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REPORT

CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE STAGE FOUR & FIVE WORKSHOP

ZIMBABWE

COUNCIL: BUHERA RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL

DATES: 06 - 08 JULY 2016 VENUE: PANDHARI HOTEL, HARARE

Part of the Participants from Buhera Rural District Council at the COE workshop. Photo: Tapiwa Zvaraya

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Table of contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..................................................................................................................................... 3

BACKGROUND ................................................................................................................................................. 3

PROCESS AND ACTIVITIES ................................................................................................................................ 4

WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS ............................................................................................................... 4

KEY GENDER CONCEPTS ................................................................................................................................... 5

STEREOTYPES ................................................................................................................................................... 5

GENDER AND GOVERNANCE ............................................................................................................................ 7

GENDER PLANNING CONCEPTS ........................................................................................................................ 8

GENDER AND THE ECONOMY......................................................................................................................... 10

CARE-WORK ................................................................................................................................................... 10

GENDER AND LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ........................................................................................... 11

GENDER, CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT .................................................................... 11

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ............................................................................................................................. 13

OUTPUTS ....................................................................................................................................................... 13

CLOSING REMARKS ........................................................................................................................................ 13

ANNEXES ............................................................................................................................................................. 15 Annex A: Programme ................................................................................................................................... 15 Annex B: Participant List .............................................................................................................................. 17 Annex C: Buhera RDC Gender Action Plan ................................................................................................... 20 Annex D: Evaluation ..................................................................................................................................... 70

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Executive summary This report details proceedings and activities of the inception and action planning (stage four and five) workshop held jointly for Buhera Rural District Council, Pfura Rural District Council, and Chegutu Rural District Council. These are part of the 10 new Centres of Excellence (COE) for Gender Mainstreaming in Local Government councils for 2016. The hugely successful workshop was held at Pandhari Hotel from the 6th to the 8th of July 2016. Prior to the workshop, the three councils had submitted their councils’ gender assessments, gender scorecards and situational analysis reports prior to attending the workshop. The purpose of the programme was to;

Build participants understanding around key gender concepts. Learn the concept of stereotypes and how these are seen in society. Build capacity around issues of gender, democracy and good governance Look at what makes good leaders through looking at transformative leadership Look at key concepts like gender policy and planning concepts.

Gain an understanding on conflict resolution and how conflict can be/is managed in council.

Build participants understanding around gender planning concepts. Know the difference between practical and strategic gender needs. Understand the concept of gender mainstreaming and gender disaggregated data.

Learn modules on Gender and the economy, HIV/AIDS and Care Work, Local Economic development, Climate Change and Sustainable Development.

Develop a Gender and Gender Based Violence Action Plan for the council. See the full workshop programme attached as Annex A. The three-day workshop was attended by council officials as well as councillors from the respective local authorities. In total 52 participants (40 men and 12 women) attended the workshop; see Annex B for the full workshop participants list. The Gender Action Plan is attached as Annex C while the workshop evaluation is attached as Annex D. Background In 2003, GL undertook the first comprehensive study of the impact of women in politics in Southern Africa. One of the key findings of “Ringing up the Changes, Gender in Politics in Southern Africa” was that local government is a sadly neglected area of the gender and governance discourse. Taking heed of this finding, GL conducted ground-breaking research in 2006/2007, “At the Coalface”, Gender and Local Government covering South Africa, Lesotho, Mauritius and Namibia. A key finding of this study was that few practical steps have been taken to mainstream gender in this tier of government or to build the capacity of councillors to lead this process. The study has since been extended to ten countries. In terms of process, once the research reports have been written up, GL hosts launch and strategy workshops in the respective countries with key stakeholders and partners to map out a way forward of how to roll out the strategy and host Gender and GBV action plan workshops. The launches are then followed by Gender and GBV action plan workshops that are held at a provincial, regional or district level to ensure that all councils have gender action plans. In 2009, GL signed an MOU with Zimbabwe Local Government Association- ZiLGA (umbrella body covering Urban Councils Association of Zimbabwe (UCAZ) and Association of Rural

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District Councils of Zimbabwe (ARDCZ). GL in collaboration with ZILGA then embarked on a study to find out women’s representation and participation in local government and to assess the conditions necessary to increase the representation of women in local government in Southern Africa, and to ensure their effective participation. GL has a draft MOU with the Ministry of Local Government Public Works and National Housing. A strategy workshop was held in February 2010 in Kadoma and representatives from Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development (MWAGCD), Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing (MLGPWNH), UCAZ, ARDCZ as well as other partners took part. In March 2010 GL convened the first Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and Awards to gather evidence of institutional and individual initiatives to empower women and end gender violence. The recommendations of this event informed the need for councils to become Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming in Local Government to ensure that Councils have the necessary support to address issues of gender across all spheres. GL further took the regional Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and Awards to National level and in 2012 held its first ever national summits in Botswana, Madagascar, Mauritius, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe. This buttressed the notion of Centres of Excellence Work and the need to incorporate more councils into the program as echoed by the Zimbabwe Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing. This was followed by the Training of Trainers workshop in September 2012 which was meant to capacitate Gender Focal Persons (GFPs) so as to ensure the smooth cascading of the COE process to all the 92 councils in Zimbabwe. Process and activities A variety of learning approaches were employed during the workshop. Participants were exposed to role plays, group exercises, as well as informative and thought provoking case studies. This, was carefully dovetailed with the programme content which included key gender concepts, gender governance and transformative leadership, conflict resolution, gender policy and planning concepts, gender and the economy, local economic development, climate change and sustainable development, and gender based violence. The pinnacle of the COE workshop was reached when participants were tasked to develop council specific gender action plans. Apart from providing the knowledge and skills necessary for gender mainstreaming, the programme content and activities helped to realign participants’ thinking around the broader work of councils from a gender perspective. Welcome and opening remarks GL Country Manager, Priscilla Maposa welcomed all participants individual by individual and specially thanked them for setting aside their tight schedules to attend the workshop. She expressed that she hoped that the workshop would create a great learning platform for both participants and GL. Priscilla gave a brief background of the GL programmes, particularly the Gender and governance programme that focuses on the Centres of Excellence (COE) programme. She mentioned that GL works in 15 SADC countries and especially in four programme areas that include gender and governance, gender and media, gender and justice, and coordinating work on the SADC protocol on gender and development.

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Priscilla also reiterated that the main objective of the COE programme was to capacitate councils to enhance their understanding of gender mainstreaming which would ultimately lead to gender sensitive service delivery. In addition, she explained that the COE process was an evidence based ten-stage process that will see GL and the councils engaging in information and skills exchange processes as well as verification processes with the view to make council policies and activities gender sensitive. She finally hinted that GL works in close partnership with the key ministries of Women Affairs, Local government that of rural development and national preservation of culture. This interface between the ministries and GL is crucial in ensuring that the Centres of Excellence Programme was cascaded to all 92 councils in Zimbabwe. Key gender concepts Sex and gender Participants were led into the gender card swapping exercise to test whether or not they could differentiate between sex and gender. Understanding the differences between sex and gender is key as these are often confused terms and used interchangeably to mean the same. Participants were asked to place gender cards under three broad categories which are women only, men only, and both women and men. The exercise was widely participatory with debate being centred on the issue of rapists as well as the practice commercial sex workers. Some participants regarded this as widely practised by men but however others felt that current trends are such that women are now also forcing themselves sexually on men. It was highlighted that at law, rape by women is regarded as indecent aggravated assault and carries the same weight as rape perpetrated by men. At the end of this exercise were then able to define sex as the biological make up of a human being, while gender as the socially constructed roles about men and women. Stereotypes Stereotypes were defined as untested beliefs that are ascribed to certain individuals or groups of men and women. Stereotypes and stereotypical tendencies are often reinforced in the proverbs, idioms, songs, culture, media and religion. Participants identified the following stereotypes that often reinforced by society. Songs and dramas To portray how society perpetuates stereotypes, one group performed a short drama to show how stereotypes undermine women’s integrity in the home. In the drama, the woman is

Participants paste gender cards to differentiate between sex and gender. Photo: Tapiwa Zvaraya

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expected to contend with multiple tasks including rearing children, going to the fields, and to prepare food for the family while the husband sits and relaxes in the home. Participants also identified a number of songs shown in the table below, that depict stereotypes.

Artist Song Implication

Paul Matavire Honour Ladies Women can only get jobs through sex and not on merit. Women are after riches

Leonard Zhakata Maruva enyika Depicts that HIV/AIDS is spreads by women

Zex Manatsa Chipo Chiroorwa Potrays that the only achievement for women is marriage

Chingwa chine majarine kuna baba

All good things are meant for the men

Marshall Munhumumuwe Rudo imoto Potrays that only women should keep the fire burning in a relationship

Kapfupi Mai Nga Shows its acceptable for men to do bed hoping

Idioms

Chembere mukadzi hazvienzani nekurara mugota

Chembere masikati usiku imvana

Like father like son

Mukadzi mutsvuku akasaba anoroya

If you educate a girl child you have educated the nation

If you want anything said ask a man but if you want anything done ask a woman

Behind every successful man there is woman

Tradition, culture and religion

Mukadzi ari pasi pemurume wake

Mukadzi haataure nyaya dzebonde asi murume akataura hazvina basa

Mukadzi haafanire kufukura hapwa panezvemumba make nekuti chakafukidza

dzimba matenga

Mukadzi anofanira kugarwa nhaka kana akaramba anodzingwa mumusha

Kurohwa kwevakadzi mumba zvichinzi kuranga

Mukadzi haataure padare

Vakadzi havana minda

Barika nderemunhurume

Media Participants stated that the media is used as a vehicle to set and shape the opinions of people. Media also helps to reinforce stereotypes as through advertisements in some media

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publications that portray women as sex objects. Language used often is embedded with stereotypical connotations for example to say: sexy, babes, brave, masculinity beauty. Image: nudity, roughness and smoothness of skin. Participants also noted that some textbook pictures tend to suggest that some professions are for men while others are for women. For example, medical doctors, engineers are mostly depicted as men while nurses and shopkeepers are shown as women trades. Gender and governance Facilitating the gender and governance module, Priscilla Maposa stated that the module is concerned about the equal representation between men and women. She went on to say that when discussing gender and governance issues, the primary function of local government which is service delivery is analysed. That is, how issues of governance affect and are affected by gender dimensions. Participants went on to define governance as a process that borders around issues of power, authority and control. Participants highlighted that gender and governance are linked as they noted that there was a need to balance up all the decision-making bodies in council. Further discussions centred on the Access, Participation, and Transformation framework which explores factors that inhibit women from participating in decision making position. The framework analyses factors that affect women’s participation in local government. During the session Maposa highlighted that women should not be relegated to only giving prayers in council meetings but should be seen contributing meaningfully to debates and interrogate service delivery issues in council. She urged women to be assertive and endeavour to change systems and patriarchal structures that impede their development. Priscilla also spoke about the need to ensure that systems and practices in council support the participation of women in council business. This includes setting aside appropriate times for full council meetings as opposed to convening meetings at times that most women would be wanting to attend to their household chores. Participants were able to list the following as factors affecting women’s participation in politics;

There are laws and policies that deny women’s participation for example women are often asked for marriage certificates to participate which they may not have.

