REPORT OF THE BOTSWANA GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL...

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REPORT OF THE

BOTSWANA GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUMMIT AND AWARDS

Boipuso Hall, Gaborone

30-31 March 2012

The winners of the first National Gender Justice and Local Government Summit with the keynote address speaker, Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Hon. Mokgweetsi Masisi - Picture by BOPA

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Executive summary

QUICK FACTS: 137 participants of which 78 were females and 59 were males 24 entries, 21 by women, three by men in seven categories Four women and two men were runner up winners All winners are women

This report covers the first Botswana Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and awards that brought together 137 participants at Boipuso Hall in Gaborone from 30-31 March 2012. Under the banner “365 days of local action to end violence and empower women” the summit and awards brought together journalists, local government authorities, municipalities, NGOs and representatives of ministries of gender and local government. The summit focused on two key targets of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development: achieving 50% women in all areas of decision making and halving the current levels of gender based violence (GBV), by 2015. The summit was initiated after two years of successful participation of Botswana in the Regional Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and Awards, held in 2010 and 2011 in Johannesburg South Africa. Since 2009, BALA and Gender Links have been involved in nationwide interventions on gender mainstreaming in Local Government, through the roll-out of the Centre‟s of Excellence (COE) programme for mainstreaming gender in local authorities. Currently, the two organisations are working with 22 councils that are implementing gender action plans to mainstream gender in their respective councils. The summit brought together representatives of local authorities, government representatives from the relevant ministries, community based organisations and NGO‟s, to share their best practices in the field of gender violence and gender justice. The summit was officially opened by the Minister of Local Government, Hon. Peter Minister Siele and closed by the acting Permanent Secretary of Labour and Home Affairs, Mrs Kelebogile Kgabi. During the summit awards ceremony, the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Hon. Masisi, delivered the keynote address. In total, 137 people participated in the summit and 24 organisations presented their best practices in 8 different categories; prevention, response, support, local economic development, HIV/AIDS and care work, climate change and sustainable development, institutional and leadership.

Participants at the Gender Justice and Local Government Summit

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A detailed participants list is attached at Annex A outlining the contact details of all the delegates who attended the 2 day summit. A programme is attached at Annex B. The summary of the entries is attached in Annex C of this report. The summit received good media coverage from the newspapers and was covered by the Botswana Television in the BTV Evening News on Sunday 25th of March. This coverage was much appreciated as Gender Links, together with WAD, also launched the GBV Indicators Study the day before the summit, for which also media coverage was given. BALA had engaged the TV show Primetime, which also covered the summit. For a full list of media coverage and scans of the articles, kindly refer to Annexes E and F. Participants In total, 137 people participated in the summit, 59 male and 78 females, these included representatives from 18 local authorities, the Ministry of Local Government, the Women‟s Affairs Department, Ministry of Health, UNFPA, Botswana Police Service, University of Botswana, NGO‟s and community based organisations. Kindly refer to Annex A for the full list of participants. Analysis of participants

M % F % Total

Entrant 4 19% 17 81% 21

Official 31 42% 42 58 73

Judge 0 0% 7 100% 7

Donor 2 100% 0 0 2

Partner 19 76% 6 24% 25

Staff 3 34% 6 66% 9

Total 59 44% 78 56% 137

Programme The first National Gender Justice and Local Government Summit was officially opened by the Minister of Local Government, Hon. Minister Siele. The Minister stated that this first national summit was a product of an enduring relationship between his ministry, BALA, Gender Links and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs through the Department of Women‟s Affairs. He stated that our efforts “should go beyond this summit and must be visible and impact positively on the lives of ordinary Motswana.” Siele applauded BALA for their support to the Ministry of Local Government, in different areas such as their implementation of the gender and local democracy project in partnership with Gender Links. The Minister also extended his gratitude to Gender Links and other partners for their splendid technical support in this area of gender and development. Please refer to Annex D for the full speech.

