Summit News 29 May 2014

Date: May 29, 2014

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

		Southern Africa: I knew I would overcome!

		Susan Swart took the mic with the confidence of an experienced and award winning solo opera… Read more


		Southern Africa: Disabled women claim their space at summit

		Although gender equality has received more limelight in Southern Africa, the plight of women with… Read more


		Southern Africa: Gender awards highlights

		Johannesburg, 29 May: The 2014 Regional SADC Gender Protocol ended with a bang last night at the… Read more


		Southern Africa: Drum beats to #bring back our girls!

		Johannesburg, 29 May: The second day of the SADC Gender Protocol Summit ended with a drumming… Read more

		Southern Africa: Fighting girls’ right to education

		Access to education remains one of the rights that majority of girls have been deprived of… Read more


		Southern Africa: Constitution-making a ray of hope for gender equality

		Lack of political will has been pointed out as the major hurdle in the implementation of the… Read more


		Southern Africa: Youth called to move the gender agenda

		Youth have been called to be more proactive and take an interest in gender equality issues…. Read more


		Southern Africa: Regional summit ends with a bang

		The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) Protocol@Work summit came to a colourful and… Read more

		Southern Africa:Moçambicanos sentem-se confiantes na victória dos concursos da Cimeira

		Mais de vinte moçambicanos participam na cimeira regional da SADC realizada em Johanesburg desde…Read more


		Southern Africa:Moçambique premiado em seis categorias

		Johanesburg acolheu esta quarta-feira a gala de premiçÁµes, no Hotel Kapanong, no qual…Read more


		Afrique australe: Soirée de gala autour du Sommet régional de GL : Le Zimbabwe rafle huit trophées

		Johannesburg, 29 mai : C’est dans une ambiance intimiste mais électrisante que s’est tenue… Read more


		Southern Africa: Drumming for gender justice

		Johannesburg, 29 May: At a drumming circle and candle light vigil held on at the SADC Gender… 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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