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Mashaleng Community Council is found in the Mohale’s Hoek district. It is the first council in Mohale’s Hoek to join the COE process in 2010. Institutional case study.
The council has put in place a number of gender-related policies to guide its work. The district council consist of 8 male councillors and 5 female councillors. The council aims to expand its percentage of female councillors from 33%. The Mayor of the council is a male, and the Deputy Mayor is a female.
The council is made up of six committees, two of which are chaired by woman. There are more women employed than men 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 52 percent women, and 16 percent youth. Women are only five of 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; in total there are five males while females are 12. One female is in Administration of the council, 2 are the physical planners, 2 are in Finance, another 2 are the messengers and 3 are the office assistants. The Council amended the recruitment, selection and promotion policies to increase the proportion of women in the workforce. The council has more women in non-traditional areas than men, even in the traditional setting there is a greater number of women employed than men.
There are provisions for maternity and paternity leave. The council does not have a sexual harassment policy. In cases related to Sexual harassment, disciplinary hearings are held, but in bigger cases state institutions are consulted.
The Mashaleng Community Council allocates a substantial budget to gender-related projects, these amounts have increased from 2015 to 2016.
Category | Budget 2015 | Budget 2016 |
Resources allocated to promoting gender equality in decision-making and public participation | Financial allocation not available. | Financial allocation not available. |
Resources allocated to promoting gender equality/family friendly/ youth and disability friendly policies and practices | Financial allocation not available. | Financial allocation not available. |
Resources allocated to gender-responsive local economic development | Financial allocation not available. | Financial allocation not available. |
Resources allocated to promoting gender/youth/PWD responsive projects on climate change | Financial allocation not available. | Financial allocation not available. |
There are 513 beneficiaries benefiting from jobs created by the council, 298 women and 215 men.
Women, men, PWD, and youth are involved in the planning, management, and maintenance of water and sanitation. There is a total of 150 water and sanitation committees. There is 120 women and 30 men on the committees, seven of which are chaired by a women.
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Comment on Summit 2016-Mashaleng Council COE