Gender Division - GD

*PPDF MAKES POSITIVE STRIDES AS GENDER DIVISION CALLS FOR SUSTAINED COLLABORATION AMONG ITS PARTNERS.*

Yesterday, 25th June, 2026, the Gender Division, hosted a Public Private Dialogue Forum- PPDF and Women Technical Working Group TWG meeting with its cooperating partners aimed at strengthening collaboration and advancing gender equality initiatives in the country.

The meeting chaired by acting Permanent Secretary, Andrea Habweza, provided a platform for stakeholders to identify key interventions in the implementation of gender related programmes and policies.

The participants stemmed from the Civil society organizations, development partners to government line ministries in a bid to eradicate gender inequality, curb GBV, while promoting social inclusion.

Discussions highlighted challenges related to the enforcement of gender responsive laws, coordination among stakeholders, resource mobilization, and barriers affecting women's participation and empowerment and further offering interventions.

Speaking during the meeting, Acting PS , Andrea Habweza, called for sustained dialogue and partnership in achieving inclusive development.

The forum also agreed on collaborative research in gender to generate empirical evidence for appropriate interventions.

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𝐓𝐨 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐃𝐚𝐲, 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐤𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞 𝐇𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐝𝐲, 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐇𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐚 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬!