| Gendered critique on the NSP
The South African history of discrimination and social inequalities made specific groups (such as women and children) more vulnerable for HIV infection. Because of this, there is a very urgent need of ensuring that all policies, programmes and interventions regarding HIV/AIDS take gender into account. Planning and policy making should be gender sensitive as well as focus on gender-specific aspects such as the vulnerability of women. It is then logical to expect that a new National Strategic Plan will highlight aspects of gender awareness, but that it will also highlight specific gender related policy making and planning.
But the NSP creates a false image of gender awareness. From very early in the Strategic Plan, mention is made of the low status of women as well as gender violence in South Africa (DoH, 2007). This creates the expectation the NSP will be gender sensitive and take into account the special needs of women (and men) in South Africa with regards to HIV/AIDS and STIs.
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