As mentioned last 18 August, we are sharing with you an extract of the draft of the Gender Equality Strategy of the Global Fund [.pdf 138KB]. This draft will be further reviewed by a Board committee in mid-September and then presented for consideration to the Board in November. We invite you, the e-Forum participants, to contribute to this ongoing review process.

What are your comments and reactions to the "Strategic Questions" that this document raises?

The strategic questions, according to the different themes of the draft strategy, read as follows:

Country Coordinating Mechanisms [Read background],

1.     How can CCMs be encouraged to ensure meaningful representation of women with skills and voice amongst membership and leadership, including those from beyond the health sector? 

2.     How can the Global Fund build the capacity of CCMs so that gender equality issues are understood and appropriately managed within the proposal development process through access to high quality gender expertise?

3.     Should gender and age disaggregated data be required in the epidemiological background provided by applicants in proposals to the Global Fund??

4.     How should the Global Fund ensure that the TRP is appropriately resourced with recognized gender expertise?

5.     Should the TRP review criteria be revised to put more emphasis on gender equality elements of programs and interventions?

Monitoring, evaluation and reporting [Read background]

7.     What gender equality service delivery areas should become available for Global Fund grants (e.g. gender-based violence, micro-finance etc)?

8.     Should the Global Fund require reporting of sex and age disaggregated data for its key indicators?

9.     How can country reporting systems be best supported to include better gender and age evaluation and analysis (role of partners, evaluations, and operational research agenda)?

10.  Should the Board provide an extra funding line for countries to access at Phase 2 in order to improve the gender equality orientation of existing grants?

 
Partners and networks [Read background]

11.  Are there mechanisms other than MOUs and agreements with which to hold partners accountable for their role in supporting programs that address gender inequalities in Global Fund grants?

Advocacy and communications [Read background]

12. Should the Global Fund communicate all messages on gender sensitive programming at all times and play a strong advocacy role or should it adjust its message to different political and social contexts and stick closely to a country led principle?

MyGlobalFund.org Facilitation Team
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Marcela Rojo: Español, English
Yauheni Yushkevich: Russian, Français
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