Summit News 29 April 2014

Date: May 1, 2014

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

		Mozambique: SADC Gender Protocol@Work summit starts in Maputo

		Mozambique, 29 April: Mozambican minister of Women’s Affairs and Social Welfare, Yolanda Cintura,… Read more


		Zambia: Government pledges commitment to gender equality

		Lusaka, 29 April: Zambia ranks the lowest in the SADC region when it comes to women in political… Read more

		Tanzania: Gender equality should be at a heart of the new constitution

		Dar es Salaam, 28 April: After intensive lobbying by civil society organisations, gender equality… Read more


		Mozambique: Luisa Diogo launches the 5050 campaign

		Maputo, 29 April: Former Mozambican Prime Minister, Luisa Diogo, has called on all participants… Read more

		Zambia: Gender equality draft bill will enforce 5050

		Lusaka, 29 April: The Gender Equality Bill (GEB) will enforce parity between men and women at all… Read more


		Mozambique: Gender parity by 2015? 5050 must be accelerated

		Maputo, 29 April: Despite progress, the Mozambican government recognises that it will not be able… 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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