Policy and action plans

In 2006 the globally publicised UN Secretary General Study on Violence Against Women urged all member states to develop multi stakeholder action plans for ending gender violence. This is in response to questions around the effectiveness of 16 Days of Activism campaigns in preventing gender violence. In response to this call GL worked with governments, NGOs and other strategic partners in at least 9 SADC countries to deepen the campaigns by developing them into year-long National Action Plans to End Gender Violence. The development of these plans built on two audits of progress made in ending gender violence.The development of these plans built on a comprehensive audit of commitments made in South Africa by GL in 2005. These audits revealed a need for campaigns to be organised around specific plans, targets and indicators, all of which are captured in National Action Plans (NAPs).

In 2010 audits of NAPs were carried out in Botswana, Mauritius and South Africa in conjunction with the pilot studies of the VAW Research Project. Prior the 2012 SADC regional GBV strategy meeting, GL conducted a situational analysis of the implementation of NAPs by countries. Overarching findings include the lack of budgetary allocations and the the lack of baseline indicators against which to measure progress. Overarching findings include the lack of budgetary allocations and the lack of baseline indicators against which to measure progress. GL has since worked with Lesotho and the South African province of Limpopo to draft action plans for ending gender violence National and provincial action plans to end gender violence can be accessed here:

Botswana Lesotho Madagascar Mauritius
Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa
Swaziland Tanzania  Zambia Zimbabwe
Regional  Limpopo