- Gender Equality
The Namibia Gender Joint Programme titled “Setting Things Right towards Gender Equality and Equity” aimed at contributing towards the MDG Goal 3 “promote gender equality and empowerment of women” and MDG Goal 1 “eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.” The fund supported Namibia’s national priorities as stipulated in Vision 2030 and the National Development Plan (NDP3) and was implemented over a three-year period from 19 February 2009 to 19 February 2012, with a four-month no cost extension to 12 July 2012.
The aims of the Namibia Gender Joint Programme (JP) therefore was “to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls through a comprehensive and multifaceted programme reaching across national, regional and community levels. The JP also sought to increase understanding, sensitivity and responsiveness to pressing gender issues in Namibia”. The programme had three outcomes: increased awareness and capacity for protecting the rights of women and girls (including reproductive rights); increased mainstreaming/integration of Gender in National Development Policies and frameworks and implementation of gender responsive Key Result Area (KRA) policies, programmes and budgeting and enhanced well-being of targeted women and girls through food security and livelihood improvement initiatives.
The overall objective was to measure whether the JP had achieved its intended results. The focus of the evaluation was to assess programme practices and results with a forward-looking focus. Programme outputs were analysed against the backdrop of a Joint Programme and the contribution thereof towards achieving the stated goals and objectives.
The evaluation found that significant achievements were attained at output level under JP outcomes 1 and 2 in terms of both programme delivery and implementation as a Joint programme, but achievements under JP outcome 3 were limited by the design of the JP which did not integrate activities under JP outcomes 1 and 2 in a more deliberate, consistent, and comprehensive manner.