ACCESS TO AND CONTROL ACCESS TO AND CONTROL OF RESOURCES AND OF RESOURCES AND

ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITYSECURITY

ON PRODUCTIVE ON PRODUCTIVE RESOURCESRESOURCES

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Land and WaterLand and Water Rural women to be Rural women to be involved in policy involved in policy formulation and formulation and implementation of implementation of laws, policies and laws, policies and programmes that programmes that relate to access to relate to access to land water.land water.

To be MDG aligned To be MDG aligned and disaggregated and disaggregated to local community to local community level to allow level to allow participation of rural participation of rural women.women.

Governments,civic Governments,civic organisations/ organisations/ WARD StructuresWARD Structures

Streamline Streamline customary laws and customary laws and statutory laws statutory laws pertaining to rights pertaining to rights of women to own of women to own and manage land and manage land water resources.water resources.

ON PRODUCTIVE ON PRODUCTIVE RESOURCESRESOURCES

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

FinanceFinance Improve access to Improve access to low interest credit low interest credit and loansand loans

40% of women to 40% of women to have access to have access to affordable credit by affordable credit by 2014.2014.

Parastatals/Parastatals/Government Government Grants/ Grants/ Development Development Banks/ Micro Banks/ Micro Financing Financing InstitutionsInstitutions

Establishment and Establishment and support of credit support of credit institutions at local institutions at local level ( village level ( village banks)banks)

Develop women Develop women capacity and skills capacity and skills to develop sound to develop sound business plansbusiness plans

ON PRODUCTIVE ON PRODUCTIVE RESOURCESRESOURCES

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

FinanceFinance Provide gender Provide gender based budgets in based budgets in support of support of development development programmes for programmes for rural women.rural women.

InfrastructureInfrastructure Provision of Provision of infrastructure infrastructure development and development and access support: access support: electricity, transport, electricity, transport, proper roads, water proper roads, water and sanitationand sanitation

ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITYSECURITY

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Promotion of appropriate Promotion of appropriate conservation practicesconservation practices

Replanting of trees Replanting of trees (Equatorial Forest), (Equatorial Forest), and control and and control and eradication of eradication of invasive species.invasive species.

To be MDG aligned To be MDG aligned and disaggregated and disaggregated to local community to local community level to allow level to allow participation of rural participation of rural women.women.

Education on Education on Environmental Environmental Conservation and Conservation and effects of Global effects of Global Warming/Climate Warming/Climate Change.Change.

ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITYSECURITY

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Promotion of appropriate Promotion of appropriate conservation practicesconservation practices

Curriculum Curriculum development, development, reviews and reviews and inclusion throughout inclusion throughout levels of education levels of education systemssystems

ENVIRONMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL SECURITYSECURITY

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Promotion of Promotion of conservation practicesconservation practices

Use of IKS in Use of IKS in environmental environmental conservation e.g conservation e.g (ecological (ecological sanitation)sanitation)

EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AND TRAININGTRAINING

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Information and Information and communication communication

Develop and Develop and implement implement strategies that strategies that target women as target women as change agentschange agents

To be MDG aligned To be MDG aligned and disaggregated and disaggregated to local community to local community level to allow level to allow participation of rural participation of rural women.women.

Information centers Information centers to be established at to be established at village levels for village levels for easy access to easy access to services and services and informationinformation

EDUCATION AND EDUCATION AND TRAININGTRAINING

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Human RightsHuman Rights Awareness, Awareness, Education and Education and Training of women Training of women on their rightson their rights

Environmental / Climate Environmental / Climate Change/ Global warmingChange/ Global warming

Curriculum Curriculum development, development, reviews and reviews and inclusion throughout inclusion throughout levels of education levels of education systemssystems

MONITORING MONITORING IMPLEMENTATION OF MDGsIMPLEMENTATION OF MDGs

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Participation of Rural Participation of Rural womenwomen

Development of Development of indicators, indicators, standards, norms standards, norms and principles.and principles.

To be MDG aligned To be MDG aligned and disaggregated and disaggregated to local community to local community level to allow level to allow effective effective participationparticipation

Disaggregate Disaggregate MDGs to MDGs to local/village level for local/village level for easy monitoring easy monitoring and participation by and participation by rural women.rural women.

LEGISLATIVE/POLICY LEGISLATIVE/POLICY FRAMEWORKSFRAMEWORKS

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Laws, policiesLaws, policies Rural women to actively Rural women to actively particiate in the particiate in the development, development, implementation and implementation and monitoring of laws and monitoring of laws and policies (WARD policies (WARD Structures)Structures)

To be MDG aligned To be MDG aligned and disaggregated and disaggregated to local community to local community level to allow level to allow effective effective participationparticipation

Legislation to be made Legislation to be made simple enough or rural simple enough or rural women to understand. women to understand. (written in local (written in local languageslanguages

LEGISLATIVE/POLICY LEGISLATIVE/POLICY FRAMEWORKSFRAMEWORKS

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Different ministries Different ministries addressing different addressing different resources. resources.

Harmonise legislation Harmonise legislation and policies in terms of and policies in terms of addressing land, water, addressing land, water, conservation for the conservation for the upliftment of womenupliftment of women

Need to develop Need to develop integrated programmesintegrated programmes

(Delivered as a basket (Delivered as a basket of services by ministries of services by ministries and departments).and departments).

Allocation of Gender Allocation of Gender based Budgets for based Budgets for project and project and programmesprogrammes

LEGISLATIVE/POLICY LEGISLATIVE/POLICY FRAMEWORKSFRAMEWORKS

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

International International Conventions, Conventions, Frameworks and Frameworks and AgreementsAgreements

Adaptation Adaptation Internalisation and Internalisation and domestication of all domestication of all relevant international relevant international and regional and regional frameworksframeworks

Participation of rural Participation of rural women in policy women in policy makingmaking

WARD and related WARD and related structures be structures be institutionalized to form institutionalized to form a link between a link between government and rural government and rural women.women.

LEGISLATIVE/POLICY LEGISLATIVE/POLICY FRAMEWORKSFRAMEWORKS

ISSUEISSUE ACTIONACTION TARGETTARGET RESPONSRESPONSIBILITYIBILITY

Constitutional Constitutional FrameworksFrameworks

Governments to review Governments to review their constitutions to their constitutions to ensure that the ensure that the adequately address adequately address rights of women in rights of women in relation to access to relation to access to resourcesresources