Public Accountability and Women’s Participation in Mali

Results achieved as of the end of the project (March 2022) include: (1) strengthened capacity and visibility of the Office of the Auditor General of Mali (BVGM) in terms of its strategic planning and specifically the inclusion of gender in its audits which has contributed to strengthening the BVGM in its function of overseeing gender policies and programmes in Mali; (2) the staff of the Economic and Financial Poles from the Ministry of Justice are equipped to prosecute those responsible for criminal offences in the area of public finance and sensitised on the integration of a gender perspective in their work; (3) a multi-actor framework for the fight against corruption is set up to strengthen anti-corruption practices in Mali bringing together actors from internal control the justice sector and civil society; (4) more than 200 women leaders or members of Citizen Watch Committees have improved their advocacy and leadership skills with a view to increasing the mobilisation of civil society and in particular women for the promotion of good governance at the local and national levels; and (5) more than 54 600 members of civil society 51% of whom are women have been trained on the gender-specific manifestations of corruption and their impact on women's access to basic social services. These results contribute to the improvement of inclusive and accountable governance in Mali and ultimately to the improvement of the socio-economic well-being of women and girls through the delivery of public services in Mali.