The Impacts of the Graduation Approach on Health and Women’s Empowerment

This resource provides an overview of how the Graduation approach impacts health and women’s empowerment. The Graduation approach was not designed with a health focus–nor have studies of the approach been designed to focus on health outcomes–various studies suggest it has positive impacts on a range of health outcomes, including child health and nutrition. Further research is needed to more precisely measure health impacts, as well as to determine if programmes with a health focus have greater impacts on health.