This Gender Strategy and Action Plan expresses CDIA’s commitment to gender equality as a goal and gender mainstreaming as a strategy. It outlines CDIA’s view on the need for and approach to gender equality. The results of CDIA’s efforts vis-à-vis gender equality are linked to the Performance Measurement System and Framework and part of the continuous monitoring and evaluation of outputs and outcomes. The status and progress of the action plan will be presented in a bi-annual Gender Progress Report.