Strategy and Impementation Plan for Engendering the Public Service

Gender mainstreaming has been adopted by the global community as a strategy for achieving gender equity and quality and the attainment of internationally recognised development goals including the Millennium Develpment Goals (MDGs). Gender mainstreaming entails taking into consideration the needs and concerns of women and men in developing process, from design stage to monitoring and evaluation. In Zambia progress in mainstreaming gender has been slow and uneven. This has been attributed to some of embedded negative cultural beliefs and traditions in society that have slowed down our journey to social economic empowerment of women. These negative cultural beliefs and traditional practices have been replicated in formal instituttions such as the Public Service and are a major challenge to the implementation of gender responsive development and ultimately the achievement of Zambia’s Vision 2003.

Publisher: Republic of Zambia
Year of Publication: 2010