Strategic Actions for Gender Equality

In recent years, there have been significant advances in the response to AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. But gender-related barriers to services and gender inequality continue to undermine efforts to end the three diseases.

The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is a commitment by global leaders that includes gender equality and the empowerment of all women and girls. The Global Fund, through its strategy for 2017-2022, Investing to End Epidemics, is aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals.

Strategic Actions to Advance Gender Equality (SAGE) is an organization-wide initiative whose purpose is to ensure that the Global Fund is investing in programs that advance gender equality. The purpose of SAGE is to support countries in addressing gender-related barriers by implementing programs that are built on strong leadership and that rest on sound, forward-looking policies and procedures.