Gender justice and local government summit

Third Gender Justice Summit Luanshya Local Govt Council, Zambia

LED Lydia Muvindi Sambo Katete 2012

NAME COUNCIL/ ORGANISATIONS BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CASE STUDY Theresa Sikunte Chishimba SWAAZ Providing care work to the terminally ill patients and also provide palliative care. Grace Siaminwe Mufulira Municipal Council […]

Winners of the local government and gender justice summit summit that show cased 32 best practices of local efforts to end violence and empower women in Zambia

NAME COUNCIL/ ORGANISATIONS BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF CASE STUDY Nomsis Kakubo Chongwe District Social wellfare The Dept receives funds to empower children who left their homes because of GBV and re-integrating […]

Delegates to the first Zambia Gender Justice and Local Government Summit have called on the government and political parties to take special measures to increase women’s participation in decision-making and redouble efforts to end gender violence.

At the close of a two day summit that show cased 32 best practices of local efforts to end violence and empower women, delegates expressed dismay that at the very moment that Zambia should be accelerating efforts to meet the 2015 targets of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development, there has been regression on some fronts.

The Gender Links Francophone Director Loga Virahsawmy has called on the government of Mauritius to sign the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and development.

Speaking at the award ceremony of the first Mauritian Gender Justice and Local Government Summit, Virahsawmy asked Kritee Ram, Special Adviser on politics in the Prime Minister’s Office to make an official request from all participants, the audience and members of the jury that the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development be signed.

More than 60 participants from Zambia will converge at Cresta Golfview in Lusaka from 7-8 March 2012 for the first Zambia Gender Justice and Local Government Summit. The event showcases examples of local efforts to end gender violence and empower women across Zambia.

Local councils, associations, community based organisations and activists are called on to submit award entries for the third Gender Justice Local Government Summit and Awards. Convened by Gender Links (GL), the summit is the premiere regional event for show casing local level efforts to end gender violence and empower women.

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