Gender Justice and Local Government Summit Analysis

With support from the Dutch Ministry for Development CooperationÀŸs MDG3 Fund, under the banner “365 Days of local action to end gender violenceÀŸ the first ever Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and Awards was held in Johannesburg, South Africa from the 22 – 24 March 2010 which brought together 260 participants (local government authorities, municipalities, NGOs and representatives of ministries of gender and local government and local government associations and journalists) from ten countries, presenting 103 entries, 69 by women and 34 by men, on empowering women and ending violence at the local level. At least 40 of these participants got passports and travelled out of their countries for the first time to participate in the summit.

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