Gender Links Annual Report 2014

2014 witnessed GL revving up on many fronts. Programmatically GL stayed ahead of the game with cutting edge work on the post-2015 agenda. Five elections in the region kept us on our toes, as we used this oppor- tunity to press the cause for greater voice, choice and control for women. Our complement of full time staff and interns grew. We ran our first 15 district level summits, leading to 13 national summits and a regional summit attended by over 400 women and men in Johannesburg. GL reached over 22,453 direct beneficiaries – 50% higher than the previous years. The 380 councils we work in cover a population of approximately one quarter of the people in ten SADC countries. Our media work, in 13 SADC countries, including eight public broadcasters, gives us tremendous reach. GL’s own news service continues to provide “fresh views on every day newsÀ and to project our voices on many stages, including through new media. With 41% of our budget spent on regional activities and the rest spent in various ways in all SADC countries, GL can claim to be “proudly SADC.À These are remarkable achievements for an organisation that began fifteen years ago on a wing and a prayer.

Publisher: Gender Links
Year of Publication: 2014
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