Gender inequality is viewed worldwide as a human rights issue and a hindrance to social, political and economic development. In the Southern African region, various gender based disadvantages confront women including disease prevalence, negative cultural practices, male domination and unequal participation of men and women in decision-making. While there has been some progress, high levels of gender-based violence, political, social and economic imbalances point to persistent gender inequalities in many SADC  countries

Das Projekt in Kürze

Ziele	Staff and management of the Swiss Corporation Office and partner organisations. Key persons at ministries and SADC Secretariat.
Zielgruppen	Staff and management of the Swiss Corporation Office and partner organisations. Key persons at ministries and SADC Secretariat.
Mittelfristige Wirkungen	The overall goal of the Support to HIV/AIDS and Gender Mainstreaming project is to ensure gender equity and HIV concerns are embedded within the domains of SDC’s Regional Programme Southern Africa (RPSA) in order to contribute to the achievement of equity between men and women in all aspects of social, political and economic development.   Specifically, the projects aims to ensure   Improved quality of the regional programme in Southern Africa by reducing gender inequalities Increase in gender sensitive policies and strategies at national and regional levels.
Resultate	Erwartete Resultate:   It is intended that by the end of this phase, the following would have been achieved; 70 percent of projects have integrated gender equality and HIV perspectives Institutional frameworks/strategies on gender/HIV exist 70 percent of partner reports show gender results including sex disaggregated data Evidence from three action research leads to gendered and HIV sensitive RPSA, projects and policies Two documented case studies at project level shared Technical support and trainings provided to SCO and partners Resultate von früheren Phasen:   In the previous phase, a baseline study was conducted to access current policies on gender mainstreaming. The study revealed that gender inequality is not systematically mainstreamed in the RPSA and the majority of the partners’ projects. It showed that there were no gender HIV strategies to guide mainstreaming gender in organisations. The majority of projects lacked gender baselines as well as indicators. In addition to the baseline study, two capacity-building workshops were held for SCO staff. A workshop in partnership with the World Bank, attended by ministers of Gender/Women of the SADC region was also held.
Verantwortliche Direktion/Bundesamt	DEZA
Kreditbereich	Entwicklungszusammenarbeit
Projektpartner	Vertragspartner Internationale oder ausländische NGO Andere Partner SCO and partner organisations
Budget	Laufende Phase Schweizer Beitrag CHF    780’000 Bereits ausgegebenes Schweizer Budget CHF    228’521
Projektphasen	Phase 1 01.10.2009 - 31.12.2015   (Completed)

Weitere technische Details

• Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD	BEVÖLKERUNGSPOLITIK / BEVÖLKERUNGSPROGRAMME & REPRODUKTIVE GESUNDHEIT REGIERUNG UND ZIVILGESELLSCHAFT OTHER MULTISECTOR
  Sub-Sektor nach Kategorisierung des Entwicklungshilfeekomitees der OECD	Reproduktive Gesundheit Menschenrechte Ländliche Entwicklung
  Querschnittsthemen	Spezifisches Projekt zur Geschlechter-Gleichstellung. Projekt berücksichtigt Demokratisierung, gute Regierungsführung und Menschenrechte als Querschnittsthema. Projekt unterstützt auch Verbesserungen in der Partnerorganisation
  Art der Unterstützung	Öffentliche Entwicklungshilfe (ODA)
  Zusammenarbeitsform	Bilaterale Zusammenarbeit
  Finanzierungsform	Zuwendung ohne Rückzahlung
  Unterstützungsform	Auftrag mit treuhänderischer Mittelverwaltung Projekt- und Programmbeitrag
  Gebundene/ungebundene Hilfe	Ungebundene Hilfe
  Projektnummer	7F06358