Women lack confidence to occupy certain key positions. Male attitude towards women. Men believe that women cannot lead or assume higher

decision making positions.

Women’s multiple roles and responsibilities in the home Lack of resources for women to fund their campaigns in wards Women denied access by their partners Lower levels of education among the majority of women Risk of exploitation by influential men who tend to use women to undermine each

other.

Women do not support but would rather support the male counterparts.

Priscilla Maposa facilitating the gender and

governance session. Photo: Tapiwa Zvaraya

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The GL country manager pointed out that there are some electoral systems that structurally bar the effective participation of women in politics. She gave reference to the First Past the Post (FTPT) system that is used in countries like Lesotho, Zimbabwe which, given the skewed nature of the status of women compared to men such systems give an unfair advantage to men in these countries. However, most countries like Zimbabwe are coming up with strategies to address this aspect by adopting electoral systems that ensure equal representation of men and women. She hinted that expectations are high to see the outcome of the local government bill that is currently under consideration. The session ended with participants stating that it was essential for both councillors and officials to work together to improve each other as well as service delivery. They also urged civil society organisations including GL to continue lobbying for a legislative quota to be introduced at local level as is the case at national level where a 30% quota is guaranteed by the Constitution of Zimbabwe. Conflict resolution This session was facilitated by GL monitoring and evaluation officer Tapiwa Zvaraya. Participants defined conflict simply as a state of disagreement. A conflict situation can occur at different levels, that is, international level (between states), regional level, local level and household level. Intrapersonal conflict also occurs within individuals. Participants also noted that conflict can be both constructive and destructive. The majority of participants noted that quite often, there is conflict between council legislation and other regulatory arms of government, between councillors and officials as well as between the council and the residents. The group also noted that managing conflict for example through harmonisation of laws and also giving feedback on council projects was necessary to keep conflict at bay. Gender planning concepts Practical and strategic gender needs Participants undertook the practical and strategic needs exercise. They defined practical needs as basic or immediate needs that councils should provide. This includes, housing, water provision, refuse collection, health care and cemetery services. Strategic needs were defined as long term needs that will result in positive changes being obtained at individual or community level. The establishment of plantations by Makoni Rural District council was given as an example of a strategic need. Gender mainstreaming As expected by the participants, the session on gender mainstreaming was an integral part of the workshop. Participants first defined gender mainstreaming as a process of noting and analysing the implications of any intended action for women and men. Thorough group work, participants then read the case study on Bringing hope to Citizen X and identified the following situations tabulated below.

Issue Policies/Actions Responsibility

Rape Report to police Victim/relatives

HIV/AIDS Access to Post Exposure prophylaxis

ZRP Min of Health

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Issue Policies/Actions Responsibility

Early/unplanned pregnancy

Counselling Youth friendly centre Ministry of Women Affairs Min of Health

Housing Provision of stands to all income group levels

Local authority

Government

Unemployment Empowerment programs Local authority Min of Youth, SMEs, Women

Affairs

Prostitution Need for empowerment programmes

Local authority Min of Youth, SMEs, Women

Affairs

Water and sanitation

Investment into WASH infrastructure

Local authority, central government and other stakeholders.

Gender Based Violence

Advocacy Council Stakeholders

Education Free Education policy

Council Government

Stigma Awareness programs Local authority, central government and other stakeholders.

Lack of social amenities

Investment and provision of social amenities

Local authority

Gender Blind Policies Participants analysed the City of Harare Housing Policy (2009) and concluded that it was a gender blind policy as it did not take into account the needs of women. They noted that the aspect of gender was mentioned throughout the article but noted that women occupy the lower levels while the men dominated the upper level jobs where key decisions are made. To alleviate this anomaly participants noted that deliberate policies such as affirmative action and other quota system would result in more women occupying leadership positions. After analysing the case study, participants were able to differentiate between gender blind and gender aware policies. Sex Disaggregated Data Participants analysed the sex disaggregated data exercise and realised that having sex disaggregated data enables councils to have a comprehensive understanding of users of basic services by classifying the according to sex. Reflecting on how they are managing data in their respective councils, some of the participants indicated that they were not disaggregating data by sex in councils while others also indicated that when compiling their records at clinics they often disaggregate data by sex. However after going through this exercise, participants highlighted that there was a need to have sex disaggregated data in councils. They observed that this data would be used as a monitoring and evaluation tool and also be used as pointers on areas that need to be improved. This will also in turn aid the measurement of progress. Gender budgeting The gender budgeting exercise demands that participants apply gender mainstreaming concepts through reviewing and equitable allocation of resources. Participants managed to reflect on the amounts allocated in the case study and to analyse the budgets versus the direct or indirect benefits to men and women. The common observation was that the amounts allocated had no weighting done to reflect the proportion of men and women. It was worth

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noting that adequate consultations are needed when planning for economic development and recreation, soccer stadiums, water infrastructure, waste management, maternal health, and roads infrastructure. Overall, participants noted that gender budgeting reduces occurrences of GBV and reduces conflicts, improves service delivery and saves resources. The majority of participants revealed that the budgeting exercise was an eye opener to them since on the ground they were not practicing gender budgeting. Others cited their lack of knowledge on gender dimensions as one of the contributing factors. At the end of the session, participants stated that gender responsive budgeting was the allocation of resources in an equitable manner and according to the needs of the client. They were able to distinguish between gender specific budget and gender mainstreamed budget. Participants also noted that ensuring gender responsive budgeting required councils to have gender aware procurement policies in place. Gender and the economy Participants did the “Lie of the Land” and Job description of a housewife exercises. Having gone through these, participants’ consensus was that women were overwhelmed by the multiple roles they perform at home. These include cleaning, cooking, gardening, fetching water, firewood, communal work cattle herding, washing, child bearing and in some instances cattle herding. Participants also noted that men normally do paid work while women often unpaid household chores. It was also noted that socialization had led to stereotypical beliefs that a woman’s place was in the home. Care-work The session on care-work was led by Priscilla Maposa who first asked participants on their views on care-work. Participants defined care-work as work that is done voluntarily to assist people with chronic illnesses. This includes people living with HIV/AIDS, orphans, the disabled and the elderly. In addition, participants acknowledged that traditionally, care-work was done within the confines of the home, and most caregivers were women. However, with the increasing knowledge on gender equality, participants noted that care work is a responsibility for both men and women. Others felt that it was the work of the Ministry of Health and other Non-governmental organisations. As part of service delivery, councils are expected to plan and provide support to care-work. While most participants noted that there was need to support care givers with material and financial resources, the major constraint facing councils was the lack of adequate resources to channel towards care-work. However some councils rely on support from funding partners. The participants present were asked to share knowledge on what their councils were doing to assist care-givers. In response, Buhera Rural District Council said that they are working with the Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare to train care givers on case management. Pfura

Participant presents on gender budgeting

exercise. Photo: Tapiwa Zvaraya

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Rural District Council sourced bicycles for the caregivers. Chegutu Rural District Council is working with partners who come into the district to support caregivers. The session on care work ended with Maposa urging councils to view care-work as a component of service delivery, to support care-workers as well as put measures to undertake care-work activities. She reiterated that, despite the challenges faced, there was need for councils to assist in every way possible to boost the morale of the caregivers. Gender and Local Economic Development Local Economic Development (LED) Participants understood Local Economic Development as an initiative that entails creating conditions for economic growth and employment creation by using local resources. Given the prevailing turbulent economic conditions in the country, it is imperative for councils to come up with locally based economic activities that are able to sustain livelihoods. To assess the availability, and access of household goods in councils, participants were asked to analyse the “wake-up model” found in the module on gender and economic development. During the analysis, it emerged that some of the goods mentioned by participants were goods perceived to be readily available in their respective localities. LED Initiatives Councils already have plans to promote LED in their localities. For instance, Pfura Rural District Council encourages local investors by providing land using friendly rates that are not prohibitive. In Buhera the council has promoted the production of agricultural produce through the Murambinda irrigation scheme. There is ongoing training on value addition for women. The use of nutrition gardens and using solar dryers for preservation is also being promoted in Buhera. Chegutu rural district council is also promoting small scale mining and seed fishing initiatives. Barriers to participation in LED The participants noted that there were barriers to in LED. These included:

Government red tape. Lack of representation in decision making structures. Limited skills development to certain occupations and positions. Cultural constraints on mobility of women. Women’s multiple roles restrain them from participating fully in economic activities.

