First Swaziland summit reaffirms working from the ground in ending Gender Based Violence

The first ever Swaziland SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT closed at Ezulwini on 19 March 2013 with awards to 10 women and 2 men whose work on the ground won the highest accolades from judges during presentations made earlier in the week. The summit featured 51 entries in a variety of categories including Gender Based Violence and Conflict Resolution, Sexual and reproductive rights; health and HIV and AIDS, Education and economic development; Climate change and sustainable development, Media and Local government institutional Centres of Excellence (COEs) and leadership.

Under the banner “2015, Yes we Must! The SADC Gender Protocol@Work” the conference brought together 80 participants from local government authorities, municipalities, NGOs, FBOs and representatives of ministries of gender and local government.

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Download : Swaziland Gender summit press release and winners