SADC Protocol on Gender and Development

In 2020, Gender Links and the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance  will hold #Voice and Choice Summits in five SADC countries including Angola,  Eswatini, Lesotho,  Zambia and Zimbabwe . This follows 10 country summits held in 2019. These summits will culminate in a regional summit to be held in Johannesburg in May 2020 where winners […]

Peace and security have always been central to SADC’s regional integration strategy. In spite of this gender -based violence (GBV) continues to be a threat to human security, peace and development. In light of this Ministers responsible for gender resolved that the Secretariat should facilitate the development of a strategy for addressing gender-based violence. The […]

This strategy advances the quest for a prosperous and peaceful Africa in which women, men, girls and boys are all able to live with human dignity. Gender equality, women’s participation in peace and security processes, the prevention of sexual and gender based violence and the protection of women in conflict and post-conflict situations are essential […]

11 November 2019: Women’s representation in parliament in Mozambique decreased by 2 percentage points the October elections.[1]While Mozambique is one of the better performers in the Southern African development Community (SADC) the failure to reach gender parity in these elections is a serious set-back. “We have only two elections to go before the 2030 deadline for […]

Maputo, 14 de Outubro de 2019-Depois de quarenta e dois dias de campanha eleitoral, rumo às Eleições de 15 de Outubro, a Gender Links Moçambique ao fazer a sua análise e as previsões da subida do nr de mulheres a contestarem os lugares de Deputados na Assembleia da República pelo menos nos três Partidos Políticos […]

Fact file Country Mauritius Province/Region Savanne Baseline score  – 2015 Latest score – 2019 Population 70,575 Number of women councillors  33 Number of men councillors  120 Joined the COE programme  2013 Anchored Entrepreneurship Programme  Yes Summit 2019 Savanne is a district of Mauritius, situated in the south of the island. The district has an area […]

By Tarisai Nyamweda  Pretoria, 4 October: Deliberate. Deliberate was the word of the day at the recently convened Women in Media Dialogue hosted by Government Communication and Information System (GCIS) in partnership with Media 24. The dialogue sought to create a conversation for communicators and media to propose concrete actions and to address gender inequalities […]

By Sifisosami Dube New York, 27 September: “The longer we wait, the harder it will be to turn the climate crisis around,” these were the words of Greta Thunberg a young climate activist ahead of the UN General Assembly climate action summit. It has taken this Swedish teenager, to knee jerk the world’s leaders from […]

By: Graça Maria– Maputo: 27th August 2019: Decorre desde ontem em Maputo, a VI Cimeira Nacional de Boas Práticas sobre a Implementação do Protocolo da SADC sobre Gênero e Desenvolvimento Pós-2015, no âmbito de Saúde Sexual e Direitos Reprodutivos e Combate a Uniões Prematuras. O evento está a ter lugar no Hotel Cardoso, e conta […]

I will attend the launch More information on the #VoiceandChoice Barometer 2019