As a consequence of the consultancy described in the sections below, it is recommended that DFID has an important role to play in terms of the following five priority areas of intervention:

1. Strategic networking, alliance building and capacity strengthening within the donor community

2. Strengthening the capacity of government to mainstream gender into priority ministries

3. Strengthening the capacity for mainstreaming gender issues into the PRSP

4. Respond to the demands from civil society to support their priority agendas relating to gender mainstreaming

5. Developing a Communications Strategy