Date: 5th November 2021
Media Contacts: willson@forequalityafrica.org
For Equality, with support from the Commonwealth Foundation, is set to launch a series of interventions on Strengthening Protection-Cluster capacities for Policy and Programmes review.
The project comes at an opportune time when the need for gender responsiveness, accountability and transparency in COVID-19 funds usage and vaccine rollout programmes, has emerged as the key strategic issue.
In February 2021, the President of Malawi, terminated the head of the Department of Disaster Management (DODMA) and the Presidential COVID-19 Taskforce Co-Chair for abuse of COVID-19 funds, following a report released by the Ombudsman detailing how over 6,2 billion Kwacha (USD 8 million) in COVID-19 funds was unaccounted for.
Furthermore, the vaccine rollout programme has begun without a clear plan in place to ensure health equity, making sure that women are not left behind. As such, this project will:
- Enhance the participation of women’s organisations, groups and networks in Malawi in the COVID-19 response planning and decision-making processes and structures, in particular, the Protection cluster system, as established in the National COVID-19 Preparedness and Response Plan
- Establish a CSO Protection Cluster Taskforce and build its capacities to conduct policy and programme review, and ensure gender equality is mainstreamed in the vaccine rollout programme.
The project begun in October 2021 and will run for 6 months.
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