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50/50 by 2015: Demanding a strong post 2015 agenda!
Gender Links, the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance, local government associations, and the Gender and Media Diversity Centre will host the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Summits to gather evidence of the SADC Gender Protocol@Work. With the strapline “50/50 by 2015 and a strong post 2015 agenda“, the initiative, that has the support from the SADC Gender Unit, will also make a concerted call for increasing the momentum on implementation in the run up to 2015. Download the summit brochure. Download customised summit packages for different target groups.
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Six years have passed since the historic adoption of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development. Less than two years from now, governments will have to account for actions taken to meet the 28 targets of this unique sub-regional instrument that brings together existing global and continental commitments to gender equality. The MDG targets also have a 2015 deadline. MDG Three concerns gender equality. There is already a lively debate on the post 2015 agenda. Pressure needs to be mounted to press home the gains in the SADC region, especially in light of the ten elections taking place in the region over the next two years. In line with global developments, it is also critical that the SADC region redefine its priorities post 2015. The SADC region has much to offer, and much to gain, from these global debates.
Gender Links, the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance, local government associations, and the Gender and Media Diversity Centre will host the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Summits to gather evidence of the SADC Gender Protocol@Work. With the strapline “50/50 by 2015 and a strong post 2015 agenda“, the initiative, that has the support for the SADC Gender Unit, will also make a concerted call for increasing the momentum on implementation in the run up to 2015.
In a bid to strengthen the reach and impact of the summit at the local level, summits this year will be cascaded to local level in ten SADC countries. The District Level summits will serve to verify the work of nearly 200 Councils that have developed and are implementing gender action plans through the Centres of Excellence initiative, as well as strengthen peer learning and sharing at this level.
Partners will convene 20 preparatory district summits and 12 preparatory country summits in Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe in March, culminating in a regional summit in Johannesburg from 26-28 May. Entries from countries that do not have summits will be shortlisted and adjudicated directly at the regional summit.
The SADC Gender Protocol Summits and Awards aim to achieve the following at local, country and regional level:
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)The United Nations MDG’s aim to meet the needs of the world’s poorest. With eight goals, ranging from halving extreme poverty to halting the spread of HIV and AIDS and providing universal primary education, all by the target date of 2015, the MDGs form a blue print agreed on by all the world’s countries and most development institutions. Goal Three is concerned with promoting gender equality and empowering women. This includes eliminating gender discrimination in different sectors.
The Post 2015 Agenda: As 2015 approaches, there is a mounting global debate on the Post 2015 agenda, and the need to strengthen gender provisions within that. The gender critique of the MDG’s is that they take a functionalist, basic needs approach to gender equality, side stepping core issues like GBV. The watchwords of those campaigning for a strong gender agenda post 2015 is “voice, choice and control” À“ see policy brief https://www.genderlinks.org.za/page/policy-briefs.
SADC Protocol on Gender and Development and the Alliance In August 2008, SADC Heads of State and Governments signed the ground-breaking SADC Protocol on Gender and Development, elevating the SADC Declaration to a more binding regional instrument. With its 28 targets to be achieved by 2015, the Protocol provides Southern Africa with a road map for the fulfilment of the MDGs. Formed around the campaign for the SADC Gender Protocol in 2005, the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance now comprises 15 country networks and eight theme groups, as well as two interest groups (the men’s sector and Faith Based Organisations) À“ see www.sadcgenderprotocol.org. The Alliance has produced five Barometers tracking progress in the 15 countries of the region against the 28 targets of the Protocol. The Alliance is in the process of strengthening country networks through identifying champions of the 28 targets of the Protocol in each country. The Alliance is also working with governments to align national gender policies and action plans to the Protocol and to cost implementation. Because of its breadth and specificity, the SADC Gender Protocol goes well beyond the requirements of the MDGs. Southern Africa’s experience is therefore very valuable in the crafting of the post-2015 agenda. At the same time, Southern Africa has much to benefit from the post 2015 debates. As the SADC Gender Protocol has moved into implementation, it has become apparent that there are some areas that need strengthening, such as sustainable development. The campaign for an addendum to the Protocol on Gender and Climate Change has been merged with the broader campaign for a strong post 2015 SADC Gender Protocol. 2014 is a critical year to shape this agenda.
