
With Members of parliament and provincial legislature sworn in, members of cabinet appointed, provincial cabinets constituted women representation at all levels of political decision making for 2009 has been decided. For gender activists, the major focus of the election has been the commitment of government and political parties to gender equality in decision making. This is in light of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development which South Africa signed and commitment to voluntary party quotas by the ANC and COPE.
Six elections took place in Southern Africa in 2004 (in South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Angola). Gender Links in partnership with SAMSO ran a series of training workshops with the media, media training institutions and women politicians in all six countries. This drew on our recent ground breaking study “Ringing up the Changes”
Case studies
Gender and Elections Fact Sheets 2004/2005
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links, in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) and the Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC) in the run-up to the Botswana elections in October 2009.
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links (GL), in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) in Namibia during the November 2009 elections.
This report provides an overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links (GL), in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) during the October 2009 elections in Mozambique.
The objective was to update media practitioners on regional developments on gender
particularly the SADC protocol, to create better understanding of gender issues in elections,
and to come up with creative story ideas to cover in the lead up to and during the elections
which highlight in a gender-sensitive way women’s participation in politics and decisionmaking.
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender links (GL), in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) in Mauritius during the May 2010 elections.
Gender Links welcomes the appointment for the first time of a woman, Monique Oh San Bellepeau, as vice president in the Republic of Mauritius. After nearly four decades of independence and two decades of Republic, her nomination is a strong sign that gender equality is high on the agenda of the present government. It is also a victory for gender activists and Mauritian women at large, as well as for women in the region.