Gender, Climate Change and Sustainable Development Climate Change Participants understood climate change as change in weather patterns attributed to direct or indirect human activities after a prolonged period of time. Climate variability was also simply defined as fluctuations in weather patterns. The fluctuations comprising climate variability can influence patterns of rainfall, temperature and other variables on timescales anywhere from a few weeks to a few decades. Link between Climate Change and Sustainable Development This session explored the link between climate change and sustainable development with a view to initiate discussion on the topic. The group highlighted that there was a relationship between climate change and sustainable development in terms of human activity. Participants defined sustainable development as development that ensures that the needs of the current

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generation are met without necessarily compromising access to the same resources by future generations. Common human activities such as stream bank cultivation, indiscriminate cutting down of tress, burning veld fires, sand poaching as well as land degradation by mining companies pose enormous challenges to the environment and contribute to negative changes in the climate. This subsequently affects sustainability.

As shown in the figure above, participants highlighted some of the negative changes brought about by climate change. Quite obviously, these changes definitely do not guarantee sustainable development. Further to the discussion, other participants felt that climate change needs to be looked at with a global perspective noting that other developed countries need to ratify and be bound by the Kyoto Protocol. Mitigation of climate change by councils As part of the discussions on climate change, participants came up with suggestions that could be used to mitigate the effects of climate change. One participant from Buhera mentioned that he devised a mechanism to contain siltation in some part of the Save riverbed by making use of iron sheets as barriers to divert sand and the flowing water. His creative efforts however need to be up scaled through funding support so that the solution can be done at a large scale. Some of the mitigation measures include;

Upscaling efforts to contain siltation efforts in riverbeds Ensuring that gas emissions meet EMA specifications

Use of fireguards Reforestation Afforestation Working in partnerships Environmental Management Agency who have the expert

knowledge on issues to do with the environment Participants also went through the gender dimensions of climate change where they noted that a great number of women compared to men were mostly affected in the following areas:

Migration Scarcity of Water Increase in school drop-outs

CLIMATE CHANGE

Increase in global warming

Shorter rain

season

Rising Sea Level

Droughts/Famine

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Unequal distribution of land Compromise in health issues Depressive symptoms Increase in Gender Violence

Gender Based Violence GL’s Kevin Chiramba led participants on the discussion on GBV. First there was a presentation on the findings from the GBV Indicators study conducted by GL in 2012. This showed the prevalence of GBV in the 10 provinces. The findings highlighted that GBV was rife especially in Mashonaland Central province with 88% of women reporting experience of intimate Partner Violence (IPV) in the lifetime. Gross underreporting was also a major characteristic of the findings across all the provinces. Participants were asked whether or not they thought GBV was a key service delivery issue. Both men and women alike concurred that they were being affected by it therefore it was essential that as local authorities they play a role in reducing the levels of GBV in their localities. Some even suggested that councils could work with the Zimbabwe Republic Police to conduct awareness raising campaigns on GBV. Further discussions centred on the relationship between the GBV research and the COE process. Participants noted that there was a correlation between the findings in the GBV study and the COE work. Some of the participants said the findings will help strengthen their GBV Action plans, target interventions as well as monitor and evaluate their progress in ending GBV. Outputs The direct outputs of the workshop were as follows:

Buhera Rural District Council Draft Gender and GBV Action Plan. Chegutu Rural District Council Draft Gender and GBV Action Plan. Pfura Rural District Council Draft Gender and GBV Action Plan. Closing remarks The Chairman for Pfura Rural District council Mr Kennedy Banda said that the workshop was an important workshop for learning gender mainstreaming issues as well as to elevate the status of women. He said that councils should coordinate amongst themselves to advance gender mainstreaming. Noting high levels of GBV in Mashonaland Central province, the chairman called for targeted interventions to end GBV in the province. The Chairman of Chegutu Rural District council Mr Charakatenda reiterated that his council will do every effort to support the COE programme. The Acting district Administrator for Pfura district Mr Darlington Chokera thanked all the participants for coming and had 3 fruitful days of working. He mentioned that the DA’s office supports the local authorities in the COE programme. He also thanked GL for organising

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a workshop where participants move from theory to practice realised in the action planning phase. Finally he mentioned the need for GL to secure funding to support programme implementation in council. The Chief executive officer for Buhera Rural District council, Mrs Emily Chibvongodze, said she was happy to be in the COE programme and looks forward to enhance service delivery. She asked GL to plan for look and learn programmes as these will help to strengthen collaboration and sharing of ideas among councils. Mr Nicholas Ndabambi from the Ministry of Women Affairs Gender and Community Development also thanked GL for the workshop mentioned that the GL website will also encourage further interaction. In closing the workshop, Priscilla Maposa thanked the participants and all stakeholders for taking time to attend the 3 day workshop. She went on to highlight that the gender action planning stage was a tedious exercise but was quick to emphasise that it was a good learning exercise for both councillors and officials. She urged the councils to adopt and continuously review the action plan and to prioritise areas of implementation. Councils were urged to work in partnership with other stakeholders like the Ministry of Women Affairs, Gender and Community Development, Ministry of Health, the District Administrators office and the Police. Priscilla said that GL will visit the councils for meetings and to carry out field visits to some of the projects that can be showcased as case studies.

Mrs Emily Chibvongodze Chief Executive Officer for Buhera Rural

District Council giving her closing remarks. Photo: Tapiwa Zvaraya

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Annexes

Annex A: Programme

DAY/TIME ACTIVITY TIME WHO

DAY ONE:

8:00 – 8:30 Registration 30 min GL

8:30 – 8:45 Opening 15 min GL/GFP

8:45 – 9:00 Introductions and objectives Expectations from participants To develop guidelines of participation Eyes and Ears

15 min GL/GFP

Key gender concepts

9:00 – 10:00 Sex and gender

1 hour GL

10:00-10:30 Group work on stereotypes 30 min All

10:30 – 11.00 TEA All

11.00-11:30 Report back 30 min All

Gender, governance and transformative leadership

11:30-12:30 SADC Protocol on Gender and Development/At the Coalface DVD

1 hour All

12.30- 13.30 Access, participation, transformative leadership Group work (role plays)

1 hr All

13:30 – 14:30 LUNCH 30 min GL

Conflict resolution

14:30- 15:00 What is conflict?, Conflict at the local level 30 min GL

15:00-15:30 Resolving conflict 30 min All

15.30 – 16:00 TEA 30 min GL

Gender policy and planning concepts

16:00 – 17:00 Practical and strategic needs Gender mainstreaming Gender blind and gender aware policies Gender disaggregated data Gender budgeting

1 hr GL

17:00 Closure All

DAY TWO:

Gender and the economy

8.00 – 8.30 The unwaged work of women 30 min GL

8:30 – 9:30 Care work 1 hr GL

Local Economic Development

9:30 – 10:30 Gender and local economic development Strategies for local economic development

1 hr GL

10:30 – 11:00 TEA 30 min All

Sustainable Development (Climate Change)

11:00 – 11:45 Definitions / background Impact of climate change on gender

45 min GL


11:45-13:00 Key GBV provisions in the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. GBV as a key service delivery issue

1 hour 15 min GL

Developing a Gender Action plan

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13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 – 15:00 Developing a gender and GBV action plan 1 hr Groups

15:00 –15:30 TEA

15:30 –17:00 Developing a gender and GBV action plan 1 hr 30 min Groups

17:00 Closure

DAY THREE:

8:00 – 8:30 Recap of action plans

8:30 – 10:00 Review and consolidation of action plans 1 hr 30 min Groups

10:00 – 10.30 TEA

Gender and Media Literacy

10:30 – 11:00 Broken telephones; what is meant by communications; different forms of communication Campaigns and different elements of campaigns

30 mins GL

11:00 – 12:00 Media monitoring 1 hr GL

12:00 – 12:30 - Understanding the internet - Social media – Facebook

30 mins GL

12:30-13:00 - Using cell phones for advocacy 30 mins GL

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH 1 hour

IT for advocacy, including the use of cell phones

14:00 – 14:30 - What is the Sixteen Days of Activism (or other campaign to be taken up)

30 min GL

14:30 – 15:00 - Discussion on various aspects of the campaign 30 mins GL

15:00 -15:15 TEA

15:15-16:30 Way forward and Closure

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Annex B: Participant List

Name Sex Council/Organisation Designation Email address Cell phone

Maposa Priscilla F Gender Links Country Manager [email protected] +263772735722

Kevin Chiramba M Gender Links Senior Programme Officer [email protected] +263772489772

Tapiwa Zvaraya M Gender Links M&E Officer [email protected] +263773955517

F. Charakatenda M Chegutu Rural District Council Council Chairman +263775848470

DM Zvobgo M Chegutu Rural District Council CEO +263772332050

Kennedy J. Banda M Pfura Rural District Council Council Chairman [email protected] +263772700587

Darlington Chokera M Pfura Rural District Council Acting D.A [email protected] +263773596053

Stanslous R. Nyachowe M Pfura Rural District Council Chief Executive Officer [email protected] +263772700912

Lazarus. Jakata M Pfura Rural District Council Human Resources Manager [email protected] +263773617243

Blaire Chipfunde M Pfura Rural District Council Treasurer [email protected] +263773589917

Emily Chibvongodze F Buhera Rural District Council CEO [email protected] +263772546389

N Musakaruka M Buhera Rural District Council Council Chairman +263712528696

Roland Madondo M Buhera Rural District Council District Administrator [email protected] +263774104118

E. Msevenzi M Chegutu Rural District Council Councillor +263772294282

A. Mutyambizi M Chegutu Rural District Council Councillor +263773302095

R. Matambo F Chegutu Rural District Council Environment +263773189101

N. Chakauya F Chegutu Rural District Council Treasurer [email protected] +263772684713

N. Mupfudza M Chegutu Rural District Council Councillor +263775825720

Admire Machingura M Chegutu Rural District Council HR and admin [email protected] +263773902958

Tavirimirwa Chabata M Chegutu Rural District Council Councillor +263712799357

Sumani Sumani M Chegutu Rural District Council Councillor [email protected] +263773221313

Trust Matienga M Chegutu Rural District Council Planning Officer [email protected] +263772981284