The 50/50 campaign: Southern Africa has long formed a strong backbone of the global 50/50 campaign. The 30% target for women in decision-making in the original SADC Declaration on Gender and Development in 1997 gave way to the demand for gender parity by 2015 in the SADC Protocol. With an average of 26% women in parliament and local government, SADC is only half way where it needs to be by 2015. However, this figure varies greatly from countries that have almost achieved gender parity in certain areas of decision-making to those still well below. The region has experimented with every type of electoral system and quota, showing that where there is political will, rapid change can be effected. With ten elections between now and the end of 2015, the time is right to mount a massive campaign for achieving the SGP target in at least one area À“ see 50/50 policy brief at https://www.genderlinks.org.za/page/policy-briefs.
Centres of Excellence for Gender in Local Government and the Media A key development over the last two years is The Centers of Excellence (COE) concept for both media (media houses and media training institutions) and local government. The COE concept is a follow to the gender and local government and media research, training, advocacy, gender policy and action plans that have been taking place in SADC since 2001. The lessons learned from this early work is that the best way to effect change is to work at institutional level; demonstrate that change is possible through affirming good practice and sharing experiences at summits, and then cascading this work inspired by the dictum: “nothing succeeds like success.” In the local government work, councils develop, cost and implement action plans aligned to the 28 targets of the SADC Gender Protocol. In the media, institutions develop and implement gender policies. This includes a ten stage on-the-job training for journalists structured around the ten themes of the SADC Gender Protocol. GL has produced training manuals for the media and local government COE’s. Currently GL is working with 300 local authorities and 119 media houses (in 13 SADC countries) that have committed to become Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming. GL is also working with 16 media training institutions on mainstreaming gender in their curriculums. During the 2011 Sixteen Day campaign, GL brought together media and local government COEs to plan and profile local government efforts to combat gender based violence. This project saw media covering the work of local government COEs and local government providing media with vital sources on gender based violence.
Gender and Media summits and awardsSince 2004, GL and partner organisations have held the regional Gender and Media (GEM) summits every two years. The first GEM summit, a collaborative effort between Gender Links and the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) took place in 2004 under the banner ‘Making Every Voice count’. This summit followed the launch of the Gender and Media Baseline Study (GMBS) in 2003. It was at this summit that media partners formed the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA). Subsequent summits took place in 2006, 2008 and 2010.
Gender justice and Local government summits and awardsThe first ever Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and Awards took place in Johannesburg South Africa in 2010. Under the banner ‘365 Days of local action to end gender violence ‘ the summit and awards brought together journalists, local government authorities, municipalities, NGOs and representatives of ministries of gender and local government. After the inception summit, two regional summits followed in 2011 and 2012. In 2012, GL and local government partners broke new ground with six in-country mini summits in Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe ahead of the regional summit.
SADC Protocol@Work Summit 2013
In 2013, GL, the Alliance, Faith Based Organisations, local government associations and media houses combined forces to host one overall SADC Prorocol@Work Summit . The regional summit followed twelve national summits bringing to together over 1400 participants and gathering 742 best practices of the SADC Gender Protocol @ Work.
Unique features of the 2014 Summit
AWARD CATEGORIES AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE
This is detailed on the home page for the SADC Gender Protocol Summit in English, French and Portuguese, with forms provided under each category.
