1. Gender @ Work in Local Government

2. Methodology - Mtintso’s framework
ACCESS
TRANSFORMATION
PARTICIPATION
Policy
Institutional
Service
delivery
Women
Individual
Men

3. BETTER POLICIES AND SERVICES PARTICIPATION
REPRESENTATION
BETTER POLICIES AND SERVICES PARTICIPATION
ACCOUNTABILITY
TRANSPARENCY
RESPONSIVENESS

4. How gender mainstreaming in local government has evolved over the years
2010
6 stage COE process
Action planning
Learning and
10 Stage COE process
IT for advocacy
Monitoring & Evaluation
Learning and
Updating action plans – link to Agenda 2030
Baseline scores coding
Backstopping of COEs
External Assessments of summits
Sunrise campaign – working with GBV survivors in local government
Roll out – COEs take ownership of the Sunrise campaign
50/50 Campaign
Summits
SRHR in local government
Community dramas on SRHR
SRHR campaigns
SRHR research
SRHR Summits

5. Core COE Process Original 2010 Revised 2011 Process 1
Meetings with management and political teams and adoption of COE process. 2
Undertaking a gender audit of the council. 4 3
Mobilizing meeting with council representatives and popularizing the SADC protocol on Gender and Development.  *
Inception workshop. 5
Action planning workshop 6
Adoption of the action plan. 7
Media, campaigning skills. 8
IT for advocacy. 9
Monitoring and evaluation 10
Summit
Post 2015
Updating of gender action plans in line with the Post-2015 SADC Gender Protocol
New baseline scores with colour coding from blue to green to bronze to silver to gold and platinum endorsed by UN Women
Quarterly backstopping meetings
Annual self and external assessments at the SADC summit

6. Scoring process Platinum 90% - 100% Upper Level 3 Gold 80-89%
Silver
70-79%
Upper Level 1
Bronze
61-69%
Intermediary Level
Green
51-60%
Basic Level
Blue
Under 50%
Entry Level

7. Next steps: Depth vs breadth
Integrating gender into council planning, especially LED. Sunrise Campaign – LED/GBV
Sharpening Gender Responsive Budgeting – GRB
Gender disaggregation of council data
Gender responsive procurement
Gender responsive health facilities
Youth friendly SRHR services
Youth involvement in local government

8. Zambia 43 councils have participated in the programme
30 updated Gender Action Plans
10 participated in the Entrepreneurship programme.
Focus – 10 Councils
What do we need to do to revive the work?

9. Mapping of councils Council Location GAP CLGF/LED Council Sunrise
Kafue
Lusaka Province
Post 2015
yes No
Chongwe
Pre 2015
Lusaka
Yes
Rufunsa
Kabwe
Central Province ( 142 Kilometers from Lusaka)
Kitwe
Copperbelt Province (370 Kilometers)
Ndola
Copperbelt Province (300)Kilometers)
Luanshya
Chipata
Eastern Province (568 Km from Lusaka)
Kasama
Northern Province (850 Km from Lusaka)

10. Potential GL Synergies – AC grant, LFS
EU Result Area
Activities
Potential GL Synergies – AC grant, LFS  
Potential synergies – CLFG/ GL – Joe Cox if approved
Improved leadership, institutional and operational capacities for LA
Capacity assessment
Individual capacity for local leadership and management development
JC – women in leadership, 2021 elections; Women in Local Gvt Network
Capacity at the organisational level (appt technology for org systems)
Youth – junior councils
Peer learning btwn Zambia and European local authorities
LFS – peer learning between Zambian councils
2) Enhanced capacity of local authorities to plan and implement inclusive service delivery and promote LED
IDP plans developed and implemented
Mainstreaming gender into the new IDP plans and budgets
LED strategies developed and implemented
Entrepreneurship programme – link to LED
Network of Women Entrepreneurs
Health sector devolution plan implemented
SRHR strengthening in local gvt action plans
3) LGAZ capacity to represent and support local gvt in Zambia
Stakeholder engagement
Community Council Scoring
Knowledge management
SADC Summit
General public awareness including media
GL extensive work with the media – field visits to cover local gvt

11. GRB

12. GRB and gender score card
Gender process
Employment
Gender specific
Gender mainstream
I. POLICY FRAMEWORK X
II. GOVERNANCE
III. WORK PLACE POLICY AND PRACTICE
IV. LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
V. CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
VI. INFRASTRUCTURE AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
VII. SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, HIV AND AIDS
VIII. ENDING VIOLENCE, EMPOWERING WOMEN
IX. COMMUNICATIONS AND VISIBILITY
X. GENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

13. Junior councils

14. IDP exercise – gender issues
Demographic analysis / Stakeholder consultations
Settlements and land tenure
Poverty and economic analysis
Environment and climate change analysis
Water and sanitation
Solid waste
Energy
Roads, transport, communication
Health
Education
Community facilities