J. Mubaira M Chegutu Rural District Council Workshop Foreman +263773061282

T. Kangai M Chegutu Rural District Council SSO [email protected] +263775180056

A. Sithole M Chegutu Rural District Council Environment Officer +263777189539

Emson Chitsungo M Pfura Rural District Council District Engineer [email protected] +263783301142

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Name Sex Council/Organisation Designation Email address Cell phone

Abiot Mufuka M Pfura Rural District Council Councillor +263773689906

Marinos Chambwera M Pfura Rural District Council Environment & Agric Officer [email protected] +263778701147

Nicholaus Ndabambi M Min of Women Affairs HOD [email protected] +263772380150

Richard Ngapasare M Pfura Rural District Council Councillor +263784593305

Peter. Nyamutumbu M Pfura Rural District Council Councillor +263777554243

Lonwell Chipikiri M Pfura Rural District Council Councillor +263773689917

Nickson Katanha M Pfura Rural District Council Councillor +263773222972

Estery Mapurisa F Pfura Rural District Council Councillor +263773689901

Amandhla Wadzingaira F Pfura Rural District Council OPC [email protected] +263774339079

Raina Takundwa F Pfura Rural District Council Social services officer [email protected] +263772626302

Mavis Dzapasi F Pfura Rural District Council Assistant HR & Admin [email protected] +263773578272

Gladman Nduna M Buhera Rural District Council HOD Admin [email protected] +263773111931

A.Nyamupingidza M Buhera Rural District Council Acting Treasurer [email protected] +263773512588

P. Chingwende M Buhera Rural District Council District Engineer [email protected] +263775877020

C. Dzete M Buhera Rural District Council Acting HOD Social Services [email protected] +263773512739

Loice Marongere F Buhera Rural District Council P A to COE [email protected] +263773501578

T. Maripfunde F Buhera Rural District Council Min of Women Affairs (A/DDO) [email protected] +263772768443

Shumirai Kundishora F Buhera Rural District Council Ministry of Health +263773654452

Jane Ziki F Buhera Rural District Council Councillor +263773214660

G.Todzo M Buhera Rural District Council Councillor [email protected] +263775069880

John Mangezi M Buhera Rural District Council Councillor +263772538006

Raymond Mushore M Buhera Rural District Council OPC +263772874999

M. Bere M Buhera Rural District Council Councillor +263773508855

J.M Mayepi M Buhera Rural District Council Councillor +263712042911

T.M Dube M Buhera Rural District Council Councillor +263715815691

J. Kuchewa M Chegutu Rural District Council Auditor +263776841851













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Attendance by Gender

Females 12 23.1%

Males 40 76.9%

Total 52 100%.

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Annex C: Buhera RDC Gender Action Plan

BUHERA RDC COE GENDER PLANNING FRAMEWORK FOR LOCAL COUNCILS

The fields to be completed are:

Why - What is the objective; starting point, answer the questions? What is the indicator –How will progress towards achievement of this target be measured; for example percentage increase in women’s

representation. What is the action – What needs to be done for the target to be achieved? Who –Which department/s unit/s is responsible of the action? When – What is the timeframe in which this action should be completed? Budget – What financial resources are required for this action to be completed?

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BASELINE SDG targets PROPOSED POST 2015

SADC

PROTOCOL TARGET

INDICATORS TARGET GROUP ACTIONS OUTPUT WHO TIME FRAME

BUDGET

GENDER POLICY FRAMEWORK

Strategic objective: Increase council’s level of awareness around national, regional, international commitments that the country has made especially the Post 2015 SADC Protocol on Gender and Development, SDG s and the National Gender Policy

What is the current level of awareness? 25%

Adopt and

strengthen sound policies

and enforceable

legislation for the promotion

of gender

equality and the

empowerment of all women

and girls at all

Laws and

policies are accompanied

by public awareness

campaigns to demonstrate

link between

equal representation

participation of men and

women to

democracy, good

governance and citizen

participation.

An active

gender action plan in draft or

approved by council

Gender sensitive

council policies

in draft or approved by

council

Policy makers

Management Council employees

Stakeholders(pressure groups, business

community, NGOs, Faith Based

organisations)

To carry

out awareness

campaigns To carry

out training of

trainers

To provide ICT

materials

Increase in

awareness by 5%

28 councilors

trained ICT

material

distributed

Social services

By

December 2017

Has a gender policy framework been drafted and approved? No gender policy

Laws and policies put in

place to enable women to

have equal

opportunities with men to

participate

To formulate

gender policy

Gender policy in

place

Administration By December

2017

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Does the council

have a Gender champion at

policy making

level? Currently council

does not have a gender

champion.

Ensure

women’s full and effective

participation

and equal opportunities

for leadership at all levels of

decision-making in

political,

economic and public life.

Council have a

Gender Champion at

policymaking

level

Policymakers To appoint

a gender champion

Gender

champion in place

Social services First

quarter

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BASELINE SDG Target PROPOSED

POST 2015 SADC

PROTOCOL

TARGET

INDICATORS TARGET GROUP ACTIONS OUTPUT WHO TIME

FRAME

BUDGET

GOVERNANCE

Representation

Strategic objective: To ensure that 50% of decision-making positions in all public and private sectors are held by women including through the use of affirmative action

measures.

What is the % of women councillors in the local authority? 6% What proportion of women councillors are there in leadership positions in Council, e.g. as chairs of committees? 17%

End all forms

of discrimination

against all

women and girls

everywhere

By 2030 ensure

that 50% of decision-

making

positions in all public and

private sectors are held by

women

including through the use

of affirmative action

measures.

Percentage of

women in local government

Stakeholders political

parties Women policymaker

Women policymakers

To

encourage women to

participate in

governance issues

Increase of

number of women in

council by

4%

Administration By

December2018

Strategic objective :To educate communities and raise awareness about the importance of women’s equal representation in local councils

Has there been a 50/50 campaign or any other awareness raising on women’s equal participation? No campaigns have been carried out so far.

Ensure women’s full

and effective participation


for leadership

at all levels of decision-

making in

Legislative measures and

public awareness

campaigns to emphasise that

women’s

representation and

participation

Number of 50/50

campaigns held

Stakeholders (women groups, men’s

forums)

Two

campaigns

Administration

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political,

economic and public life

are an

important component of

democracy and

good governance.

To carry out

awareness campaigns

in the

district

By

December 2017

Political participation Strategic objective: To increase participation by women because their concerns are often side-lined or overshadowed by political party concerns.

Is there a platform where women from different political parties come together to discuss their concerns? There is a platform called women in local government forumt.

Ensure

women’s full and effective

participation



decision-

making in political,


Policies,

strategies and programmes

for the

establishment and

strengthening of structures to

enhance

gender mainstreaming.

Type of

policies, strategies and

programmes

put in place to ensure equal

representation of women and

men in

decision-making for

building the capacity of

women to participate

effectively

through

Stakeholders (women

groups, political parties, men’s forum)

To carry out

awareness campaigns

Two

campaign meetings in

the district

Administration By

December 2017

Has any networking been done with other

Heads of departments in gvt departments at

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women’s platforms at other levels e.g. district, provincial and national? Yes there is women in local government forum

leadership and

gender sensitivity

training and

mentoring Percentage of

women in political

leadership

positions.

district and provincial.

All legislators

Strategic objective : To empower women councillors to advocate for gender equality

Has there been a skills audit? What kinds of skills exist? No, council does not have any skills audits.

Enhance the

use of enabling

technology, in particular

information

and communicatio

ns technology, to promote

the empowerment

of women

Building the

capacity of women to

participate effectively

though

leadership and gender

sensitivity training and

mentoring.

Percentage

men/women in Gender

activities including

gender training

and community mobilisation

activities. Percentage of

women in business.

Number of

women trained. Number of

trainings carried out.

Women Councillors. To carry out

skills audit.

1 training

done

Administration 2nd quarter

of 2017

What training has already been done? No training has been done.

Women and men

groups. Financial Institutions

Strategic objective : To empower men on gender issues and mobilise their support

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What training has already been done – how many men participated? No training has been done.

By 2030, State

Parties must ensure the

inclusion of

men in all gender-related

activities, including

gender training

and community mobilisation.

Number of men

trained. Number of

trainings

carried out

To train men 1 training

done

Administration 2nd quarter

of 2017.

Have any dialogues with male Cllrs been held?

Number of

dialogue with male

councillors

Male councillors

Public participation

Strategic objective : To ensure that women and men participate equally in local government and community matters

What is the representation of women and men in ward committees? 40% women and 60% men

Ensure

women’s full

and effective participation



decision-

making in political,


By 2030 ensure

that 50% of

decision-making

positions in all public and

private sectors are held by

women

including through then

use of affirmative

action

measures.

Percentage of

women and

men in ward committees.

Community ( local

leadership )

To carry out awareness

campaigns

2 campaigns

done

Administration

3rd quarter of 2017

Are there gender disaggregated statistics on the

Women and

men participate

equally in all

Disaggregated

statistics

Council employees

GFP, government

employees, Central statistical office and

To establish

gender

disaggregated data at

Gender

disaggrega

ted attendance

Administration By

December

2016

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consultative meetings? No gender disaggregated statistics on the consultative meetings exist.

governance

structures.

consultative

meetings.

register in

place

Have any workshops been conducted with men’s groups? No workshops done.

Ensure the

inclusion of men in all

gender related activities,

including

gender training and community

mobilisation.

Number of

workshops conducted with

men’s groups. Number of men

participating in

gender activities.

Men’s groups

To carry out workshops

Two workshops

done

Administration

2nd quarter of 2017

PLANNING

Strategic objective : To ensure that targeted planning and service delivery takes place in the council women are consulted equally in policy-making processes.

Is the Council’s strategic plan gender aware? Yes the council has a strategic plan that includes gender awareness

Gender responsive

council strategic plan

All stakeholders To increase the

implementation rate the

strategic plan

Gender mainstrea

ming done


2017

Strategic objective : To ensure that women are consulted about their needs when drawing up Council plans.