Alliance and FBO’s | Government | Local Government | Media | |
Target groups eligible to enter the different categories | Affiliates of the Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance À“ theme, country and cross country | Gender, local government and all line ministries, statutory bodies and parastatals. | Councils from across the SADC region who are currently part of the COE process; survivors of GBV who have received entrepreneurship training | Institutional: Media COE. Theme: All public, private or community media house in the SADC region |
Award categories | ||||
Institutional gender mainstreaming awards | Networks formed around the SADC Gender Protocol championing its provisions | Line ministries that demonstrate the SADC Protocol@Work through targeted and costed action plans | Centres of Excellence for Gender in Local Government in ten SADC countries | Centres of Excellence for Gender in the Media in 12 SADC Countries. |
Emerging entrepreneurs | Participants in the FLOW project | |||
Leadership À“ Gender champions | Drivers of Change across all target groups who have championed the SADC Gender Protocol at local and or national level and can show evidence of results. | |||
GBV | Evidence of the SADC Gender Protocol@Work in halving gender violence by 2015. | Journalists may submit entries for print/online, radio, television and photojournalism in any one of the four theme categories. | ||
50/50 awards | Special measures taken at local or national level to ensure women’s equal representation and participation in decision-making in all areas, especially in preparation for forthcoming elections in the SADC region. | |||
Women’s rights and the post 2015 SADC agenda | Evidence of the SADC Protocol@work in any one of the following theme areas of the Protocol À“ Constitutional and legal; Education and Training; Economic Justice; Health; HIV and AIDS; Peace Building and Conflict Resolution. | |||
Gender and climate change | Breaking new ground, this category calls for good practise on gender and sustainable development À“ and area that MUST feature in the post 2015 agenda! | |||
Gender in Media Education (GIME) | Media training institutions that have elected to become GIME COE’s | |||
GL News Service | Contributors to the GLNS and media students who produce on-line publications at the national summits |
DISTRICT | NATIONAL | REGIONAL | |
Local government COE and emerging entrepreneurs | Winners go to national | ||
Alliance and FBOs | |||
Government ministries | |||
Media | |||
Media training | Apply direct to regional | ||
GLNS | Students work on national on-line publication; winners go to regional | Opinion and Commentary selected by editors based on performance; go direct to regional |
District summits
In this first round of district level summits, entries will be restricted to the local government COE’s and the entrepreneurship training for survivors of GBV. The purpose of the district summits is to broaden the scope of participation. It is also a recognition of the growth of the COE programme, and the potential for peer learning and sharing. The district level summits form a critical component of the verification of the work at the local level. All COE’s that have passed stage five (action plan) of the COE process will be invited to make a presentation of what they have achieved, supported by documentation, at the district summits. The summit will be preceded by a joint Stage 7 and 8 (media and IT for Advocacy workshop) where all COE’s will have a chance to upload their applications to the website; prepare presentations; plan a joint 50/50 campaign and post messages on the post 2015 agenda. GL will verify the winners by making brief visits to the councils that win after the district summits and assist in documenting for the national summit. GL will also use the opportunity to gather evidence on entrepreneurship training for survivors of GBV being conducted with the support of Councils. The organising committees for the District Summits will consist of gender champions and gender focal points trained in the earlier phases.
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE FOR DISTRICT SUMMITS | ||
Date | Documentation, 50/50 and post 2015 capacity building | |
Day one | Stage seven À“ campaign training 50/50 | |
Day two | Stage 8 À“ IT for advocacy – brush up your presentations | |
Day three | Post 2015 agenda À“ post messages on the SADC you want post 2015 | |
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COE | Entrepreneurship | |
Day four | Presentations | Presentations |
Day five AM | Presentations | Presentations |
Day five PM | Cascading and sustaining the COE work | |
Day five PM | Awards |
National summits
National summits will be held in partnership with Alliance Focal Networks in each country. These will be followed by working meetings on the 50/50 campaign; the post 2015 agenda and Barometer processes.
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE FOR NATIONAL SUMMITS | ||||||
Day one | Pre-judging and briefing of judges | |||||
Day 2 À“ am | Opening: 50/50 and post 2015 agenda | |||||
Day 2 À“ parallel sessions | Institutional | Entrepreneurship | Leadership | Theme/ Post 2015 | Climate change | Media |
Day 3- am | ||||||
Day 3À“ pm | Awards | |||||
Day four | Working meeting À“ 50/50 campaign strategy; post 2015 strategy and 2014 country Barometer |
Regional summit
The regional summit, to be held at the Kopanong Hotel in Johannesburg, will be co-ordinated by the Alliance Regional Secretariat in Johannesburg. Judges will comprise members of the Alliance Think Tank (regional NGOs) and GL Board Members. The regional summit will be followed by a series of parallel working meetings aimed at consolidating the inputs on the 50/50 campaign into a regional strategy, and crafting a draft paper on the post 2015 SGP for lobbying at the next SADC Heads of State Summit to be held in Zimbabwe in August 2014.
PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE FOR REGIONAL SUMMITS | |||||||||||
May 24 and 25 | Pre-judging and briefing of judges | ||||||||||
May 26 | Opening: 50/50 and post 2015 agenda | ||||||||||
Institutional | Entrepreneurship | Leadership | Theme/ Post 2015 | Climate change | Media | Media Education | |||||
May 27 | |||||||||||
May 28 | |||||||||||
PM | Awards | ||||||||||
May 29 | Parallel meetings | ||||||||||
50/50 | Post 2015 | Enterprise facilitators |
Media policy facilitators | Gender in media Education | GLNS | ||||||
May 30 | Alliance Steering Committee Meeting |
Category | District | Notes | National | Notes | Regional | Notes |
Institutional | 4 | Winner and runner up, urban and rural COE | 6 | Alliance and FBO; Government, Local gvt urban and rural, media |
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Alliance and FBO; Government, Local gvt urban and rural, media |
Emerging entrepreneur | 2 | Best plan and runner up | 1 | Best plan | 1 | Best plan |
Leadership | 1 | 1 | ||||
GBV | 1 | 1 | ||||
50/50 | 1 | 1 | ||||
Climate change | 1 | 1 | ||||
Theme | 1 | 1 | ||||
Radio | 1 | 1 | ||||
TV | 1 | 1 | ||||
1 | 1 | |||||
GIME | 1 | |||||
GL News Service | 1 | Student | 2 | Commentary service À“ French, English; student | ||
Total | 6 | 16 | 18 |
The following is a summary of key dates. Detailed dates can be found at Annex A.
Activity | Where | When |
Announcement | All countries | 25 February |
Closing date for district level entries | Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, Zimbabwe. | 7 March |
District summits | 17 – 30 March | |
Closing date for national level entries and those going direct to regional | Botswana, DRC, Lesotho, Mauritius, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (Seychelles, Angola) | 20 March |
Country summits | 12 countries | April 2014 |
Regional summit | 26-28 May followed by working meetings on the 50/50 campaign and th epost 2015 agenda |
If you are unable to make your submission online, you may E Mail the word document and all accompanying materials to the following addresses or you may drop them off:
Country information | ||
ANGOLA GL Lusophone Office Mozambique dirlusophone@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: |
BOTSWANA Gender Links Botswana Gaborone progbots@genderlinks.org.za Physical address:
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DRC Email: dirfranco@genderlinks.org.za Physical address:
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LESOTHO Gender Links Lesotho Maseru progles@genderlinks.org.za Physical address:
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MADAGASCAR Gender Links Madagascar Antananarivo progmada@genderlinks.org.za Physical Address:
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MALAWI Email: mediaprog@genderlinks.org.za Physical address:
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MAURITIUS Gender Links Mauritius Mauritius maulocalgvt@genderlinks.org.za Physical address:
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MOZAMBIQUE GL Lusophone Office Mozambique dirlusaphone@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: |
NAMIBIA Gender Links Namibia Office Windhoek namlocalgvt@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: 139 Str. Johann Albrecht Windhoek Tel : 00 264 817 311 0302 Fax : 00 264 088 618 644
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SEYCHELLES Email: mediaprog@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: 5 Edwin Ythier Street Rose Hill Mauritius Tel : 00 230 466 6638 Fax : 00 230 465 4312 |
