Gender-Responsive Procurement in Asia and the Pacific

Gender-responsive procurement (GRP) is the selection of services, goods and civil works that considers their impact on gender equality and women’s empowerment. GRP is an important vehicle for enriching supply chains by broadening the range of suppliers of goods and services available to businesses and governments and for advancing women’s economic empowerment.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and UN Women have published the report: Gender-Responsive Procurement in Asia and the Pacific, An Opportunity for an Equitable Future to provides governments and private sector actors in Asia and the Pacific with findings and key recommendations to pursue more inclusive procurement policies and practices.