Minister of Local Government -Peter L Siele & the Assistant Minister of Local Government Hon. Botlogile Tshiretso

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During the opening plenary session, several statements were made to support this effort in sharing best practices in fighting GBV on the local level, including the Director of the Women‟s Affairs Department, Mrs. Mogegeh, and the President of BALA, Hon. Cllr. Rev. M.M.B.W. Moruakgomo. For the full programme kindly refer to Annex B. Over the course of two days 24 organisations presented their best practices in 8 different categories. More information on the presentations and outcomes can be found under Outputs. The summit was officially closed by the acting Permanent Secretary of Labour and Home Affairs, Mrs Kelebogile Kgabi. She stated that she was very encouraged to learn that this event has been a success and that it had been attended by a wide and diverse stakeholder representation. She further noted this was a demonstration of a high level of commitment in all of the parties involved to play a role and lend a hand

to the cause of eradicating Gender Based Violence. The Permanent Secretary highlighted that the timing of this summit could not have been more appropriate, especially that the findings of the Gender Based Violence (GBV) study were launched a day before the summit. For the full speech kindly refer to Annex D. During the summit awards ceremony, the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Hon. Masisi, delivered the keynote address. Masisi called it a unique event, as in most

cases awards are only linked with events such as sports, entertainment and other achievement events. The Minister said to be impressed by the participant‟s initiatives in all these areas which are of great concern to the government. He congratulated all the participants who presented their projects as he stated they were all winners. Masisi stated he was delighted to learn that the councillors who have completed the various stages of the Centres of Excellence process had been issued with Centres of excellence certificate as this is motivational for other council to be continuing with the process. He ensured the support from his Ministry and that they would be whenever possible, always available as needed. For Minister Masisi‟s full speech kindly refer to Annex D. Outputs During the summit, 24 organisations presented their best practices in 7 different categories; prevention, response, support, local economic development, HIV/AIDS and care work, institutional and leadership. As there was only 1 entry for the Climate change and sustainable development category by Bobirwa Sub-council, they presented during the plenary session and based on the quality of the project it was decided they would join the delegation to Johannesburg representing Botswana in this category. For the full list of presenters and summary of the presentations kindly refer to Annex C. Presentations were made by 10 Local Authorities, 9 NGO‟s/CBO‟s, the University of Botswana and the Botswana Police Service. The majority of

Dancing and Entertainment at the Gender Justice and Local Government Summit

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presenters were female, as only three males were presenting, from the Kweneng District Men Sector Committee, Reanyalana Society and the Gamodubu Child Care Trust respectively. Winners and runner-ups in the 7 categories were as follows: Analysis of awards winners

CATEGORY Winner Runner up TOTAL

M F M F M F

Prevention 1 1 1 4

Support 1 1 0 4

Response 1 1 1 1

Local Economic Development

1 1 0 4

HIV/AIDS and Care Work

1 1 1 3

Institutional - COE

1 0 1

Leadership 1 1 0 2

TOTAL 0 7 2 4 3 19

Three local authorities scooped first prizes; Chobe District Council, Jwaneng Town Council and North West District Council. In the category on climate change and sustainable development, only one council, Bobirwa Sub-District, entered their best practice. They presented during the closing plenary session to share their initiatives with the other participants, and judged by the quality of the presentation, they were awarded a ticket to the regional summit in Johannesburg to represent Botswana in this catagory during the regional summit. In the largest catagory, prevention, with five presentations, the compitition was tough however the Young Women‟s Leadership programme from the University of Botswana won the first prize. The Botswana Police Service with their „Break the Silence‟ campaign won in the support catagory and in the HIV/AIDS and Care Work catagory, the Lobatse based NGO, Bomme Isago, won the award. All the winning presenters were females, and only two of the runner-ups were males.

CATEGORIES AND AWARDS

Prevention Winner: University of Botswana, Young Women‟s Leadership Project and UB club The YWLP was formed at the University of Botswana, to address gender and GBV issues by and with young women at the campus. As the young female students face a number of

Category: Prevention (Gender Violence)

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challenges during their time of studies, including issues of self-discovery and GBV by peers and teachers, the club provides a safe place for women to speak out and get guidance on how to deal with the challenges and how to be the young leaders of tomorrow.

Response Winner: Jwaneng Town Council Through its Social and Community Development programme the council offers marital and relationship disputes counselling. They deal with disputes that are characterized by assault, abuse and domestic violence. Social workers recognised the need of such counselling as the issues trickle down from the couple to the family to the community. Next to counselling, they embark on theatre and drama groups, house-to-house campaigns, community information campaign etc.

