Audit of HIV/AIDS and Gender Policies

This study is part of the Media Action Plan (MAP) on HIV/AIDS and Gender co-ordinated by the Southern Africa Editors Forum (SAEF); with Gender Links and the Gender and Media Southern Africa (GEMSA) Network as the lead agencies for the newsroom policy sub-sector.

The report concerns a needs assessment to find out the number of media houses in the SADC member countries that have policies on HIV/AIDS and gender. The aim of this research is also to find out what policies are in existence with a view to gather existing resources and materials; determine possible approaches and tools to be used in support for the roll out of such policies; as well as develop a handbook to guide the proce