The main objective of the Gender and Youth Integration Plan is achieving gender and youth inclusive program results and develop targets for enhancing women’s and youth participation, representation, access to resources, and decision-making power, that are linked to program outputs, and can be amended based on field realities and incremental progress during program implementation. In addition, the plan is in place to ensure that beneficiaries are able to access and fully benefit from the program activities.

The GYAP was implemented throughout the Program by addressing the following actions:
● Addressing knowledge and awareness of the rationale and practical tools for integrating gender and youth approaches into ongoing work through training (including for WIT Program and its consultants and partners as appropriate)
● Field visits and dialogue with community members inclusive of women and young people in the community will provide a useful source of ongoing feedback and input to guide GYAP implementation
● Cross-cutting mechanisms will be put in place within WIT Program to ensure women and youth input and involvement in, for example, the creation of SoW and ToR’s for WIT partners and in any of the Program frameworks
● Outreach and communication will take into consideration the sex and age of audiences to ensure uptake and accessibility.
● Any materials related to the program will underscore its commitment to gender equality and youth engagement
● Program reporting from, and to, WIT will contain a section on the progress and process of gender and youth integration, identifying emerging issues and lessons learned
● Ensuring gender integration and sensitivity are guidelines to shape activities that will meet the beneficiaries needs and overall objective of, mainstreaming gender within the WIT program as a cross cutting theme.