\ Support Winner: Botswana Police Service‟ Break the Silence‟ This is a project initiated by the Botswana police social welfare unit with the purpose after the realisation that Gender Based violence cases had a traumatic effect of police officers who attend to such cases. These cases included those of murder and suicide. Interventions include: Debriefing sessions, provision of psycho-social support to officers who are exposed to the crime scenes of murder-suicide and information, education on gender issues through the in-house Botswana Police magazine. Furthermore, police stations are required to report to the Psycho-social support unit on a quarterly basis in relation to their intervention in relation to GBV issues and the commissioner has availed a budget for gender activities.

Local Economic Development Winner: North West District Council

Category: Response (Gender Violence)

Category: Support (Gender Violence)

Category Five: Local Economic Empowerment

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Tebogo Letshabamang from North West District Council presented on their project to promote Local Economic Development in Shorobe, to bring about economic lively hood amongst women this project focuses on basketry. They link the project to the various touristic destinations in the district, to encourage tourists to purchase their goods.

Care Work and HIV/AIDS Winner: Bomme Isago The association was formed by HIV positive women to address the sexual and reproductive health rights and challenges faced by women infected and affected by HIV. They embark on advocacy and community outreach to educate communities but also to better educate policy maker by giving human faces and voices to the issues.

Leadership Winner: Ludo Margaret Mosojane Ludo Mosojane was advocating for gender issues during her work as Customary Court President and she has shown a passion and zeal to have customary laws reviewed to make them gender-neutral.

Institutional Winner: Chobe District Council Chobe District, as a famous touristic destination and a trade corridor to Zambia and Zimbabwe, faces specific problems such as prevalence of sex work and HIV /AIDS. They have mainstreamed gender in their organisation through sensitization of the leadership and development of a gender action plan with BALA and GL. They hold frequent workshops and kgotla meetings on GBV, as the councils has availed P25 000 per annum for workshop and

Category: Care Work and HIV/AIDS

Category Eight: Leadership

Category: Institutional/COE

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training. The community is as a result highly sensitized on gender issues; there is an improved report system on GBV, and participation of men on gender issues. As M&E tool the councils is using the balance score card instrument and GBV case management system.

Outreach The summit received good media coverage from the newspapers and was covered by the Botswana Television in the BTV Evening News on Sunday 25th of March. This coverage was much appreciated as Gender Links also launched their GBV Indicators Study the day before the summit, for which also media coverage was given. For a full list of media coverage and scans of the articles, kindly refer to Annexes E and F. Outcomes Overall, the first national gender justice and local government summit in Botswana was a success, as it received a wide range of support from local authorities, relevant ministries, NGO‟s and CBO‟s and other stakeholders working in fighting GBV. The Minister of Local Government, as well as the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, delivered key-note addresses and the acting Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs closed the summit. Participants as well as presenters agreed the summit provided a platform to share their initiatives and learn from each other. This is reflected in the outcomes of the evaluation of the summit, which show that the participants rated „learning opportunity‟ and „networking opportunity‟, together with „programme content‟ the highest.

One of the participants stated that “the presentations in Local Economic Development, Support and HIV/AIDS category, showed me there is a lot to learn from them as how they involve policies into their activities, and support was also showing how to team up and support vulnerable groups”. Another participant wrote “Congratulations to Gender Links and BALA for their courage to fight, educate and transform communities. A plan should be put in place to train more people in leadership positions on causes of GBV especially cultural attitudes and practices”.

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The evaluation findings also showed that some of the participants found the presentations too competitive and more emphasis should be on knowledge sharing and learning more about the projects. One participant suggested that next time only the judges should be allowed to ask questions and comment, as some of the members of the audience can be biased. For a full report of the evaluation feedback refer to Annex I. Lessons learned After the summit, a team of Gender Links and BALA staff compiled a SWOT-analysis of the event, to discuss the strengths, weaknesses and lessons learned to be able to do even better during the next annual summit. Some of the key lessons learned included the importance of a clear division of labour for all staff and adhering to this during the event. Another lesson learned was that next time the judges, chairs, voting officers and the audience need a more in-depth briefing on the processes during the presentation session and voting criteria should be shared with the participants beforehand. BALA and Gender Links agreed that the sustainability of this annual event is dependant of their fundraising activities and it was suggested that a fundraising committee should be formed to undertake fundraising activities and ensure sustainability of the event. For the full SWOT-analysis please refer to Annex G. Next steps The summit was attended by local authorities that were already enrolled in the COE process, as well as by councils who have not yet started the COE process. As the momentum and enthusiasm was high after the summit, Gender Links and BALA agreed to engage the new councils in the COE process so that all councils are involved in the process. Furthermore, as none of the councils have completed the 10 stages of the COE process yet, Gender Links and BALA will go back to the COE councils to complete these stages with them. To assist in this process, the gender focal points in all councils will be trained during a „Training of Trainers‟ workshop, to assist councils with the completion of the 10 stages and ensure effective implementation of the gender action plan, as well as to monitor and evaluate progress. For a full list of all the current and future COE‟s refer to Annex H.

