Summit News 2 May 2014

Date: May 4, 2014

This newsletter provides coverage of the SADC Gender Protocol Summits currently underway across the SADC region.

		Tanzania: Media urged to be agents of change

		The second Tanzania SADC Protocol@Work Summit came to a close on 28 May with a colourful award… Read more


		Zambia: Accelerating women’s economic empowerment

		Eight gender based violence (GBV) survivors have hailed the Gender Links entrepreneurship and… Read more


		Mozambique: Women call for a stronger post 2015 agenda

		Participants at the two-day second SADC Protocol@Work Summit Mozambique have unanimously called… Read more


		Malawi: May 20 elections, 50% women’s representation!

		The NGO Gender Coordination Network, United Nations and the Malawi government have called upon… Read more

		Moçambique: A mulher tem o direito de votar e o poder é dos homens

		Arrancou esta segunda-feira em Maputo, a II ª Cimeira do Protocolo da SADC sobre o género e… Read more


		Southern Africa: Comments from drivers of change

		Following the three SADC Gender Protocol@Work Summits that took place this week in Malawi,… Read more


		Moçambique: Campanha 50/50 oficialmente lançada

		Foi lançada esta terça-feira em Maputo, a campanha 50/50 que visa assegurar a igualdade de… Read more


		Tanzania: Gender equality for social justice

		Dar es Salaam, 2 May: At the opening of the SADC Gender Protocol@Work Summit at New Africa Hotel… Read more

		Malawi: Gender equality is possible

		Malawi women continue to be exposed to gender inequality in all settings despite numerous… Read more


		Moçambique: Um olhar sobre a 2 ª Cimeira Nacional sobre Género e Desenvolvimento

		A Cidade de Maputo acolheu de 28 a 29 de Abril corrente a 2 ª Cimeira Nacional sobre Género e… Read more


		Moçambique: Lançada em Maputo “campanha 50/50” sobre igualdade do género

		A Genderlinks lançou esta terça-feira em Maputo a campanha 50/50 que preconiza a… Read more


		Malawi: Sexism is unacceptable

		Lilongwe, 2 May: In this interview, Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Gender, Children and… Read more

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. National summits are currently underway across SADC and the regiononal will take place on 25 May in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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