(August 2011) The United States Global Health Initiative has released a supplemental guidance on the women, girls, and gender equality principle. Comprised of 10 gender-related activities, GHI provides guidance for implementation by highlighting key program elements to "help improve the health of women and girls and increase gender equality."

The activities include:

• Ensuring access to health services.
• Increasing women and girls' participation in implementing health programs.
• Monitoring and prevention of gender-based violence.
• Empowering adolescent and pre-adolescent girls by improving their social networks, education opportunities, and economic assets. 
• Engaging men as partners in gender equality.
• Promoting laws to improve gender equality.
• Addressing various determinants of health.
• Utilizing community-based programmatic approaches to improve health for women and girls.
• Building individual capacity, specifically with women.
• Strengthening institutional capacity.

To access the full report please go to www.ghi.gov/resources/guidance/161891.htm.