InterAction
established the annual Leet award in 1995 to recognize member agencies
that have worked toward greater gender equity in programs and management.
The CAW presents the award to winner(s) at InterAction's Annual Forum.
Past winners include:
Academy for
Educational Development
Acción International
American Friends Service Committee
American Jewish World Service
CARE
CEDPA
Center of Concern
Childreach
Heifer Project International
International Center for Research on Women
Lutheran World Relief
Mobility International USA
Opportunity International
Oxfam America
Partners of the Americas
Save the Children
The Hunger Project
Women for Women International
World Learning
World Vision Partnership (World
Vision U.S. & World Vision International)
Winners' accomplishments
ranged from gender-balanced representation on their boards and within
senior management, to mainstreaming gender equality in projects and
programs, including the use of gender analysis and the collection of
gender disaggregated data.
The 12th Annual
Leet Award will be presented at the 2006 InterAction Forum In Washington,
DC.