Annex A: Participants List

COUNTRY GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUMMIT AND AWARDS PARTICIPANTS‟ LIST

Country: Botswana

Venue: Fairgrounds Conference Centre Gaborone Date: 30-31 March 2012

Surname Name Designation Category Organisation Country Sex E-mail Fax Phone

1 Makhura Stephen Council

Chairperson

Local

Authority

Kgatleng

District Council

Botswana Male stephenmakhura@y

ahoo.com

00267577706

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0026771317783

2 Dintwe Morwadi Secretary Gender

Committee

Local Authority

Kweneng District Council

Botswana Female 0026775042693

3 Selei William Councilor Local Authority

Central District Council

Botswana Male 0026771663043

4 Seabe Thakatswane Driver Local Authority



5 Horatius Kebalepile Local

Authority

North West

District Council

Botswana Female [email protected]

6 Rautenbach Catherine Council District Officer 1

Local Authority

Kgalagadi District Council


0026773635303

7 Koonwe Nti Chief Executive Officer

Local Authority



8 Raditanka Lesego Council

Chairman

Local

Authority

Central District

Council


9 Mguni Elizabeth Deputy Coordinator

(BALA Women Commission

Local Association

Gaborone City Council

Botswana Male [email protected]

0026771315799

10 Kgodungwe E Councillor Local

Authority

Selibe Phikwe

Town Council

Botswana Male ekgodungwe@gmai

l.com

0026771661192

mailto:[email protected]









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11 Tshosa Marea Admin Officer Local

Association

Botswana

Association of Local

Authorities

Botswana Female Mrea.tshosa@yaho

o.com

00267391218

1

0026776021081

12 Serojane Orateng General Duties

Officer

Local

Authorities

Botswana

Association of

Local Authorities

Botswana Female Oratengserojane

@yahoo.com

00267391218

1

0026772909524

13 Abel James Messenger/

Driver

Local

Authorities

Botswana

Association of Local

Authorities

Botswana Male jamespabel@yahoo

.com

00267391218

1

00267771497171

14 Madandume Ibo Officer Self-Funder Women

Against Rape


m

0026771362123

15 Jeremia Rachel Council Secretary

Local Authority

Chobe District Council

Botswana Female [email protected] 002676250368

0026771588277

16 Senwelo Tshepang System Analyst Award

entries

Chobe District

Council


8

0026771548527

17 Mojaphoko Reginah Chief Housing

Technical Officer

1

Local

Authority

Chobe District

Council


m

00267625036

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18 Monkge Obed Deputy Mayor Local

Authority

Jwaneng Town

Council

Botswana Male obedmonkge@yaho

o.com

00267588260

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19 Moitatshimo David Councillor Local Authority

Jwaneng Town Council


20 Tjiyapo Lingani Senior

Economist

Local

Authority

North West

District Council


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21 Dabutha Chinyikalo Social Welfare

Officer 1

Local

Authority

Sowa Town

Council


22 Malope Onneetse Principal Youth Officer 1

Self-Funder Lobatse Town Council


0026771492244

23 Selwe Andrew Chairperson

Men Sector

Awards

Entries

Kweneng

District Council

Botswana Male andrewselwe@gmai

l.com

00267714618812

24 Segobai Dineo Social Welfare

Officer 1

Awards

Entries

Kgatleng

District Council


om

00267577741

1



















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25 Taolo Elizabeth Councillor Self-Funder Francistown

City Council


0

26 Jamu Lisa Executive

Director

Awards

Entries

Stepping

Stones International

Botswana Female Lisa.jamu@steppin

gstonesintl.org

00267721067

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27 Pheto Patience Director Self-Funder Reanyalana Botswana Female 00267764807

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28 Tlharese Director Council Chairperson

