Programmes of the Directorate of Gender

Gender Staff

Gender Mainstreaming

  • Formulate and disseminate policies, guidelines, standards and laws for promotion of gender Equality.
  • Provide technical advice and support supervision and monitoring to states and public and private institutions on gender mainstreaming.
  • Strengthen the capacities of the states and other government institutions on gender mainstreaming.
  • Promote and advocate for the ratification and reporting of CEDAW, UNSCR 1325, MAPUTO Protocol and other regional instruments.
  • Coordinate, disseminate and implement recommendations of concluding by UN committee on CEDAW.
  • Coordinate research on gender issues
  • Promote and advocate for gender based violence, protection, prevention care and response.
  • Coordinate the development of gender mainstreaming M&E tools.
  • Coordinate and publish gender disaggregated data.

Women’s Economic Empowerment

  • Formulate, review, and disseminate policies, guidelines and laws for promotion of women’s empowerment.
  • Provide technical support, supervision to States and other institution on women’s empowerment.
  • Promote and advocate for economic rights of women.
  • Promote ratification of international and regional gender related instruments.
  • Coordinate, disseminate and implement recommendations of concluding observations of UN committee on CEDAW.
  • Promote programs to enhance women’s participation in economic and social life.
  • Promote and coordinate education, training for women and girls.
  • Coordinate research on women’s empowerment issues.
  • Coordinate the development of women’s empowerment M&E plan and tools.

Women Peace and Security

  • Coordinate the development of policy framework on GBV, Family law and action plan for implementation.
  • Promote rights of women peace and security.
  • Promote the ratification and reporting of the international and regional instruments.
  • Coordinate the dissemination and implementation of concluding observations by UN committee on CEDAW.
  • Promote women’s participation in peace and security initiatives.
  • Coordinate research on women peace and security issues.
  • Advocate for gender based violence prevention, care and response.
  • Commemorate 16 Days of Activism
  • Advocate for prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse
  • Participate and coordinate gender sensitive security reforms.
  • Coordinate baseline survey on women’s access to justice
  • Coordinate National Action Plan for UNSCR 1325.

Women with Special Needs

  • Formulate, review and disseminate guidelines and standards for promotion of special needs of women.
  • Provide technical advice and support to the States and other government institutions on mainstreaming special of women.
  • Strengthening the capacity of the states and other government institutions on mainstreaming special needs of women.
  • Promote affirmative action for women with special needs.
  • Promote rights of women with special needs
  • Promote programs to enhance women with special needs of participation in economic, political and social life.
  • Coordinate research on issues related with women with special needs.
  • Initiate social protection programs for women with special needs.