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Has the gender desk been involved in the strategic planning process? Yes gender desk was consulted. Have the views of women and men been taken into account in the plan? Views of men and women have been taken into consideration.

Equal

participation of women and

men in policy

formulation and implementation

of economic policies.

Established

gender desk

All stakeholders To increase

the implementati

on of the

strategic plan

Gender

mainstreaming done

Administration By

December 2017

EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES AND ENVIRONMENT

Strategic objective: To increase the representation of women employed in council by 3,3% per annum by 2030 What steps have been taken to prioritise gender equity in performance plans? No steps have been taken to prioritise gender equity

By 2030,

achieve full and

productive

employment and decent

work for all women and

men, including

for young people and

At least 50% of

decision-making

positions in the

public and private sectors

are held by women

including the

use of affirmative

Percentage of

women in elected

positions with a

bearing on economic

decision making

Percentage of

women in relevant

Councillors and

Management -Traditional and

religious leaders

-Political leadership

To formulate

gender equality

policies

Gender

Policy in place

Admin December

2017

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persons with

disabilities, and equal pay

for work of

equal value

action

measures.

ministries at

national and local level

Departments and committees of Council

What are the current gender statistics of employees in the municipality? 24% women while men are 76% Should be Local Authorities What % men and women occupy management positions – what is the breakdown per department? Admin 50% women and 50%men Finance nil, Social services nil, Project planning nil

Review, amend and enact laws

and policies that ensure

women and

men have equal access to wage

employment in all sectors of

the economy.

To increase

the

percentage of women in

managerial posts.

Equal

number of

men and women in

managerial posts.

Administration

and HR

By

December

2017

Selection and recruitment

Strategic objective: To ensure that the recruitment and selection process offers equal opportunity to women

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What kind of employment equity plan is in existence? Nil

Adopt and


and

enforceable legislation for

the promotion of gender

equality and

the empowerment

of all women and girls at all

levels

Affirmative

action measures with

particular

reference to women in order

to eliminate all barriers that

prevent them

from participating

meaningfully in all spheres of

life and create a conducive

environment

for such participation.

Number of policies and

procedures

reviewed to be gender

sensitive

Payroll audit

To amend

the existing selection and

recruitment

policy to be gender

sensitive

Amended

policy in place.

Administration

and HR

By

December 2017

What are the targets for ensuring women’s equal representation at all levels? To increase the equal representation level of women by 5%

Councillors, Management and

Employees

Increase the

number of women

employed by 4%

Social Services By December

2017

Has gender been incorporated into policies and processes? Gender has been incorporated into the strategic plan and budget

Eradication of

occupational segregation

and all forms of

employment discrimination.

To increase rate of

implementation of the

strategic plan

and budget

Gender activities

incorporated by 5%

Are women and men paid equally for the work they do?

By 2030, achieve full

and productive

employment

Equal pay for equal work and

equal remuneration

for jobs of

To maintain the existing

pay structures

Salary paid Administration

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Salaries are paid equally

and decent

work for all women and

men, including

for young people and

persons with disabilities,

and equal pay

for work of equal value

equal value for

women and men; and

What is the policy on maternity leave and paternity leave? Council currently has the maternity policy in place

Adopt and


and enforceable

legislation for the promotion

of gender

equality and the

empowerment of all women

and girls at all

levels.

Enact and

enforce legislative

measures prohibiting the

dismissal or denial of

recruitment on

the grounds of pregnancy or

maternity leave.

Draft or

adopted Policy in place for

maternity leave and paternity

leave

To maintain

the existing maternity

policy

Number of

people going for

maternity leave

Administration Ongoing

Capacity building

Strategic objective: To ensure that training is done to educate all employees and community groups on gender mainstreaming

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FRAME

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What training has already been done? Training of Traditional Leadership

Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision making in political, economic and public life.

Ensure equal

participation of women and

men in decision

making by putting in place

policies, strategies and

programmes

for the establishment

and strengthening

of structures to enhance

gender

mainstreaming.

Number of

capacity training given

on policies and

strategies.

Employees and

community groups

To train the

employees on gender

mainstreamin

g

Number of

employees trained

Administration 3rd quarter

2017

Work conditions and environment

Strategic objective: To address all issues of sexual harassment in the Council Is there a sexual harassment policy in existence? Not available

Eliminate all

forms of

violence against all

States Parties

shall:

by 2030, enact and enforce

Percentage of

women and

men experiencing

To formulate

a sexual

harassment policy

Sexual

harassment

policy in place

Administration 1st quarter

2017

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What kind of safety measures are in place currently? Not available

women and

girls in the public and

private

spheres, including

trafficking and sexual and

other types of

exploitation

legislation

prohibiting all forms of gender

based violence;

Ensure that

perpetrators of gender based

violence,

including domestic

violence, rape, femicide, sexual

harassment, female genital

mutilation and all

other forms of gender based

violence are tried by a court of

competent

jurisdiction

sexual

harassment in work place

Employees,

Job seekers and clients

Put safety

measures in place

Sexual

harassment policy in

place

Administration 2 quarter

2017

LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Strategic objective : To facilitate access to equal economic employment opportunities

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Is there gender disaggregated data on jobs created through Council local economic development activities? There is no disaggregated data on LED

Undertake

reforms to give women

equal rights to

economic resources, as

well as access to ownership

and control

over land and other forms of

property, financial

services, inheritance

and natural

resources, in accordance

with national laws .

SDG 8 –

By 2030,

review, amend and enact laws

and policies

that ensure women and

men have equal access to wage

employment in

all sectors of the economy.

Percentage of

women and men in

economic

decision making

disaggregated according to a

mapping of

various economic

decision making

processes within the

region that

feeds into a broadened

definition of economic

decision

making positions.

Men

Women Youths

People living with

disability. OVC,s

To

disaggregate data on LED

Disaggrega

ted data

Projects

Department

By

December 2016

By 2030,

ensure that all men and

women, in

particular the poor and the

vulnerable, have equal

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rights to

economic resources, as

well as access

to basic services,

ownership and control over

land and other

forms of property,

inheritance, natural

resources, appropriate

new

technology and financial

services, including but

not limited to

microfinance as a the

primary source of

access.

Strategic objective : To provide gender aware support to the emerging business sector including micro enterprise

How gender aware is Local Authorities assistance to the

By 2030,

ensure that all men and

women, in

State parties

shall by 2030, adopt policies

and enact laws

Policies and

programmes in place to

support

Men

Women Youths

To increase

awareness campaigns

Three

awareness campaign

meetings

Projects

department

By

December 2016

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FRAME

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development of local businesses with an emphasis on emerging businesses. The Council is aware above 50% by incorporating with other stakeholders

particular the

poor and the vulnerable,

have equal

rights to economic

resources, as well as access

to basic

services, ownership and

control over land and other

forms of property,

inheritance,

natural resources,

appropriate new

technology

and financial services,

including but not limited to

microfinance as a the

primary

source of access.

which ensure

equal access, benefits and

opportunities

for women and men in trade

and entrepreneurshi

p, taking into

account the contribution of

women in the formal and

informal sectors.

entrepreneurshi

p development; especially for

women, youth,

people with disabilities and

emerging entrepreneurs.

People living with

disability. OVC,s

GBV survivors-

emerging entrepreneurs

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Strategic objective : To ensure that women and men have equal access to appropriate financial resources

Does the Local Authority have

any programmes

financial schemes or influence over

any financial schemes to assist

LED?

Council has

through Durawall, Market stall and

land.

Are these gender

aware? They are gender

balance

By 2030 ensure that

men and

women have access to

appropriate and inclusive

financial

services and that these are

designed and implemented

to address the access to

finance

barriers faced by women in

particular.

Policies and laws that

determine

access to, control of, and

benefit from productive

resources by

women in order to ensure that

women have equal access

and rights to credit, capital,

mortgages,

security and training as

men.

Number of emerging

entrepreneurs

that have succeeded in

securing funding for

their business?

Number of

women Number of

men

Number of

People With

Disability Number of

youth

Number of

GBV

survivors

Men Women

Youths

People with disability. OVC,s

GBV survivors- emerging

entrepreneurs

To continue providing

operating

space

Number of operating

space

allocated to beneficiarie

s

Projects On going

Strategic objective: To ensure that women and men have equal access to new technologies for improving the efficiency of their enterprises.

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Does the Council

have any technology

schemes,

programmes or influence over

any technology schemes to assist

LED? Council

does not have technology

schemes.

Are these gender aware?

They are not gender aware

Build resilient

infrastructure, promote

inclusive and

sustainable industrialisatio

n and foster innovation.

Ensure that

women have equal rights to

access training

and opportunities in

technological fields such as

IT and

engineering.

Number of

women with access to

training and

opportunities in technological

fields. Number of men

with access

training and opportunities in

technological fields.

Men

Women Youths

People with disability.

OVC,s GBV survivors-

emerging entrepreneurs

To assist

with technology

schemes

To engage

partners (PPPs)

No of

beneficiaries

No of

partners engaged

Project

Department

On going

Procurement

Strategic objective: To ensure that women benefit equally from the procurement processes which they have historically been excluded from.

What proportion of Local Authorities tenders and contracts over the last year went to women? Approximately 2%

By 2030, empower and

promote the social,

economic and

political inclusion of

all, irrespective of

age, sex,

disability,

State Parties shall, by 2030,

and with regard to the

affirmative

action provisions of

Article 5, introduce

measures to

ensure that

Percentage of tenders and

contracts awarded to

men and

women.

Women Men

To increase the number

of proportion of women

tenders and

contracts

number of tenders

and contracts

awarded to

women


2017

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FRAME

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Is there a policy and or point system in place to redress gaps? No policy available

race, ethnicity,

origin, religion or economic

or other status

Promote

public procurement

practices that are

sustainable, in

accordance with national

policies and priorities

Achieve gender

equality and empower all

women and girls.

women benefit equally from economic

opportunities,

including those created

through public procurement

processes.

