AUGUST 2017

AREA OF WORK WHAT IS REQUIRED DOCUMENT TO REFER TO ACTION POINTS
GOVERNANCE/INSTITUTIONAL    
How the Alliance works in each country ·         The Alliance works through the network of the women’s movement. The Non-governmental coordinating council. It has taken the approach of the regional alliance by recognising the different capacities of different organizations within the movement and utilising their strength to support the work of the alliance in country. The non-governmental coordinating council organizational directory for the women’s movement in Zambia. Divide the organizations in specific clusters and support organizations to take the lead
PROGRAMMING  
Country work plan ·         Do you have a country strategy for the Alliance work?

·         The key strategy for the year was to ensure WLSA Zambia popularize the enacted gender equity and equality Act among its alliance partners and simplify it for lobby and advocacy purposes. As an alliance we have partnered with the women’s movement to raise resources for the same, while it has not been forthcoming.

·         WLSA Zambia has been running a campaign on ending child marriage through a network of member organizations

 

 

 SADC Gender Protocol on Gender and Development

 

Gender Equity and Equality Act

 

Zambian Constitution

 Mobilize resources for alliance work
BAROMETER    
 

Research and surveys

·         What are the plans for the country level Barometer or any other research?

The alliance will include the work for the barometer in their current resource mobilization strategy. The current barometer will be popularized during the GBV stakeholder meetings with the ministry of gender and Non-Governmental coordinating council membership meetings

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 ·         Highlight any possible resources needed or in the pipeline, what support is needed from GL?

·         Standard presentation on key areas that may require focus on the barometer

·         There may be need to a training on a monitoring mechanisms on the indicators for SGDI

 Link with NGOCC for the membership meetings

 

Link with the ministry of gender on the GBV stakeholder meetings.
SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES    
The main challenges has been the resource mobilization to create a critical mass for popularization of the protocol and the regional barometer

 

Resource mobilization for the Zambia barometer

 How can you share your successes and challenges through the Alliance/using the Alliance Community of Practice, how do you showcase these successes through the summits or other platforms. How do we mitigate any challenges faced by the gender movements

 

We share our success through different networking platforms that WLSA is a member to .

 

 

 Periodic reports Need to include alliance work in all proposals for gender and development.
NEXT STEPS    
Action plan for the rest of the year We will share the work of the young women’s alliance with other youth organizations in the country Develop linkages with other youth organizations , such as young women in action  
MOUS

 

 How do we strengthen the relations within the Alliance and with GL as the coordinating NGO MOU templates – GL to supply  
OTHERS  
Any other issues to mention