Gender Monitoring in Science and Technology

The Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) and other partners in the science field, member states and civil society in the Southern African Development Community held a two day meeting to discuss the role of science, technology and innovation in advancing gender equality.

The workshop brought together gender and STI representatives from SADC member states to present an update on progress made in gender monitoring and evaluation for STI in their respective countries and the gender in STI activities which relate to the gender protocol and other relevant high level documents, it will be a learning opportunity for all participants. This provided baseline data and analysis on the achievements made so far.

The workshop created a number of important ‘connection points’ to other projects of mutual interest for the partners and participants.