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Strategic objective: To ensure that local authorities understand climate change and sustainable development issues. Has there been a gender aware audit done of climate change and measures to

Promote mechanisms

for raising

capacity for effective

State Parties shall by 2030,

employ people-

centred, equitable,

Percentage households with access to electricity.

Community Organisations

Institutions

To train communities

and

institutions

One trainings

held and

one campaign


2016

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FRAME

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mitigate its effects and likely effects. No gender aware has been done on climate change

climate

change-related

planning and

management in least

developed countries and

small island

developing States,

including focusing on

women, youth and local and

marginalized

communities.

inclusive and

participatory consultations of

all stakeholders

including women and

men in all environmental

management,

and climate change for

sustainable development

programmes and initiatives

Percentage of households with access to clean water. Percentage compliance to EMA regulations and other related statutes. Availability of the audit report. Percentage of women, men, indigenous peoples, and local communities with secure rights to land, property, and natural resources, measured by (i) percentage with documented or recognized

on Climate

change

To carry out

awareness campaigns

on climate change

State Parties

shall by 2030

should provide access to clean

water and renewable

energy technologies to

all households,

particularly to rural women,

including by investing in and

promoting the

development of

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alternative safe

and clean energies (such

as hydropower

and solar) in order to reduce

reliance on non-sustainable

energy sources.

evidence of tenure, and (ii) percentage who perceive their rights are recognized and protected

Strategic objective: To involve women, as key stewards of the environment, in environmental preservation and conservation.

Are women involved in drawing up policies and plans for “going green” Women are not involved in drawing policies and plans

Improve

education, awareness-

raising and human and

institutional

capacity on climate

change mitigation,

adaptation, impact

reduction and

early warning

Integrate climate

change

measures into national

policies

State Parties

shall design gender

responsive capacity

building,

education, and training on

environmental management,

and climate change for

sustainable

development initiatives

Council has a

gender responsive LED

plan to promote

income

opportunities for sustainable

energy and recycling

projects.

Percentage of

women in decision

making.

Percentage of

women to men participating in

Civic groups.

Women. Stakeholders (Cllrs,

Mgt etc)

To train

women in policy

formulation

To lobby for

policy formulation

by Policy Makers

Two trains

One meeting

Administration By

December 2016

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strategies and

planning

consultation

meetings.

Strategic objective: To make women and men lead in projects and green business ventures, e.g. waste management.

Are there any women and men leading in green business ventures? Yes There are men and women leading

By 2030,

ensure

sustainable food

production systems and

implement

resilient agricultural

practices that increase

productivity and

production,

that help maintain

ecosystems, that

strengthen

capacity for adaptation to

climate change,

extreme

weather, drought,

flooding and

State Parties

shall by 2030

develop and implement

gender responsive

policies,

strategies, projects and

programmes for


disaster

reduction especially on

climate change for sustainable

development.

Council with

costed gender

action plans on environmental

management, climate change

and sustainable

development.

Percentage of women leading

the projects and business

ventures

Percentage of

men leading the projects

and business

ventures

Women.

Companies.

institutions

To increase

the number

of people involved in

doing the green

business

Increase

in Number

of people in green

business by 10%

Projects

department

By

December

2017

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other disasters

and that progressively

improve land

and soil quality.

Strategic objective: To prioritise the needs of women and children in emergencies and disasters.

How gender aware are

existing disaster

management plans?

People are aware

through Disaster Risk Management

Committee above

50%

Strengthen resilience and

adaptive

capacity to climate related

hazards and natural

disasters in all countries.

State Parties shall by 2030

develop and

implement gender

responsive policies,

strategies, projects and

programmes

for environmental

management, disaster

reduction

especially on climate change

for sustainable development

Council with costed gender

action plans on


climate change and sustainable

development. Disaster

management

policy

Relevant stakeholders To increase awareness

campaign in

communities on disaster

Risk Management

10 per quarter

Social Service On going

Housing

Strategic objective: To promote the equal rights of women to land tenure

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What proportion of land is owned by women and what proportion is jointly owned. Information is not available because data is not disaggregated

By 2030,

ensure access for all to

adequate, safe

and affordable housing and

basic services and upgrade

slums.

Collect and

analyse baseline data

against which

progress in achieving

targets will be monitored.

National laws

on inheritance Percentage of

women owning

land and houses

Existence of a

gender

sensitive housing and

land policy.

Availability of disaggregated

data on waiting

list and allocation list.

To

disaggregate the data

Disaggrega

ted data in place

Projects

departments, Administration

By

December 2016

Strategic objective: To ensure women’s equal access to housing. Do any policies exist to ensure women’s access to land tenure? No policies in place

Undertake reforms to

give women equal rights to

economic

resources, as well as access

to ownership and control

over land and

other forms of property,

financial

State parties shall by 2030,

review all policies and

laws that

determine access to,

control of, and benefit from,

productive

resources by women in order

to:

National laws on inheritance

Percentage of women owning

land and

houses

Existence of a gender

sensitive

housing and land policy.

To formulate housing

policy that gender

sensitive

Gender sensitive

policy in place


2017

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services,

inheritance and natural

resources, in

accordance with national

laws

End all

discrimination against women

and girls with

regard to water rights and

property such as land and

tenure thereof;

Availability of

disaggregated data on waiting

list and

allocation list.

What kind of consultation process exists in residential design? No consultation process

By 2030, ensure access

for all to adequate, safe

and affordable

housing and basic services

and upgrade slums.

Availability of consultation

minutes

Availability of

gender sensitive data

collection tools

To hold consultation

meeting with prospective

developer

Two consultatio

n meetings

Projects department

By December

2016

Water and sanitation

Strategic objective: To ensure that women, who are disproportionately affected by inadequate service delivery, are provided with affordable access to basic services What services are currently being provided and at what cost? Borehole drilling, rehabilitation and toilet construction US $ 25 000-00

By 2030,

achieve universal and

equitable access to safe

and affordable

drinking water for all

State parties

shall by 2030, review all

policies and laws that

determine

access to, control of, and

benefit from,

National laws

on inheritance Percentage of

women owning land and

houses

Community

Institutions

Schools

To

implements budgeted

activities Training of

water points

committees

2

boreholes

10 water point

committees

trained

Social Services By

December 2017

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productive

resources by women in order

to:

a.End all discrimination

against women and girls with

regard to water

rights and property such

as land and tenure thereof;

No. of

functional safe water sources

No of functional public toilets

close to homes and markets

Reduced numbers of

reported cases on blockage

per month

What kind of consultation process has there been in the past? Community consultation was used.

By 2030, achieve access

to adequate and equitable

sanitation and hygiene for all

and end open

defecation, paying special

attention to the needs of

women and

girls and those in vulnerable

situations

What is the percentage total coverage (urban and rural) of sanitation facilities Toilets: estimate 15% Water: estimate 50%

To construct

standard

toilets

100 toilets Social Services By

December

2017

Social development

Strategic objective: To make community and sporting facilities more accessible to women and girls and ensure that they benefit equally from such facilities.

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What kind of work is/ has been done with women’s access to sporting and recreational facilities Sporting grounds have been provided Council is process of completing a Community Hall

By 2030,

provide universal

access to safe,

inclusive and accessible,

green and public spaces,

in particular

for women and children,

older persons and persons

with disabilities

Collect and


against which progress in

achieving


Percentage of

collected revenue against

set target.

Availability

gender and social inclusion

facilities

Community

Schools

Women

To improve

the existing sporting

grounds

To provide

sporting equipment

Completing

of community

hall

One

sporting ground

Sporting

equipment in place

Community hall

completed

Social Service By

December 2017

By December

2017

On going

SEXUAL REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, HIV AND AIDS AND WELL BEING

Strategic Objective: To reduce the maternal mortality ratio by at least 75% by 2030.

What is the Maternal mortality ratio

3. Ensure

healthy lives and promote

well-being for

all at all ages

State parties

shall by 2030 in line with the

SADC Protocol

on Health and other regional

and international

commitments

by Member states on issues

relating to

Maternal

mortality ratio

WCBA

(15-49)

What is the percentage of births attended by skilled health personnel

Percentage of

births attended by skilled

health

personnel

WCBA

(15-49)

What is the coverage of iron

Coverage of

iron

WCBA

(15-49)

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-folic acid supplements for pregnant women

health, adopt

and implement legislative

frameworks,

policies ,programmes

and services to enhance

gender

sensitive, appropriate and

affordable quality health

care.

Coverage of

folic acid supplements

for pregnant

women

What is the contraceptive prevalence rate

Develop and implement

policies and programmes to

address the

mental, sexual and

reproductive health needs of

women and men in

accordance

with the Programme of

Action of the ICPD and the

Beijing Platform

for Action.

Contraceptive prevalence

rate

WCBA (15-49)

What is the met demand for family planning

Met demand for family planning

WCBA (15-49)

What is the Percentage of young people receiving comprehensive sexuality education

Percentage of

young people

(10-24) receiving

comprehensive sexuality

education

10-24 girls and boys

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Strategic objective: Ensure health facilities are accessible to women

How many mobile clinics are there currently? Which communities do these clinics service?

Achieve universal

health coverage,

including financial risk

protection,

access to quality

essential health-care

services and

access to safe, effective,

quality and affordable

essential medicines and

vaccines for all

State parties shall by 2030 in

line with the SADC Protocol

on Health and other regional

and

international commitments

by Member states on issues

relating to

health, adopt and implement

legislative frameworks,

policies ,programmes

and services to

enhance gender


affordable

quality health care.

Number of static clinics or

mobile clinics existing in the

local authority area.

