ABSTRACT
AS ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE AND DOMINANT NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS (NGOs) for women’s causes, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been instrumental in establishing transnational alliances among women in the last decade. It has done this by sponsoring global conferences, by linking international organizations like the United Nations to grassroots organizations, and by funding local associations that provide services to women. However, such activities are also highly contested, with questions raised about whose interests are actually represented. Many feminist scholars have begun to reassess USAID, critically examining its efforts in various regions of the world.
