What works in United States of America
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Evidence snapshot for United States of America
The United States has implemented several evidence-based interventions addressing workforce development, pay equity, violence prevention, and crisis support for vulnerable populations. Colorado's Equal Pay for Equal Work Act received 1,747 pay-discrimination complaints by October 2024, while work2future served 4,158 participants and placed 758 into employment in 2022, with affiliated programs like PG&E PowerPathway achieving ~84% hiring rates. Coaching Boys Into Men prevented an estimated 85 dating-abuse incidents per 1,000 high-school athletes over 12 months, and The Trevor Project handled over 450,000 crisis contacts for LGBTQ+ youth in FY2024, though it faced significant funding cuts in 2025. The evidence shows operational scale and measurable outcomes, though sustainability challenges are evident.
Drawn from: Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (2021) — Mandatory Salary Transparency and Pay Equity · work2future · Coaching Boys Into Men — Athlete-Coach Delivered Dating Violence Prevention · The Trevor Project — Digital Crisis Services for LGBTQ+ Youth · The Last Mile — Software Engineering Education Inside US Prisons · Safety Net — NNEDV's Technology Safety Project for Domestic Violence Survivors · ShelterConnect — Free WiFi Networks for San Francisco's Shelters and SROs · VHA Digital Divide Consult & Connected Device Program
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Strengths & weaknesses vs peers
Strengths
Evaluation evidence +0.29
Water & soil — retention, infiltration, erosion control +0.21
Impact on gender equality +0.173
Demonstrated reach +0.134
Evidence of impact / measured results +0.129
Curator validation +0.107
Scalability +0.093
Transferability / demonstrated replication +0.08
Weaknesses
Effectiveness -0.097
Evaluated outcomes -0.123
Carbon — sequestration / storage, evidenced -0.141
Gender-mainstreaming embedding -0.188
Efficiency -0.231
Top good practices here
Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act (2021) — Mandatory Salary Transparency and Pay Equity · 100
work2future · 100
Coaching Boys Into Men — Athlete-Coach Delivered Dating Violence Prevention · 96
The Trevor Project — Digital Crisis Services for LGBTQ+ Youth · 96
The Last Mile — Software Engineering Education Inside US Prisons · 96
Safety Net — NNEDV's Technology Safety Project for Domestic Violence Survivors · 92
ShelterConnect — Free WiFi Networks for San Francisco's Shelters and SROs · 92
Recommended to adopt or replicate
Transferable practices from elsewhere that address this place's gaps.
Ciudad Mujer — El Salvador's Integrated Women's Services Programme · fit 125
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
SASA! Community Mobilisation Programme against Intimate Partner Violence — Uganda · fit 125
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Rwanda's Land Tenure Regularization Programme — Titling Land in Women's Names · fit 115
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
- Rated highly transferable
- Backed by strong evidence
Abolition of Chhaupadi — Ending Menstrual Exile Huts in Nepal's Far- and Mid-Western Districts · fit 107
- Rated highly transferable
Guyana's One-Third Gender Candidate Quota — Two Decades of Sustained Representation · fit 107
- Rated highly transferable
Serbia's 40% Electoral Gender Quota — From One-in-Three to Near-Parity Party Lists (2020-2025) · fit 107
- Rated highly transferable
Bogotá's Care Blocks (Manzanas del Cuidado) · fit 107
- Rated highly transferable