Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Plan for Civil Society Strengthening (CSS) Project

This GEDSI Plan is developed to ensure GEDSI priorities are mainstreamed into all CSS’s work,​including grantees’ scopes of work (both design and implementation) that advance the GEDSI priorities of each CSS project outcome. The plan will promote the participation and leadership of women; youth; people with disabilities (PWD); indigenous people; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer people (LGBTIQ+); and other marginalized groups in project design, activity implementation, and monitoring and evaluation to enable a strong environment for inclusive policy and decision-making.

The Plan will also guide and inform all CSS team members, grantees, networks, alliances, and key stakeholders, including private sector representatives, about their roles and responsibilities in mainstreaming GEDSI into their scopes of work and activities. It will emphasize key strategies and processes that CSS will take in order to integrate GEDSI considerations in activity design following the CSS’s Theory of Change, focus areas, and objectives.