SDC is promoting Gender Equality according to its policy. Gender gaps have to be closed in order to reduce poverty and to empower women. SDC implements therefore a gender mainstreaming approach by increasing the gender knowledge and awareness of staff and partners, the institutionalization of gender as a cross cutting issue and the promoting the gender responsiveness of all interventions.Therefore, SDC is optimizing the institutional mechanisms to monitor the impact of its projects and strategies on gender relations.

The project in brief

Directorate/federal office responsible	SDC
Credit area	Development cooperation
Budget	Current phase Swiss budget CHF    600’000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF    624’737
Project phases	Phase 7 01.03.2022 - 28.02.2025   (Current phase) Phase 6 01.01.2017 - 30.06.2022   (Completed) Phase 4 01.12.2010 - 31.12.2013   (Completed)

Further technical details

• Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	OTHER MULTISECTOR
  Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation	Multisector aid
  Cross-cutting topics	Specific project on gender equality. The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
  Type of support	Official development assistance (ODA)
  Type of collaboration	Bilateral cooperation
  Finance type	Aid grant
  Aid Type	SDC administrative costs
  Tied/untied aid	Untied aid
  Project number	7F02743