Moving Beyond Gender As Usual

'Moving Beyond Gender As Usual' concentrates on Mozambique, Uganda and Zambia, finds that whilst national policies contain an understanding of gender and HIV/AIDS issues, they are lacking strategic action. For example whilst Mozambique acknowledge the connection between gender inequality and HIV and AIDS and they promote knowledge of, and access to, legal instruments for fighting domestic violence, they have not put in place any indicators or targets to measure progress. Reasons for these failures include inadequate funding, limited access to gender analysis, inadequate monitoring and evaluation systems for gender, and inadequate staffing. Against this environment it is found that the donors, PEPFAR, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and the MAP need to do much more to support policies and address the epidemic.

The report suggests whilst each of the donors have strong points they also need to address their weaknesses to become more effective. For example PEPFAR has explicit commitments on gender but with a global approach and a confusing set of policies that fail to address country-specific needs. It also suggests that there are opportunities for donor collaboration both to make the most of their comparative advantages and to avoid duplicating each others efforts.
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