Partner Ghandzi District Council


29 Ndove Joyce Councillor Local Authorities

City of Francistown


30 Masego Pule Councillor Partner City of

Francistown


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31 Heikkila Tarmo Program Analyst Donor UNFPA Gaborone

Botswana Male [email protected] 0026772258127

32 Seduke Kgomotso Councillor Local Association

Sowa Town Council


0026771426224

33 Lesiapeto Bonno Councillor Local

Association

Sowa Town

Council


34 Moahule Bakae Councillor Local Association

Kgatleng District Council


35 Dipheko Jacob Driver Self-funder Kgatleng District Council


36 Odirile Isiah Deputy Council

Secretary

Local

Authority

Kgatleng

District Council


37 Thatatsotlhe Nwokoro Botswana Police Award Presenter

Gaborone Botswana Female [email protected]

00267773110373

38 Msojane Ludo YWCA Award Presenter

Francistown Botswana Female [email protected]

0026772370937

39 Mahalelo Lenah Deputy Council

Secretary

Local

Authority

Southern

District Council


40 Photlokwe Baipelelang Deputy Council Secretary

Local Authority

Kweneng Disrtict Council


0026771479250

41 Thebeka Mmusi Technical

Advisor

Self-funder Botswana Male 0026771519753











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42 Malonda Latlhang Vice Council

Chairman

Local

Authority

North West

District Council


m

0026771403956

43 Raphael Zubeida Coordinator

BALA Women Commission

Local

Authorities

Lobatse Town

Council


44 Shonga Pariciah Deputy

Treasurer

Local

Authorities

City of

Francistown


w

002677118850549

45 Letshabamang

Tebogo District Officer Local Authorities

Norht West District Council


46 Bathobakae SAME Councillor Local Authorities

South East District Council


47 Mokone Rosa Principal Social

Welfare Officer 2

Local

Authorities

Central District

Council

Botswana FEMALE Rshmokone2209@g

mail.com

48 Motibedi Tshepang District Officer Local

Authority

City of

Francistown

Botswana Female tshepangmotibedi@

yahoo.com

49 Haggie Boitumelo District Officer Award

Entries

Kwenen

District Council

Botswana Female annabmogapi@gma

il.com

50 Mabua Letlhogonolo Chairperson Award Entries

Merapelo ya Dikereke

Association of

Botswana


51 Segosebe Dneo Senior nursing

officer 1

Awards

Entries

Deborah Retief

Hospital

Botswana Female dsegosebe@yahoo.

com

0026771855562

52 Lesang Caroline Mayor Local Authority

Lobatse Town Council


53 Gupta Boingotlo Bomme Isago

Association Director

Award

Entries

Lobatse Town

Council

Botswana Female [email protected].

uk

0026774367766

54 Selelo Thato Public Relations Officer

Awards Entries

Bobirwa Sub District Council


0026775208537

55 Taziba Tuelo Principal

Quantity Surveryor

Self-funder North East

District Council

Botswana FEMALE [email protected] 0026771659455













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56 Raditanka Ntshadi Councillor Self-funder Jwaneng Town

Council


57 Active Active Media Journalist Gaborone Botswana Male 0026771851114

58 Ofentse K Councillor Local

Authorities

North West

District Council


59 Molosiwa T Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male 00267775288328

60 Lestedi M Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male

61 Nonyane M Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male

62 Moshabi G Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male

63 Ramokgosola P Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male 0026776561292

64 Babuseng B Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male

65 Kopano K Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male [email protected]

m

0026774366894

66 Motseothata G Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male 0026772624478

67 Lesego I Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male [email protected]

0026771514727

68 Modungwa J Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male

69 Chako B Prison Officer Mahalapye Botswana Male 0026771124711

70 Oabile E Prison Officer Mahalapye Botswana Male 0026774615484

71 Sehunwe Delic Chief

Community

Development Officer

Judge Ministry of

Local

Government


72 Ranthokwane B Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Female 00267771901419

73 Lekgetho L Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male

74 Lekhanenyana

T Prison Officer Partner Mahalapye Botswana Male 0026774407053

75 Mpetsane Flora Vice Chairperson Judge North East

District Council


76 Higgins K Economist Local

Authority

Selebe Phikwe

District Council


m

0026771222253

77 Nyeku S Mayor Local City of Botswana Male 0026772203847




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Authority Francistown

78 Morwaagole David Director Awards Entries

ReNYALANA Mochedi


0026771702729

79 Mabilo B Executive

Secretary

Judge BOCONGO

Gaborone

Botswana Female bocongo@bocongo.