Population

served from catchment area

All age groups Male and female

HIV AND AIDS AND CARE WORK

Prevention

Strategic objective: To establish the gendered dimensions of HIV/AIDS

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Does the Council have gender disaggregated data on HIV and AIDS? No disaggregated data

By 2030, end

the epidemics of AIDS,

tuberculosis,

malaria and neglected

tropical diseases and

combat

hepatitis, water-borne

diseases and other

communicable diseases

By 2030 state

parties shall develop gender

sensitive

strategies to prevent new

infections, taking account

of the unequal

status of women, and in

particular the vulnerability of

the girl child as well as harmful

practices and

biological factors that

result in women

constituting the

majority of those infected

and affected by HIV and AIDS.

Statistics on

HIV and AIDS and other

diseases that

are gender disaggregated

and include youth, and

people living

with disabilities.

All age groups

Male and female

To compel

key stakeholders

to provide

disaggregated data to

Council

Disaggrega

ted HIS AIDS data

in place

Social Service By

December 2016

Do prevention campaigns emphasise differences in power relations between women and men? and Socio-cultural differences between women and men Campaigns being carried out in partnership with NAC

To increase awareness

campaigns

To hold

roads shows

To hold

school quiz competitions

4 campaigns

on hot spots

4 road

shows

4 quiz

Social Service By December

2017

By

December 2017

2 quarter 2017

Do prevention campaigns emphasise the dangers of multiple concurrent partners?

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Yes It involves all key stakeholders Strategic objective: To hold gender-awareness campaigns

Is the female condom available? Yes female condom are available If so where? All public places

By 2030, ensure

universal access to

sexual and reproductive

health-care

services, including for

family planning,

information

and education, and the

integration of reproductive

health into national

strategies and

programmes.

Adopt and implement

legislative frameworks,

policies, programmes

and services to

enhance gender


affordable

quality health care.

Number of female

condoms issued

Proportion of female

condoms

placed at convenient

places

Women

Men

To Educate the public on

use of the female

condom

To distribute female

condoms to institutions

and

communities

Refresher courses to

workplace peer

educators

and health workers on

good use of female

condoms

4 trainings

All public

places

One training

Social Services On going

Strategic objective: To ensure that messages of generational sex and multiple partners are addressed

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How has the local authority participated in awareness campaigns in the past? Has the local authority actively participated and promote the 16 Days Campaign in the past? Yes participated as a stakeholder

By 2030,

ensure universal

access to

sexual and reproductive

health-care services,

including for

family planning,

information and education,

and the integration of

reproductive

health into national

strategies and programmes.

Adopt and

implement legislative

frameworks,

policies, programmes

and services to enhance

gender


affordable quality health

care.

Number of

campaigns Reports

submitted

All age groups To increase

campaigns

To participate in

the 16 days commemorat

ion

1 campaign

1

commemor

ation

Social Services By

December 2017

On going

Are there any awareness campaigns in the Council on the link between gender violence, HIV and AIDS? Yes through other stakeholders

Information on services

available to survivors of

gender based

violence AND Laws on gender

based violence provide for the

comprehensive testing,

treatment and

care of survivors of

sexual offences, which

shall include

preventing the

Number of campaigns held

All age groups Male and female

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onset of

sexually transmitted

infections.

Strategic objective: To educate women who are not aware of the need to avail themselves of Post Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP) and emergency contraception in the event of a sexual assault.

Is PEP readily available at all health facilities? If not, at how many facilities is it available? All health facilities provide PEP

Eliminate all

forms of violence

against all women and

girls in the

public and private

spheres, including

trafficking and sexual and

other types of

exploitation

States Parties

shall, by 2030,

ensure that laws

on gender based

violence provide

for the

comprehensive

testing,

treatment and

care of survivors

of sexual

offences, which

shall include:

a. emergency contraception;

b. ready access

to post

exposure

prophylaxis

at all health

Number of

clinics offering PEP

Statistics

All age groups To sensitize

communities on referral

path

30 centres Social Services On going

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facilities to

reduce the

risk of

contracting

HIV; and

c. preventing the

onset of

sexually transmitted

infections

Strategic objective: To educate women and men on voluntary counselling and testing which is a powerful tool for preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS. What is the % of men and women who go for VCT and Provider initiated counselling and testing?

Collect and


against which



Proportion of

men and women.

Men and women

Treatment Strategic objective: To address unequal access to treatment; especially inhibitions by men to accessing treatment

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What proportion of women compared to men access free treatment?

Ensure

universal access to

sexual and

reproductive health and

reproductive rights as

agreed in

accordance with the

Programme of Action of the

International Conference on

Population

and Development

and the Beijing

Platform for

Action and the outcome

documents of their review

conferences

Ensure

universal access to HIV

and AIDS

treatment for infected

women, men, girls and boys

by 2030.

Percentage of

men and women

accessing free

treatment

All age groups

Male and female

Care

Strategic objective: Ensure that the council addresses the gender dimensions of care work

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What proportion of care givers in the community are women? 90% of women

Recognize and

value unpaid care and

domestic work

through the provision of

public services,

infrastructure

and social protection

policies and the promotion

of shared responsibility

within the

household and the family as

nationally appropriate

State Parties

shall, by 2020 develop and

implement

policies and programmes to

ensure the appropriate

recognition of

the work carried out by

caregivers, the majority of

whom are women, and to

allocate

resources and psychological

support for caregivers as

well as promote

the involvement of

men in the care and support of

people living with HIV and

AIDS

Number of

female care givers

Proportion of male care

givers

Male and female care

givers

To mobilize

for male involvement

Increase of

men involvemen

t by 5%

Social Service On going

Do care givers receive any remuneration No care givers do not receive any remuneration

Male and female care givers

To provide incentives

Number of material

received


What support do care givers receive Bicycles, cell phones and airtime


givers

To improve

support

Number of

bicycles and cell

phones


Do care givers receive training? What kind? Yes Village Savings Lending Associations (VSLAs) and case management

Reports

Attendance

registers


givers

To provide

Refresher

courses

2 trainings Social Services By

December

2017

Are there any efforts to involve more men in care

men To revive

men’s forum

4 revival

on hot spots

Social services By

December 2017

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work? Yes they are efforts ENDING GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Prevention

Strategic objective: To contribute to the SADC Gender Protocol target of reducing current levels of gender violence by 2030.

What are the current statistics on Gender Based Violence in the local authority Estimate above 500 cases

Significantly reduce all

forms of violence and

related death

rates everywhere.

State Parties shall by 2030

adopt integrated

approaches,

including institutional

cross sector structures, with

the aim of

eliminating current levels

of gender based violence.

Existence of National/provin

cial and local action plans to

end Gender

Based Violence Number of

statistics

Women and men Boys and girls- all

vulnerable groups Policy makers,

business community

To mobilise communities

to engage into income

generating

project.

To link communities

for better

markets

To educate communities

on Value Addition and

Beneficiation

To hold

Gender Forum

meetings.

To train

communities

No. of income

generating projects

No. of markets

linked

No. of trainings

done

No of

people who received

training No. of

Gender

Forum meetings

Social Services Department

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on Village

Savings Lending

Association

(VSLAs)

To monitor the progress

of existing

(VSLAs)

To train communities

on the referral path

way

No. of

VSLAs trainings

No. of groups

visited

No. of

trainings

Proportion of

budget allocated to the


implementation of plans

To prepare

GBV budget

Provision

of a budget

Public awareness campaigns

Strategic objective: To educate communities to challenge and eradicate gender based violence.

How has the municipality participated in awareness

Community sensitisation programmes regarding

No of campaigns

Men and women Girls and boys

Vulnerable groups

To hold 4ps campaigns

No. of campaigns

No. of commemor

Social Services Department

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campaigns in the past? Has the municipality actively participated and promote the 16 Days Campaign in the past?

available services and resources for survivors of gender based violence; and

To

commemorate 16 days of

activism

against GBV

To hold Gender

dialogues

with Traditional

Leaders

To organise quiz shows

and

competition on GBV

issues to Health Clubs.

To hold 50/50

campaigns on decision

making positions.

To sensitize communities

on family

ations

done

No. of

dialogues

done

No. of

competitio

ns

No. of

campaigns held.

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laws and

legal issues

No. of

people sensitized

Has the municipality in anyway provided gender awareness education programmes to men and women. (Yes)

Ensure the

inclusion of

men in all gender related

activities including

gender training and community

mobilisation.

Number of

gender

awareness programmes

run. Number of men

that attended. Number or

women that

attended.

Men and women

Girls and boys

Vulnerable groups Influential leaders-

church pastors, traditional leaders;

political leaders

Response

Strategic objective: To implement actions that are effective in responding to Gender Based Violence in your council

To what extent has the council promoted the economic development of women to reduce their reliance on others to support themselves. (Empowering them on skills and projects)

Eliminate all

forms of

violence against all

women and girls in the

public and

private spheres,

including trafficking and

sexual and

No of life skills

and economic

development workshops for

survivors of Gender Based

Violence.

No of income generating

projects provided.

No of men and

women who benefited

Vulnerable groups

Gender Based

Violence victims

To provide

market

stores

To intensifies

campaigns

against GBV

To refer survivors to

one stop

centre and safe shelter

No. of

markets

given

Social Services

Department

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other types of

exploitation

for effective

management of GBV

What is the state of street lighting in the municipality? (Towerlights)2 Functional lights

by 2030, enact and enforce legislation prohibiting all forms of gender based violence.

No of

additional

tower lights Maintenance

(card) of existing lights

All

Men women boys and

girls

To monitor

the

maintenance of existing

tower lights

No. of

functional

tower lights

Projects and

Planning

department

Ensure that perpetrators of gender based violence, including domestic

violence, rape, femicide, sexual harassment, female genital mutilation and all other forms of

gender based violence are tried by a court of competent jurisdiction

Support

Strategic objective: To implement a plan and actions that supports survivors of Gender Based Violence.

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What steps has the council taken to economically empower women who have experienced Gender Based Violence. (Safe Shelter and one stop centre)

Number of

survivors that have been:

Trained as

emerging

entrepreneurs

Able to

secure business

funding

through council

interventions.

Able to

secure business

opportuniti

es from councils.

Able to

secure affordable

places to

trade.

