Eradication through equity: An Advocacy Agenda for A Gender transformative aproach to the Fight against Malaria

The advocacy agenda herein is the logical next step to achieving progress on the promise made in the investment case (“Achieving a Double Dividend: The Case for Investing in a Gendered Approach to the Fight Against Malaria”). It serves as a tool for advocates in malaria, gender, and broader health communities to align strategies and resources and identify gaps for coordinated, impactful action. The agenda has been developed through its own co-creative process, resourced by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It has been informed and generated by a Gender and Malaria Community of Practice (CoP) with facilitation from Kati Collective. Community led, the CoP includes 295 individuals and over 60% representationfrom malaria endemic countries.

The CoP engaged in a series of interactive technical working sessions, conducted in French and English to inform the structure for the advocacy agenda framework and content. In addition to these online workshops, in person consultations took place at the Pan-African Mosquito Control Association (PAMCA) annual meeting, and an in-person workshop with over 120 attendees held in parallel to the 2022 American Society of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene (ASTMH) conference. The result of this year-long process is the content found in this document: a discrete set of priority themes and concrete outcomes to advocate for. It represents the diversity of thinking and experience from these nearly 300 malaria and gender practitioners, academics, thought leaders, donors and advocates.