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SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL
GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE
SUMMIT AND AWARDS
28 – 30 MARCH 2011KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH
AFRICA
“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER
VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015”
CATHOLIC COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE
WOMEN EM
POWERMENT
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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS PROBLEM?
• The customary property and inheritancelaws treat women as minors and this leavesthem in a position of economic dependency.
• The dissemination of the Legal Capacity ofMarried Persons Act (2006) has provedlimited
• The HIV/Aids impact
• Social AcceptanceW
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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?
• The sensitization of traditional leaders,women and men as well as adolescents willlead to a better understanding of Basotho
legal structures with regard to property andinheritance rights.
• A better understanding of these conceptswill empower women hence will lead to their
social and economic stabilityW
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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM?
• Through Publicgatherings
• Sensitization
workshops for bothwomen and men
• Media campaign-Radio and TV
• Through meetingswith local leaders
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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM?
• Through campaignsduring specialinternationalrecognized days e.g
16 day.• Sesotho Publications
(Brochures, posters)
• Organizing dramas• Through trainings on
‘WILL’ writing
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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?
• 2006-2012
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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY
INVOLVED ? • Women’s saving
/burial groups
• Youths
• Justice and peacegroups
• Traditional leaders;
Chiefs and ClergyW
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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE
MOBILISED?
• The human resources for the project werepurely supplied by the organization exceptfor the gender officer who was hired
• The project is funded by Canada HighCommission in South Africa
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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT
• Ministry of gender
• CGPU
• NGOs involved inpromoting gender
equality and women’srights
• Support groups
• Youth groupsW
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MONITORING AND EVALUATION
• The results are measured in terms ofimmediate effects of goods and services(from program activities) delivered, thereby
demonstrating changes in the rateparticipants (beneficiaries) adopt newbehaviours and skills promoted by theproject.
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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?
• Citizens’ knowledgeabout women’s rights,
gender and localservices have been
increased• Women and men are
encouraged topractice theirinheritance rightsunder common law.
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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL TARGETS)
• Abolishing the minority status of women (3)
• Enact and enforce legislation prohibiting allforms of Gender Based Violence (14)
• Take measures to promote the equalrepresentation of women in ownership of,and decision making structures that providefor equal representation of women indecision making position by 2015 (28)W
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EFFECTIVENESS
• The project has enhanced the capacity ofthe J&P members in administration,management of cases and counseling of
abused victims.• The availability of local services has
improved significantly from the time of thestart of the program
• Knowledge of the CGPU and its serviceshas increased dramatically
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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION
• Increased understanding of gender relationsand common law will enable an environmentfor women’s practice of property and
inheritance rights• Attitude and behaviour change will have a
multiplier effect in participating communities.
• Strengthening current CCJP groups willsustain the project-volunteers and CB
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LESSONS LEARNED
• Women perceive the project as trying tochange their culture
• Traditional leaders do not entertain gender
debate-western concept• Local leaders are not qualified to attend to
victims of GBV and domestic violence henceare indirectly and severely affected.W
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• Is government implementing enough policiesto change the traditional structures that turn to
increase women’s vulnerability to abuse?
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