the Kingdom of Lesotho, namely: Maseru, Berea, Quthing, Leribe, Butha Buthe, Qacha’s Nek, Leribe, Mokhotlong and Mohale’s Hoek. MISA Namibia continued to put more emphasis on pro-active engagement with civil society, governmental and intergovernmental actors to ensure that a more conducive environment was created. The participation of the organization in the 16 Days of Gender Activism, and the subsequent development, led to the organization taking a proactive approach in tracking the coverage of media issues from a gender perspective. The chapter also coordinated the development of a web clip for raising awareness on the 16 Days of activism Committee, chaired by the Ombudsman’s Office. The clip is currently running on the MISA Namibia website. MISA Namibia supported the 16 Days of activism by facilitating a breakfast meeting with the media and civil society players. MISA worked with GEMSA, the Namibia Editors Forum, and the Polytechnic of Namibia in putting together a programme for the launch of the HIV and AIDS and Gender Baseline study. The second part of the Media Action Plan (MAP) project in Namibia was the holding of the inception workshop on May 24 that was specifically targeted at the Namibian Editors and with the full participation of the partners. The meeting further agreed that there was need to ensure that HIV positive media people and others living with the virus are involved in the policy development process and that another attempt be made to find ways of effectively engaging with editors. MISA Swaziland continued to collaborate with many NGOs and the UN agencies in Swaziland on HIV and AIDS issues. In May 2006 the chapter was nominated to coordinate the HIV and AIDS interventions in the media sector as part of the national HIV and AIDS strategy by NERCHA (National Emergency Response to Combat HIV/AIDS). Between October and December 2006 MISA Swaziland conducted two capacity building workshops for journalists on HIV and AIDS reporting and reporting on children’s issues. The UNICEF country office funded both workshops that saw more than 60 journalists trained in both workshops. The second workshop on reporting on issues of children was a follow up to another one held previously to develop guidelines on reporting on children. Impact has been noted with improved standards of reporting, particularly on reporting on children. The media is increasingly becoming compliant with accepted standards of reporting issues of children. Having won the confidence of the media sector and nominated to lead the HIV and AIDS interventions in the media, MISA Swaziland partnered with NERCHA to launch the programme. Consultants have been commissioned to develop a coordination strategy for MISA Swaziland. The project should be up and running at the beginning of the next financial year. The chapter’s aim was to ensure that HIV/AIDS & Gender and Media action plan is being implemented at the chapter level in collaboration with other stakeholders. In Tanzania, the major activity for this reporting period was the launch of the HIV/AIDS & Gender and Media report. The report was launched one day before May 3, as a part of WPFD celebrations. More than 30 local and international journalists participated in the launch. Media coverage was also wide in the electronic media and print, both locally and internationally. This showed how Media Houses were becoming attentive about the importance of representation of both men and women in the media and mainstreaming the HIV/AIDS in their daily coverage. The event was also publicized in the Gender and Media Southern African (GEMSA) Network website. Annual Report 2006 37