Equity
Advancing fairness is the cornerstone of Abt’s work and an integral part of our programs and strategies. We partner with communities to create and implement approaches that address social inequities, disparities, and their expressed needs while supporting systems and policies that offer inclusive, accessible opportunities to all. We do so across several dimensions of intersectionality, including race, gender, ability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, and class. We also live by this value internally, including through our Employee Networking Groups, which advocate for equity in the workplace. Our commitment to fairness is recognized by several global assessment and certification platforms, including EDGE, Action for Diversity and Inclusion, and Global Health 5050.
Abt abides by the core principles of “do no harm” and “nothing about us without us.” We engage those most affected by discrimination to lead design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of strategies, projects, and policies, supported by our technical expertise. Together, we tackle complex issues such as bias in databases and community approaches to youth homelessness.
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
Featured In Equity
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.
7 Ways to Build Authentic Intersectional Leadership in Global Development
This blog discusses how organizations can enhance intersectional programming by adopting reflexivity, humility, and equity within their operations.
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…
Our Experts: Equity
Principal and Head of Gender, Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) and Localisation, Abt Britain
Technical Adviser for Gender Equality, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI), Abt Australia
Careers at Abt
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Senior Analyst/PhD Economist – Economic and Social Policy - Abt Global Careers
United States
Abt Global seeks a Senior Analyst / PhD Economist to support our portfolio of social policy work within Abt’s Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation Capability team. As a member of the Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Capability team, you will apply general and specialized knowledge of principles and concepts in the field of economics to conduct research, monitoring, and evaluation services at the highest levels of quality and rigor to generate evidence-based insights. You will join a diverse and collegial environment where we are dedicated to finding solutions to the most pressing research challenges in education, workforce, food and nutrition, children youth and families, and housing and asset building.
Senior Analyst/PhD Economist - Health - Abt Global Careers
United States
Abt Global seeks a Senior Analyst / PhD Economist to support our portfolio of domestic health work within Abt’s Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation Capability team. As a member of the Research, Monitoring, and Evaluation Capability team, you will apply general and specialized knowledge of principles and concepts in the field of economics to conduct research, monitoring, and evaluation at the highest levels of quality and rigor to generate evidence-based insights. You will join a diverse and collegial environment where we find solutions to the most pressing research challenges in public health and health care.
California Housing Associate - Abt Global Careers
United States
Abt Global seeks a qualified Housing Research Associate to support our Housing, Communities and Asset Building work. You will sit within our Research, Monitoring, & Evaluation Capability and will have the opportunity to execute contract research activities at the highest levels of quality and rigor to generate evidence-based insights. The successful candidate will be an experienced qualitative or mixed methods researcher with housing policy knowledge to lead research and evaluation activities, primarily on the West Coast, with a special emphasis on California-based research projects.
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