Government ministries in mainstreaming gender and women empowerment

What coalition has been built, what has this achieved and why it has been effective. there is good coalition that has been built with stakeholders that are promoting gender equality and women empowerment because of putting together resources which has helped the national and district officials to work together. for example stakeholders have the capacity in gender equality and women empowerment but could not go the field but with assistance of the organization Malawi human rights resource centre has been able to go the field to the campaigns , advocacy and training of various community committees. Such meeting were too assisting in the building capacity of the district and grassroots structures in matters of gender equality and women empowerment and mainstreaming of gender issues in the national, district and community structures. we achieved to have structures at the community level, build their capacity , awareness campaign and community able to speak their problems and requesting responsible sectors of government to correct situation on the ground. This has been effective because of working together and trust in one another. The other thing that has made this effective is good relationship amongst stakeholders and good response from the community in terms of the implementation of the activities.Key objectives* Please list these in bullet form • The programme aims to support Government ’s commitment to reduce gender inequalities between men, women, girls and youths in accessing productive resources and development opportunities as well as promoting decision making in order to contribute positively to the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) II and accelerate attainment of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). • The programme aim is to contribute towards acceleration of efforts to advance gender equality and equity as a human right for the reduction of HIV and AIDS and poverty in line with the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS), the National Gender Policy (NGP) and (the future Gender Sector Wide Approach) • The programme purpose is to promote gender equality and equity in Malawi through the support of State and Non State institutions and initiative • The other objective of Gender Equality and Women Empowerment is to contribute towards acceleration of efforts to advance gender equality and equity as a human right for the reduction of HIV and AIDS and poverty in line with the Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (M GDS), • The other objective is that gender equality and women empowerment is being implemented with view of achieving the following key result areas that would create an enabling environment to meeting the aspirations of the MGDS and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) • The other aim gender equality and women empowerment is facilitate formulation of village savings and loan (VSL) clubs. These clubs are aimed helping women to access loans to start or boost their small-scale businesses so that they are economically empowered and from their profits, the VSL members should be able to buy more shares in their respective clubs, thereby earning higher dividends. What types of monitoring and evaluation.

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