden administration to showcase leadership on gender equality and women’s empowerment at the next annual session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women.

Gender Advisors Key to Effective Policy

The proposed revisions to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment Policy have received a lot of attention since being released for public comment in mid-August. The revisions raise many issues, one of which is the important role that gender advisors play at USAID missions, regional missions, and country offices as well as DC-based offices and bureaus. Gender advisors are a critical bridge to what is happening on the ground and important to informing an effective foreign policy and national security policy.

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