Summary of publication

The Gender Equality Investment-Level Strategy Development Good Practice Note is an operational resource to assist Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) staff and partners. It outlines the key features of a good practice Gender Strategy. It supports staff to implement Australia’s development strategy Partnerships for Recovery: Australia’s COVID-19 Development Response, which commits the Australian Government to maintaining Australia’s strong support and advocacy for initiatives to enhance gender equality and address gender-based violence, and to invest in gender equality and women’s economic empowerment. It can be used by program teams and implementing partners as a reference guide when developing a Gender Strategy for an aid investment. It can also be used by DFAT staff when reviewing Gender Strategy documents developed by implementing partners. This guidance note can be read in conjunction with DFAT’s Gender Equality in Investment Design Good Practice Note and DFAT’s Gender Equality in Monitoring and Evaluation and Reporting Good Practice Note.

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