Gender Equality and African Regional Institutions

Results achieved as of the end of the project (2011) include: The GEARI project set a good foundation for each institution to improve the gender-sensitivity of their policies and programming. Participatory needs assessments critical reflection and active involvement of staff helped build their sense of ownership of the project and their commitment to improving equality in their organisation. The project helped institutions to better understand the importance of gender equality to development in their sectors of work. This contributed to each institution developing its own Gender Equality Action Plan. Three of the institutions are now well-placed to carry out their Action Plans beyond the end of project support and the fourth institution has made progress by beginning to discuss equality in its work with other regional networks.