Men women boys

and girls Vulnerable groups

To equip

survivors on knowledge

on survivors

skills such as projects that

could assist them when

they are

discharged

To identify better

markets and create a

friendly and

conducive environment

for business

No. of

trainings and

number of

projects

No. of

markets established

and No. of

investment

policies crafted

Social Services

Department

Are any of the police stations within the municipality equipped (private

State Parties

shall, by 2030, review and

reform their

criminal laws

Percentage of

referred cases of sexual and

gender-based

violence

To monitor

activities in the Victim

Friendly Unit

No. of

visits done

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room, female officers etc) to deal with cases of GENDER BASED VIOLENCE? (Yes – Victim Friendly Unit)

and procedures

applicable to cases of sexual

offences and

gender based violence to:

Eliminate

gender bias;

and

against women

and children that are

investigated

and sentenced No of trainings

done to the police officers

Ensure justice and fairness

are accorded to

survivors of gender-based

violence in a manner that

ensures dignity,

protection and respect

How many places of safety and care are there within the municipality? (2) places of safety and care are there

By 2030, State Parties shall

establish

special counselling

services, legal and police units

to provide

dedicated and sensitive

services to

Number of counselling

centres for

survivors of gender based

violence No of safety

shelters for

Gender Based Violence victims

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survivors of

gender based violence.

Strategic objective: To ensure information on support to Gender Based Violence survivors is accessible. What publications and information exists on where to get help, and how is this being disseminated currently? (posters)

State Parties shall by 2030;

Provide

accessible

information on services

available to survivors of

gender based violence.

No of booklets, posters

distributed(IEC) No of meetings

done

No of training campaigns

done Reports

Photos

Gender Based Violence survivors

Vulnerable groups Women girls

Men boys

To prepare posters,

pamphlet and IEC

material.

To make use

of notice boards.

Print tee-

shirts

No. of posters,

pamphlets and IEC

material

No. of

notices put on notice

boards

No. of tee-

shirts produced

Coordination-

Strategic objective: To ensure that efforts to address Gender Based Violence are conducted in a coordinated manner

Is there a multi sector committee for addressing GENDER BASED VIOLENCE in the council? (yes)

Adopt

integrated

approaches, including

institutional cross sector

No of

stakeholders

involved No of Gender

Based Violence

Relevant stakeholders

Min of women,

health, council NGOs

To create a

good working

relationship with relevant

stakeholders

No. of

stakeholder

s involved

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structures, with

the aim of reducing

current levels

of gender based violence

half by 2030.

structures

established

To constantly

hold Gender Forum

meetings

No. of

Gender Forum

meetings held

Budget allocation

Strategic objective: To ensure that Councils commit budgets and resources to addressing Gender Based Violence

Is there a budget line for addressing GENDER BASED VIOLENCE in the Council?

Ensure gender sensitive

budgets and planning,

including

designating the necessary

resources towards

initiatives aimed at

empowering

women and girls

Provision of a budget

No. of donations

Local Authority NGO

Government

Monitoring and evaluation

Strategic objective: To ensure that efforts to address Gender Based Violence are monitored and evaluated

What documents on GENDER BASED VIOLENCE are used by your council to inform

By 2020,

enhance

capacity-building

support to developing

Collect and

analyse

baseline data against which


No. of Meetings

held

Council and relevant

stakeholder

To prepare

reports

To provided documents

and pictures of activities

No. of

reports,

documents, pictures

and minutes

Social Services

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evidence based programming?

countries,

including for least

developed

countries and small island

developing States, to

increase

significantly the availability

of high-quality, timely

and reliable data

disaggregated

by income, gender, age,

race, ethnicity, migratory

status,

disability, geographic

location and other

characteristics relevant in

national

contexts

targets will be

monitored.

for gender

based violence

To

incorporate issues to do

with GBV in the Council

Strategic

plan

Availability of the

strategic

plan

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Best practices

Strategic objective: To showcase best practices to end Gender Based Violence

Has the council ever showcased

Gender Based

Violence case studies at GL

Summits or other platforms? (Nil)

No. of Gender Based Violence

exhibition

No of Gender summits

attended No of wards

targeted

Gender structures

Strategic objective: To obtain management buy in establishing functional gender machinery structures

Has any work been done in the establishment of functional structures? If yes state the work that has been done. Currently no structure is available

Promote peaceful and

inclusive

societies for sustainable

development, provide access

to justice for

all and build effective,

accountable and inclusive

Establish and

strengthen structures to

enhance

gender mainstreaming.

Structure in

place for gender

machinery

Management

Council employees Councillors

Community

Gvt departments Implementing

partners

To establish

a Gender Committee

Gender

Committee in place

Social Services By

December 2016

Is the GMS known, has it been publicised?

No. of

awareness campaigns

Media

Stakeholders

Establish

website

Web site in

place

Administration By

December 2016

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Yes though the budget

institutions at

all levels

Establishme

nt of a website

Community at

large

Is there a functional committee in Council responsible for gender? Currently no Committee is available

No of Minutes

No of

Council resolutions

Councillors Council officials

To establish a Gender sub

- committee

Gender Sub-

Committee

in place


2016

Has gender been written/ included in the performance agreements of senior managers and Gender Focal Person? Gender had incorporated in performance agreements

No of Performance

contracts No of Job

descriptions

HODs Town Sec

Town Clerk CEOs

To maintain its

implementation

Performance

agreement in place

Administration On going

Budget, monitoring and evaluation

Strategic objective: To make use of gender disaggregated data for monitoring and evaluation to ensure that gender equality is being strived for.

Does sex disaggregated data exist? Is it applied? Partly Data disaggregated is being applied.

Achieve

gender


women and girls

Ensure gender sensitive and

responsive

budgeting at the micro and

macro levels, including

Tools in place to monitor

gender equality

- M & E

tools

- Council employ

ees

- Stakeholders

- HODs

To improve data capturing by

disaggregating date

Disaggregated data in

place

All Departments

By December

2016

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POST 2015 SADC

PROTOCOL

TARGET


FRAME

BUDGET

tracking,

monitoring and evaluation.

incorporate data

disaggregation data in into existing

records

Strategic objective: To ensure that resources are being allocated to gender priorities. Are there direct or budget allocations for advancing gender equality? Budget are available

Achieve gender


women and girls

Ensure that all national and

local budgets sufficiently

represent the needs of

women and

men; assessment of

all spending should reflect

how resources

have been allocated to all

gender groups.

Specific budget for gender

towards advancing

gender equality

Gender specific

budget

- HODs - GFP

- Councillors

To effectively implement

the existing budget

No of gender

activities/programmes

budget allocated

Social Services

By December

2017

Do women and men benefit equally from budget allocations? Women are men are benefiting equally through the budget

Gender specific

budget

- HODs - GFP

- Councillors

To increase

the existing budget

An

increased budget by

2%

Social Services By

December 2017

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Annex D: Evaluation

Date: 8 July 2016

Venue: Pandhari Hotel

25 Evaluations received

Evaluation area 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total

Programme design 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 3 12 25

Programme content 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 5 14 25

Documentation 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 4 3 14 25

Facilitation 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 16 25

Group Work 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 7 7 9 25

Outputs 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 8 6 7 25

Outcomes and follow up plans

0 0 0 1 0 1 5 7 4 7 25

Learning opportunity 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 4 12 25

Networking opportunity 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 6 12 25

Administrative

arrangements

0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 16 25

Figure 1: Workshop Evaluation Summary

At the end of the workshop, participants were asked to evaluate the workshop. Results in Figure 1, show that overall, 90% of the participants were satisfied with the COE workshop programme. Generally, participants’ level of satisfaction ranged from 83% on outcomes and

89%

92%90%

93%

89%

86%

83%

90%92%

94%

90%

76%78%80%82%84%86%88%90%92%94%96%

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follow up plans to 94% on administrative arrangements. The majority 94% of participants were highly satisfied with administrative arrangements, 90% saw the COE workshop as a learning opportunity, while an equal proportion of participants 89% each were satisfied with the design of the programme and the group work undertaken at the workshop. Ninety-two percent of participants reported that the workshop was a networking opportunity. Eighty six percent of the participants were satisfied with the workshop outputs and 93% of participants who evaluated the program were satisfied with the workshop facilitation.

COMMENTS 1. Which session did you find most useful? Why?

All sessions were good. Gender mainstreaming because it has given equal opportunities between men and

women. Gender Budgeting. Gender mainstreaming because it covers issues that are practical. Gender & Sex. I got to understand the difference. Local Economic Development. It addresses the current situation on the ground through

empowerment. Conflict and Conflict Resolution because I am now able to resolve conflict and it is also

inevitable.

Gender Based Violence because it has become cancerous in the development process. The discussion helped in giving local authorities the know how to manage this.

Climate Change & Sustainable Development because I had little knowledge on how it could affect the way women live.

Group work because it gave us a chance to network.

Action Planning 2. Which session did you find least useful? Why?

Conflict and Conflict Resolution because it was not related to gender issues.

None. All the sessions complemented each other.

Conflict and Conflict Resolution because it was not given enough time since it is a key issue in Local authorities.

3. How will you apply what you have gained from this engagement?

By using the Action Plan we will redesign outreach programmes. Through holding campaigns and meetings. I will facilitate gender mainstreaming activities in the community. Through the formulation of gender sensitive policies. Have report back to other staff and the majority of councillors.

To formulate and implement policies. It will help us to come up with a gender policy. Implementing the Action Plan.

4. Any other comments?

The workshop was well planned and timed to give us time to incorporate plans into our 2017 budgets.

I think GL must conduct its trainings using the top-bottom approach so that everyone is involved.

The program should increase the number of days for Action Planning to increase effectiveness.

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I recommend that there should be look and learn programmes for local authorities to encourage learning.

We hope to have another workshop like this in future. Local Authorities need more support so that they can implement gender activities. Good workshop that imparted knowledge for practical implementation for

empowerment of the community.

The facilitators were good and had time to teach and explain and accommodate contributions.

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