THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT

What is the SADC Gender and Development Protocol? Sub regional instrument, hamonised implementation of the various instruments to which SADC States had prescribed to, at the regional, continental and international levels on gender equality and equity. (CEDAW, Beijing Declaration & Platform for Action; MDGS etc.) SMART

What Does The Gender Protocol Alliance Speak to? 28 targets by 2015 8 thematic clusters Constitutional & Legal Rights Governance (Representation & Participation) Education and Training Economic Justice and Empowerment Gender Based Violence Health, HIV and AIDS Peace Building and Conflict Resolution Media, Information and Communication

What makes 2010 significant Beijing Plus 15 10th anniversary of the MDG’s The launch of the African Decade for Women (2010 – 2020) of the African Union The year that the Soccer World Cup came to Africa for the first time! 30th anniversary of SADC A significant benchmarking year for the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development ~ less than 5 years before 2015

Popularising the SADC Gender and Development Protocol Translation into 23 languages. Village level workshops DVD and Radio kits. “I” Stories – breaking the silence GL Commentary service, supplements during summits. 8 clusters, 14 country networks In Country cluster support structure e.g Zimbabwe model

Tracking Progress & Implementation WHAT IS NOT COUNTED DOES NOT COUNT!

Tracking Progress & Implementation 15 countries; 28 targets Mapping and tracking tool Baseline in 2009 Progress in 2010 (MDG 10th year) and each year, until 2015

FINDINGS… Women Representation & Participation in Government

Halve gender violence by 2015 GBV indicators: what are current levels of violence? How will we measure if these have been halved? - GBV Indicators: At least nine of 15 SADC countries have developed Multi sector national action plans for ending GBV - The UNiTE campaign added muscle To SADC Member States initiative

Taking stock: GMPS From 17% women sources 2003 to 19% in 2010 (24% globally) Taking stock: GMPS

More Findings Matrix of indicators: where we are consistently over 50%= Proportion of the population living with HIV and AIDS; Parliament: 24% to 23%,backsliding in some cases, only one instance of over 58% (local gvt in Lesotho. Some good news, education and maternal health. Economic decision-making 18% - 23% Media from 17% women sources in 2003 to 19% in 2010.

The Protocol@Work Malawi 50/50 campaign, WIP from 14% to 22% in 2009. Drivers of change Emma Kaliya: Gender President of Malawi: Fight Against Poverty Malawi 50/50 campaign, WIP from 14% to 22% in 2009. Village workshops Local elections Business women SA Survey 2010 Quoted in the Barometer as an example of the Protocol @ work. Using the SADC Gender Protocol to benchmark progress in the private sector

The Protocol@Work Protocol@work Zambia Constitutional review: Members of SA Gender Protocol Alliance led by WLSA-Zambia, made submissions to the National Constitutional Conference based on the provisions of the SADC Gender Protocol – some of the submissions have already been adopted Alliance Economic Justice Cluster priorities gender budgeting: A regional gender budgeting network by the Zimbabwe Resource Centre Network that coordinates the Alliance economic cluster, aims to ensure that women and men benefit equally from government expenditure Popularising economic provisions of the SADC Gender Protocol: GL and the ZWRCN have been training journalists in the region on the economic provisions of the Protocol Protocol@work

The Protocol@Work Protocol@work Women activists in Madagascar call for 30% women in transactional government: Demanding women representation and providing names of possible candidates Working together to end human trafficking: Women in Law Southern Africa (WLSA) and Southern Africa Network against Trafficking and Abuse of Children (SANTAC) launched the RED LIGHT campaign in 2008 to guard against the potential impact of the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup on vulnerable women and children in Southern Africa Making care work count – a policy drive: Following the launch of the GEMSA “Making Care Work Count” campaign and analysis of existing policies, GEMSA and its partners have mounted a drive to get SADC government to adopt stand-alone policies in line with the provision of the Protocol Protocol@work

Citizens score Regional score from 55% in 2009 to 54% in 2010

2015: Yes we can! 2015? Yes we CAN The time is NOW