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SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

28 – 30 MARCH 2011KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH

AFRICA

“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER

VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015”

Empowering women at grass root level to combat GBV

PROJE

CTS:Women

Emp

owerment



HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS PROBLEM?

• Continuous work at grass root level

• unequal power relationships the source of all GBV cases

• mission statement : excel at service delivery

• Ensure that the services and facilities provided by the Council areequitably distributed

•Need for provision of Gender sensitive services to Promoteoverall quality of life

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT




IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

• Gender inequality inhibit social development

• To be empowered -access to financial, human and social resourcesequal standpoint

• Women stereotyped as the primary care givers -increased need for

basic services like:

• education,

• sanitation

• ,

• transportation facilities.

•

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT

Empowering women at local level to

combat GBV



HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THIS

PROBLEM?

• organisation of various targetted activities

• Maximising service delivery

• Investing in capacity building through maximum use of infrastructues

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT

Empowering women at local level to

combat GBV

•Women

following literary

courses

organized at

Stanley

municipal social

hall



Investing in capacity building programmes

• Easy access to IT facilities to

gain knowledge for

life long

employability in cyber age

• 5 minicyber centres

• Appropriate opening timeUsing internet facilities at newly

inaugurated mini-cyber centre



Successful micro-projects:-permanent and decent work away to decent lives

Operation of tuck shop Small scalefloral shop



Supporting women programs-salesexhibitions



WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

• Ongoing:

• Yearly calender of activities to monitor programs for women

Associations

• Operation of a nursery on a six days basis

- Cleaning of barelands through a daily programme of work

- Provision and maintenance of street lighting and lighting of all public

places

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT




Maximising service delivery

• Striving for a safer environment through cleaning of bare lands andmaintenance of street lighting



WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AN D MEN

EQUALLY INVOLVED?

• Women organisations of the township, and through theseorganisations ultimately housewives, school-going girls.

• Unfortunately involvement of men is lesser than that of women,

awareness campaigns are meant to sensitise men equally of

their important responsibility in promoting gender equality.

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT




PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

• Partnership with

• Ministries, police and other NGOs of the region have beendeveloped:

- Federation of women associations

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT




RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE

MOBILISED?

• Funding from central government

• Minor revenues generated from issue of licences and permits

• Committed man power at the level of council

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT




MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• Budget Monitoring all activities of federation of women

• Statistics on number of complaints received at the information service centre

Regular maintenance of street lighting network

• Daily program of work cleaning of barelands and streetlighting

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT




WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

• An increased number of women are applying for trade licences to trade within the

township

• Awareness of their rights is also increasing

• Seek more and more information of legislations impacting their lives

• Enhanced quality of life

• Safer environment

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT

Empowering women at local level to combat GBV



IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

• Projects are helping to attain objectives of articles 14-19 self-dependency

• ,

• economic empowerment of women,

•

• easy mobility from one place to another as the roads are in good condition well

lit, offer security during transportation.

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOW

ERMENT

Empowering women at local level tocombat GBV



EFFECTIVENESS

• Increased participation in local politics

• Increased awareness of their right to Gender sensitive service delivery

• Enhanced quality of life

• Creating job opportunities for women of our township

• Economic independence- THE WAY FORWARD TO SELF DEPENDENCY

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT


Working in

municipal

market



SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

• Job creation /promoting local women entrepreneurship

highly sustainable

• Concept of empowering women can be replicated

across other local Authorities other private organisation

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT




LESSONS LEARNED

• Need for a Gender Focal person

• However budget constraints- no gender specific code item in our budget

• Sex disaggregated data to effectively monitor gender related issues

PROJECTS

: WOMEN

EMPOW

ERMENT


To empower a woman is to

empower a whole family and strive

towards a better society.

Women empowerment is the

responsibility of one and all, the

decision makers, the legislators as

well as the civil society, NGO's etc.



PROJECTS: WOMEN

EMPOWERMENT

Empowering women at local level to combat

GBV

Thank you

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