Tracking the SADC Gender Protocol

Countries that have signed
Angola, DRC, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries that have not signed
Botswana, Mauritius

Countries that have ratified
Angola, DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Countries that have deposited instruments of ratification with the SADC Secretariat
DRC, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, Tanzania, Zimbabwe

Focus of advocacy efforts:

Regional level
Gender ministers are invited to support the development of a Regional Action Plan for the implementation of the SADC Gender Protocol and standardised framework for developing costed national action plans aligned to the Protocol.

National Level

Gender budgeting
Gender ministers are invited to follow the example of Zimbabwe, which is building the capacity of Gender Focal Persons who act as liaison officers in the mainstreaming of gender in government sectors. The programme is based on the premise that gender responsive budgeting initiatives can be used as a vehicle to mainstream gender into development. At the centre of this is the use of the SADC Gender Protocol targets as an enforcement mechanism in government gender mainstreaming initiatives.

Costing of gender national action plans
Ministers are invited to follow the example set by Namibia in revising and costing its national action plan and incorporating the targets of the SADC Gender Protocol by the 2012 gender ministers meeting.