IDA, Promoting Gender, and Disability Rights in Africa (Inception phase) IDA, 2023-2024 Promoting Gender & Disability Rights in Africa (Inception phase) IDA har efterfrågat stöd från Sverige i sitt arbete för att förbättra jämställdhet och rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning. Beslut har tagits att stöd ska utgå under ett år med start i augusti 2023 och med en total budget på 3 990 000 SEK. Syftet med den ettåriga inledande fasen är att lägga grunden för ett längre projekt med fokus på rättigheter för personer med funktionsnedsättning - särskilt kvinnor och flickor med funktionsnedsättning. 
Projektets övergripande mål är att stärka kapaciteten hos organisationer för människor med funktionsnedsättningar (så kallade OPD:s) och att främja partnerskap bland denna typ av organisationer på både panafrikansk och nationell nivå. Arbetet ska ytterst främja rättigheter och jämställdhet för personer med funktionsnedsättning. IDA has requested Sweden for support to improve gender equality and the rights of people with disability. A decision has been taken to support a one-year inception period, starting from August 2023, with the total budget of 3990,000 SEK. This inception phase of the contribution is intended to set the foundation for the main intervention that will focus on strengthening the rights of people with disabilities, particularly women and girls with disabilities. The weak adherence of such rights is partly due to weak capacity among organizations for people with disabilities (OPD), and a lack of evidence and knowledge around the intersection of gender and disability rights. 
The overall objective of the project is to advance gender and disabilities rights in Africa through strengthening the capacity of the Organization for People with Disabilities (OPD) and to mainstream partnerships at Pan African and national levels. The overall objective of the project is to advance gender and disabilities rights in Africa through strengthening the capacity of the Organization for People with Disabilities (OPD)and to mainstream partnerships at Pan African and national levels.

The two specific objectives are:

Strengthening organizations working on cross disabilities, and mainstream partnerships to advance gender and disability rights at Pan African and national levels (Malawi, Zambia, Ghana, Benin).

Improving the capacity of OPDs to model and lead the design and delivery of disability and gender equality initiatives that monitor and uphold human rights instruments (CRPD, CEDAW, African Disability Protocol).

The inception phase of the SPARDA initiative is expected to deliver results that will lay a solid foundation for the main phase of the initiative and beyond. Accordingly, the inception phase of the SPADRA Initiative is expected to achieve three key results over a period of one year (01 August 202331 July 2024).

Result 1: An inclusive, dynamic, and robust consortium of African OPDs formed to advance and inform global and regional approaches to disability and gender rights.

Result 2: Strengthened capacity of consortium members and partners to design, implement and share learning on collaborative gender and disability rights initiatives.

Result 3: A gender and disability rights regional consortium programme developed based on context

specific needs in relation to social protection, inclusive education, and access to justice to strengthen the

implementation of policy and legal commitments