Gender Justice and Local Government Summit Awards

GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUMMIT AWARDS

365 Days of local action to end gender violence
22-24 March 2010

The first ever gender justice and local government summit closed in Johannesburg on 24 March 2010 with awards to five women and four men whose work on the ground won the highest accolades from judges and participants during presentations made earlier this week.

The summit featured 103 entries from ten countries in a variety of categories including prevention, response, support, individual innovation, institutional good practices, specific GBV campaigns and innovative communication strategies.

Under the banner “score a goal for gender equality, halve gender violence by 2015À the conference brought together journalists, local government authorities, municipalities, NGOs and representatives of ministries of gender and local government.

On the evening of 24 March 2010, Gender Links awarded nine winners and nine runners up awards at a colourful gala dinner that was held at the City of Johannesburg offices, Reception Room. Video footage documenting some of the grassroots initiatives were shown. Click here for the Introduction to the Awards DVD.

The judges also made their choice and a winner and three runners up were awarded. Annex A provides names of all the winners in the different categories.

Please see the attached document for full details of the awards and winners.

For more information contact: Saeanna Chingamuka gmdc@genderlinks.org.za or call 082-229-2337 Visit www.genderlinks.org.za

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