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 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 that are aligned to the Protocol.

National Level
Costing of gender national action plans
Ministers are invited to follow the example show 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.