Local Engineering Services Company Lands $37 Million USAID Contract to Help Women in Colombia

Pasadena-based consulting and engineering services firm Tetra Tech, Inc. has been awarded a five-year, $37 million U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) single-award contract to promote the socioeconomic empowerment of women and girls in Colombia.

Through the USAID Generating Equity Activity, Tetra Tech will support the Colombian government in its effort to empower women and girls by engaging the public and private sector to reduce gender-based violence, transform gender norms and attitudes, create economic opportunities for women, and improve awareness and implementation of gender-related policies and services.

A team of economic and gender specialists from Tetra Tech will work with public and private sector partners to improve local capacities to achieve equity and improve economic outcomes for women in that country. Efforts will focus on the most vulnerable groups including Afro-Colombian, indigenous, LGBTQI+ populations, migrants, and women with disabilities.

Tetra Tech will also support Colombian institutions and partners as they engage men and boys to positively transform gender norms.

“Tetra Tech has supported USAID to enhance economic opportunity and promote conditions for peace in Colombia for more than 20 years,” Dan Batrack, Tetra Tech Chairman and CEO, said. “We look forward to combining Tetra Tech’s focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion with our technical expertise in economic empowerment and gender integration to strengthen women’s equity in Colombia.”

Tetra Tech has over 20,000 associates working worldwide to provide clear solutions to complex problems in water, environment, sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, and international development.

For more information, visit www.tetratech.com.