SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN IN DIALOGUE (SAWID) ACTION PLAN
| ISSUE | ACTIONS | TARGET GROUPS | KEY MESSAGES | RESOURCES | OUTPUTS | RESPONSIBILITY |
| CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHTS | ||||||
| Violations of Constitutional justice and human rights | One National Dialogue on implementation , domestication and popularisation
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Collaboration with all stakeholders, including government, civil society and private sector
UNISA SALGA UN Women
SADC Gender Protocol Alliance AU gender unit
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Restoring African Women’s Human Dignity, at home, in society and in the economy.
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Partnerships and MOUs with UNISA, UN Women and SALGA Women’s Commission
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Dialogue
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All cluster organisations
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| GOVERNANCE | ||||||
| Corruption and status quo oriented governance | Support SALGA Women’s Commission with leadership tools and resources | Women councillors and junior councillors | Ethical and transformative leadership in governance | MOU with SALGA and UNISA | Leadership course | Gender Links and SAWID |
| EDUCATION | ||||||
| Unaffordable, racist and patriarchal education, often of poor quality | Popularise the need to decolonise education and create gender-sensitive and responsive education for all. | Institutions of Higher Education, and Ministry of Education | Decolonise education and create gender-sensitive and responsive education for all.
Fees Must Fall
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Liaisons with different universities | Transformed education | All educational stakeholders in the country |
| ECONOMIC JUSTICE | ||||||
| Poverty at family level | Psycho-social, family-based poverty eradication approach
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Local government, family-level and community
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Families as agents of their own development
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SASSA grants and Poverty Stoplight Tool and | Graduation from Poverty to self-reliance | Local government and relevant government departments |
| GENDER BASED VIOLENCE | ||||||
| Sexual and gender based violence | Popularising and supporting the GBV strategy | All people in country | Human Dignity for All | Women’s Ministry and Women’s organisations | Minimizing femicide and rape | Women’s Organizations and Women’s Ministry |
| SRHR | ||||||
| Unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases | Education on Human Rights Instruments | Young women and men | Holistic wellness and healthy relationships
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Ministry of Health | Reduction in unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases | All women’s organisation’s and Ministry of Health |
| HIV AND AIDS | ||||||
| Infection with HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted diseases | Education on Human Rights Instruments | Young women and men | Holistic wellness and healthy relationships
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Ministry of Health | Reduction in unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases | All women’s organisation’s and Ministry of Health |
| PEACE AND SECURITY | ||||||
| Enhance participation for women in peace and security and greater protection for women | Developing National Action Plans on women peace and security in South Africa and Namibia | Governments Civil society security sector and private sector | Human Dignity Peace and Security for all | UN Women,
Key liaison people in government, relevant civil society organisations and experts |
National Action Plans for South Africa and Namibia | Government and Civil Society |
| MEDIA | ||||||
| Lack of representation of Women’s Perspectives and women in decision-making in media houses | Collect Women’s I- Stories and feature them.
Restoring voice, choice and agency of women
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Media houses and journalists, including freelance ones | Restoring Women’s Dignity | Gender Links, social media, broadcasting and print media, news agencies | Presence of women in media and women in media decision-making | Women’s organisations and movement
Media Houses |
| CLIMATE CHANGE | ||||||
| Vulnerability of women to climate change
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Meet to determine strategies and policies to lower women’s vulnerability to climate change | Rural women and women in agriculture | Women as agents of their own development | Collecting research on how women are impacted by climate change | Best practices on climate change resilience | Institutions of higher learning, Department of Environment |
| IMPLEMENTATION | ||||||
| Implementation of a Minimum Agenda to Restore African Women’s Human Dignity | Dialogue, Advocacy and Coordination | Decision makers in women’s organisations, local government and institutions of higher learning | Partnerships for Implementation: Restoring African Women’s Human Dignity | All available resources | A collaborative Plan of Action and Implementation Plan to Restore African Women’s Human Dignity | Gender Links, SAWID, Resolution 1325 NAP Steering Committee, UNISA, SALGA Women’s
Commission |
