AIDS Law Project
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Not specific
Example: court cases are dealt with as human rights issues (ex. right to access health services) and not from a gender perspective
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AFSA
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The appraisal system for approval of grants includes question related to gender
Started own experiment: a gender programme with men discussing gender roles
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St. Joseph care centre
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Not specific, but “division of tasks” between men and women is included in life skills training
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Positive Muslims
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Empowering women by getting them to see that they have a right to protect themselves (through video and pamphlets)
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SACBC
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No info
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ICOCA
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Enhancing female participation in the youth programme (variable outcomes). No female staff member working on the youth programme.
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Yoneco
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Gender is cross cutting issue. Specific efforts to reach out to women were undertaken (access to information). Life skills and leadership training for women (increase women participation in governance and democratisation process).
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LL Diocese
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Not specific. Trying to recruit more men as HBC volunteer
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Plan Malawi
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Specific programme on mother and child care and a specific gender programme;
Counselling training has been able to break down gender barriers (men and women discussing sexuality in mixed groups. Promotion of women’s ability to discuss sexual matters with men (with limited results). IGA for women.
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Safaids
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Gender and human rights unit. Gendermainstreaming part of consultancy services and lobby activities deal also with gender issues.
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WASN
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Women’s organisation. The link on HIV/AIDS, gender, poverty and human rights is included in training and information material. Advocate on availability of female condoms. Advocate on women’s and girl’s sexual and reproductive rights. Male involvement in HBC is on the agenda.
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Tsungirirai
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Gender sensitive. Have been able to attract more male HBC volunteers. Educational sponsorship offers equal opportunities to boys and girls, PLWHA are encouraged to bring their partners.
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Arise
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No gender policy. Efforts to reach out as many women as men (teachers as well as pupils). No efforts to attract more men in their counselling services.
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FACT
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More women than men access the services. No info on specific actions towards women
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GAP
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Explicit gender approach,
Take into account women leadership and strategic needs of women by establishing village committees (for prevention actions)
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SIAAP
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Gender sensitive (ex. staff recruitment is gender balanced and gender is embedded in vision and programme). Tries to include more women in their training for counsellors.
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Samuha/Samraksha
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Gender sensitive. Achieved open discussions amongst women and men on the vulnerability of women to HIV/AIDS.
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Many of the organisations do not seem to reach men to discuss responsible attitudes and male sexual behaviour (except for AFSA – gender project with men), or to realise an increasing male uptake in VCT and ARV, or do not succeed in changing behaviour (ex. testimony of men in a FGD saying they refuse to use condoms within their marriage even after having unprotected sex with other women). Sexual behaviour of men is a risk factor for women (especially housewives), prevention activities did not succeed yet to change male behaviour. All counterparts struggle with the gender divide in their programmes. Programmes that empower women, focussing on improving access to information, skills, services, building up self esteem or even focussing radical transformation of gender relations are poorly represented (except: some CBOs supported by AFSA, WASN, GAP).