SOUTH AFRICA Gender Links South Africa Johannesburg alliancesa@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: 9 Derrick Avenue Cyrildene Johannesburg Tel : 00 27 11 622 2877 Fax : 00 27 11 622 4732 |
SWAZILAND Gender Links Swaziland Office Mbababe swdlocalgvt@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: Gwamile Street, Richards House 1st Floor Office # 5&11 P O Box 4859 Mbabane Tel :00 268 763 53820 |
TANZANIA Email: mediaprog@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: Block Tower Shopping Centre First Floor, Room no.3. Nkrumah &Uhuru street Dar es Salaam Tel: +255 754 285701 |
ZAMBIA Gender Links Zambia Office Lusaka Email: progzam@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: Civic Centre Fourth floor, new wing building Independence Avenue P.O. Box 38784 Lusaka Tel: 00260 964 859146 |
ZIMBABWE Gender Links Zimbabwe Office Harare, Zimbabwe Email: progzim@genderlinks.org.za Physical address: 30 SamoraMachel Avenue 6th floor, Nicoz Diamond Building Harare, Zimbabwe Tel :00 263 773 955 517 Tel :00 263 479 8600 |
Conditions
What | Award | Recognition |
Winners at district | Go to the national summit | |
Every entry accepted at national or regional level | A R500 honourarium will be paid for all entries accepted and presented at national and or regional level. | All cases studies of the SADC Protocol@Work will be published on the Alliance website |
Winners at national level | Will receive sponsorship to attend the regional summit in Johannesburg | Will be profiled on the GL website and receive high level recognition and media coverage at the national awards ceremony. |
Winners at regional level | The award will consist of a study visit in the region to advance knowledge and learning in the | Will be profiled on the GL website and receive high level recognition and media coverage at the regional awards ceremony. |
Key partners in this initiative include Gender Links, the SADC Gender Unit, the SADC Gender Protocol Alliance, the Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC). The Alliance is a coalition of gender country networks and theme clusters that worked for the adoption, and is now advocating the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. The GMDC is a partnership of media training institutions; media development NGOs as well as gender and media networks committed to “connecting, collecting, and collaborating.” Key sponsors include DFID; the Netherlands government through the FLOW Fund; Sida; Diakonia; Norwegian Church Aid; NEPAD and the EU.
Outcomes
2015, YES WE MUST! YES WE MUST! THE TIME IS NOW !!
ANNEX A: DISTRICT AND NATIONAL SUMMIT DATES
COUNTRY | District Summits | National Summit | |||
No councils | START | END | START | END | |
BOTSWANA SOUTH | 12 | 17-Mar | 21-Mar | 14-Apr | 17-Apr |
BOTSWANA NORTH | 11 | 24-Mar | 28-Mar | ||
DRC | 5-May | 8-May | |||
LESOTHO | 13 | 10-Mar | 14-Mar | 14-Apr | 17-Apr |
LESOTHO | 15 | 10-Mar | 14-Mar | ||
MADAGASCAR | 15 | 17-Mar | 21-Mar | 7-Apr | 11-Apr |
MADAGASCAR | 20 | 17-Mar | 21-Mar | ||
MADAGASCAR | 21 | 17-Mar | 21-Mar | ||
MALAWI | 22-Apr | 25-Apr | |||
MAURITIUS | 12 | 22-Apr | 25-Apr | ||
MOZAMBIQUE | 7 | 27-Apr | 30-Apr | ||
NAMIBIA | 11 | 10-Mar | 14-Mar | 14-Apr | 17-Apr |
NAMIBIA | 11 | 24-Mar | 28-Mar | ||
NAMIBIA | 9 | 31-Mar | 04-Apr | ||
SA – LIMPOPO | 6 | 10-Mar | 14-Mar | 22-Apr | 25-Apr |
SA – W CAPE | 7 | 31-Mar | 04-Apr | ||
SWAZILAND | 10 | 14-Apr | 17-Apr | ||
TANZANIA | 27-Apr | 30-Apr | |||
ZAMBIA | 10 | 11-Mar | 15-Mar | 22-Apr | 25-Apr |
ZAMBIA | 10 | 17-Mar | 21-Mar | ||
ZAMBIA | 6 | 17-Mar | 21-Mar | ||
ZIMBABWE | 12 | 17-Mar | 21-Mar | 14-Apr | 17-Apr |
ZIMBABWE | 12 | 24-Mar | 28-Mar |
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