Collaborative Centre for Gender and Development (CCGD) chairperson, Prof. Philomena Mwaura has commended the staff for their outstanding work towards advancing women and girls empowerment as well as gender equality.
The CCGD Chair- Prof. Philomena Mwaura has called attention and action on emerging gender issues that may derail good progress already made at closing gender gaps. These issues include the persistence of retrogressive gender norms that still assign women a lower socio-cultural status than men even when they occupy similar professional positions. Such norms also continue to restrain women from equitably participating in politics and confidently seeking leadership positions in spheres traditionally dominated by men.
She challenged CCGD to continue contributing significantly to empowering women and girls to confront stereotypes that demean them as well as structural barriers to gender equality in policy and legal frameworks but also those embedded in traditions and cultures.
Speaking during a two-day review of the draft CCGD Strategic Plan 2023-2027, the chairperson urged the
staff to use the opportunity of the new strategic plan to accelerate progress toward gender equality by ensuring that program objectives are achieved.
The new strategic plan being finalized defines organizational goals within the 2023-2027 period and provides clarity, and direction on programmatic, operational and geographic areas of focus. Further, it outlines organizational alignment to implement and track progress towards the intended results of CCGD policy advocacy on gender equality and non-discrimination.
By Maurice Goga
