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.
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
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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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Medicaid CHIP Senior/Principal Associate (Remote Flexible)
Abt Global seeks a Senior/Principal Associate with deep policy and management consulting experience relevant to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) monitoring and oversight. The successful candidate will have leadership roles on Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) funded projects and also support business development opportunities within Abt’s Healthcare portfolio. The candidate enjoys working with large teams and building and maintaining relationships with clients. They will maintain excellent relationships with federal agencies/sponsors as well as Abt partners and consultants and be regarded within target agencies and organizations as a subject matter expert in Medicaid and CHIP policy.
Private Sector Partnerships & Investment Director, Morocco EcoRise Activity
Abt Global (Abt) seeks a Private Sector Partnerships and Investment Director for the anticipated USAID-funded Morocco EcoRise Activity. The activity will leverage the private sector for sustainable, inclusive economic growth and strengthen Morocco’s resilience to shocks and long-term stressors, including water scarcity and drought. Interventions will seek to improve the enabling environment for investment and business growth for a sustainable economy, assist early-stage entrepreneurs and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through access to finance and technical support to create and scale innovative solutions increasing economic resilience, and promote a skilled workforce to support the development and growth of a sustainable and equitable economy.
Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Director, USAID/Madagascar Resilient Health Systems
Madagascar
Abt Global is preparing for an upcoming USAID-funded health system project in Madagascar which aims to build resilience of health systems and improve health system performance in Madagascar.
As the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Director, you will report to the COP and have primary responsibility for designing and reviewing the project’s monitoring and evaluation plan and agenda. You will be responsible for creating systems to measure and document program process, output and impact data results by routinely and systematically collecting, analyzing and presenting program data for project staff, partners and donors.
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