Summit 2016-Likila Council COE

When the Likila started with the COE process, the Councillors were blind to gender mainstreaming. To date, the council has worked very hard to mainstream gender in their policies and overall council and community activities.

The council has put in place a number of gender-related policies to guide its work. The district council consist of 12 male councillors and 7 female councillors. The council aims to expand its percentage of female councillors from 37%. The Mayor of the council is a male and the Deputy Mayor is a female.

The council is made up of three committees, one of which is chaired by woman. There are more men employed than women in their Workforce of the council.

Young people, people living with disabilities (PWD) and community members participate in community-based planning projects and meetings. Between 51 and 75 percent, women participate in public consultations.

The total workforce of the council employees consist of 44 percent women. There is only one women in management. The Management of the council consists of one male in management position being the CCS or CEO and the other being the clerical assistant and three being the security guards. The Council amended the recruitment, selection and promotion policies to increase the proportion of women in the workforce. Women are now being more involved in decision making.

There are provisions for maternity and paternity leave. The council does not have a sexual harassment policy. In cases related to Sexual harassment, the council uses the national sexual harassment policy.

The Likila Council allocates a substantial budget to gender-related projects, these amounts has stood at the same level since from 2015 to 2016.

Women, men, PWD, and youth are involved in the planning, management, and maintenance of water and sanitation. There is a total of 40 water and sanitation committees. There is 28 women and 12 men on the committees, five of which is chaired by women.

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