Workshop Session
The strategy attempts to address gender in DRC prisons system in its fourteen-point priority areas. Chiefly among them, establishment of gender at central level, capacity building on gender mainstreaming, integration of gender in prison’s regulatory documents, gradual increment in the establishment of female personnel, lobbying for the integration of gender in the parent ministry, diversification and intensification of prisoner’s programmes, advocacy for the construction of women prisons and staff quarters and enhancing collaboration with development partners. Corrections Unit efforts will be directed towards realization of the strategies. Specifically, Correction Unit will make available resources in its programmatic funds, provide technical and logistical support, capacity building and high-level advocacy. Further, Correction Unit will develop a robust resource mobilization mechanism to bridge the funding gap since the envisaged programmes require huge capital outlay.