By Juliet Sibale UNDP Gender and Development Specialist
Malawi is Party to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which set various goals, targets and indicators to ensure progress in various development spheres and realize poverty reduction by 2030. The principle ‘leave no one behind’ is crucial throughout the whole implementation of SDGs. It means SDGs have to include all groups of society and have to ensure the participation of all people. Under the SDGs, the country committed to ensure gender equality realization in various spheres of development including ensuring safe environment free from violence and abuse against women, men, children and persons with disabilities. The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) III also targets gender equality and empowerment as one of the cross-cutting key issues in development and poverty reduction mechanisms for men, women and persons with disabilities. The MGDS also priorities health and nutrition for all.
