its prioritisation of gender equality is a wholeofgovemment effort signalled through a tenfold increase in spending on gender equality across government between and as one of three thematic priorities within development cooperation sweden s main approach to gender equality has been to systematically mainstream it into all programmes policy directives require that contextspecific analyses including clear gender equality perspectives guide the design of all programmes and operational measures the target for mdg promote gender equality and women s empowerment seeks to eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary education preferably by and at all levels of education by