Report

The National Gender Policy of Namibia seeks to create an enabling environment for sectors to mainstream gender in line with NDP directives. This is published by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare.

Gender budget analysis for the sectors of agriculture, water and forestry, education, health and finance in Namibia. This is a draft report to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Child Welfare.

The implementation plan provides a strategy for gender mainstreaming in line with the National Gender Policy and other national, regional and sub-regional instruments that promote gender equality.

The Constitution of Malawi recognises and promotes gender equality. The purpose of this policy is to mainstream gender in the national development process to enhance the participation of women and men, girls and boys for sustainable development and poverty eradication.

In Zimbabwe levels of gender based violence remain a concern and a barrier to women’s active participation in development. This strategy is anchored in four key areas: prevention; service provision; co-ordination and research and monitoring and evaluation.

A research project undertaken for Unicef Zambia and the Ministry of Sport, Youth and Child Development. In response to the growing number of street children in Zambia, the government initiated a programme of withdrawing youths from the street and admitting them to the former ZNS camps as part of rehabilitation. Residential rehabilitation programmes in former ZNS camps may contain inconsistencies with the rights and interests of children. In the light of this a consultant was commissioned to conduct a review and assessment of the programme.

The strategic plan of action 2013 À“ 2015 is a co-ordinated multi-sectoral approach aimed at putting into operation government’s vision on gender. The strategic plan aims to scale up the gender agenda by the Zambian government through mainstreaming gender.

Zambia has a very high prevalence of HIV infection and women are the most affected. The Gender in Development Division (GIDD) of the cabinet office will be responsible for the overall co-ordination of the National Plan of Action on Women and Girls and HIV.

The Gender in Development Division (GIDD) of the cabinet office is working with its partners to achieve gender equity and equality. The national monitoring and evaluation plan is about using monitoring and evaluation to improve the impact of activities implemented by the GIDD and tracking progress in implementing the National Gender Policy.

Despite the efforts of the Zambian government in mainstreaming gender, inequalities remain. This is the final report into women’s representation produced for the Gender in Development Division of the Zambian government.