org.bw

80 Madikwe Shirley Coordinator Awards

entries

Gamodumo

Child Care

Trust Gaborone


81 Madikwe Bongani Youth Leader Awards

Entries

Gamodumo

Child Care Trust

Gaborone


82 Seretse K Councillor Local

Authorities

Jwaneng Town

Council


83 Mookodi K N Reseacher Awards Entries

University of Botswana


84 Lebeko K Guest Self-funder BONELA Botswana Female 0026771635888

85 Kelebogile Motlhanka Senior Health

Officer

Partner Ministry of

Health


w

0026771666385

86 Madandume Budani Guest Self-funder Gaborone Botswana Male bmadandume@yah

oo.com

0026771422267

87 Dikau Segopotso Principal Health Officer

Local Authorities

Selebe Phikwe Town Council


88 Issac Beauty Principal

Education Officer

Local

authority

Southern

District Council


m

0026773597778

89 Matenge Boikhutso Deputy Council Secretary

Partner Gantsi District Council


0026772478312

90 Morwaagole Annah Coordinator Award

Entries

Reanyalana Botswana Female 0026772211558

91 Lesego Gothusang Information Officer

Journalist BOPA Gaborone


92 Ramoswaana Keletso Councillor Local Gantsi District Botswana Female keletsoramos@yah 0026774131975














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Authority Council oo.co.uk

93 Shadikong Tlamelo Councillor Local Authority

Kgalagadi District Council


0026771116717

94 Mathai Ronald Senior Driver Self-funder UNFPA Botswana Male [email protected] 0026771309393

95 Manikisa Glolebaone Student Award

Entries

University of

Botswana

Botswana Female gmanikisa2yahoo.c

om

0026772442295

96 Rammeto Onalenna Student Award

Entries

University of

Botswana

Botswana Female orammekwa@yaho

o.com

0026771295747

97 Office Snowball Social Welfare Officer

Local Association



00267771307044

98 Keitseng Botshelo STUDENT Lobatse Botswana Female 00267723842664

99 Pheko S M Finance Officer Local Association

BALA Botswana Male [email protected]

002673912063

100 Mbaiwa G N Mayor Local

Association

Selebe Phikwe

Town Council

Botswana Male mbaiwa2004@yaho

o.com

101 Morwaagole M Vice Chair Award

Entries

Reanyalana Botswana Female 0026771398577

102 Tshidi Information Officer

Journalist BOPA Botswana Male 0026771972999

103 Magasi Driver Self funder Botswana Male 0026771768046

104 Oaitse Nurse Principal Social

Welfare Officer

Award

Entries

Jwaneng Town

Council


w

0026773496766

105 Moatswi U M Researcher Self Funder University of

Botswana

Botswana Female unamimoatswi@ya

hoo.com

0026772169383

106 Mooketsi Doreen HRM Officer Judge BONELA Botswana Female [email protected]

107 Machola Segomotso Social Welfare

Officer 1

Award

Entries

Lobatse Town

Council

Botswana Female segomotsomachola

@yahoo.com

108 Ngoma Rachel Journalist Journalist Global Post Botswana Female rachelngoma5@gm

ail.com

109 Dintwe Kobedi Officer Commanding

No13

Partner Botswana Police Service


110 Gaefediwe Seloka Student Self-Funder University of Botswana Female selokagaefediwe@r 0026775521196













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Botswana ocketmail

111 Mophalane Kutlo Home Economist Officer

Local Authority



00267772578337

112 Alexander Elsie GPPC Vice

Chairperson

Judge Univesity of

Botswana

Botswana Female alexander@mopipi.

ub.bw

0026772146887

113 Bareki B L Station

Commander

Gaborone West Police

Partner Botswana

Police Service

Botswana Female bonniebareki@yaho

o.com

0026772345120

114 Jabulani S Information

officer

University of

Botswana


m

0026774493726

115 Kumbawa D Project Officer Partner BONELA Botswana Female [email protected] 0026774434709

116 Seabo Emang Principal Youth

Officer

Gender

Ministry

Ministry of

Labour and Home Affairs


117 Kgomotso Madikwe Volunteer Award Entry Gamodubu Botswana Female 0026772459891

118 Hopkris Pory N/A Self-Funder N/A Botswana Female [email protected]

0026774706017

119 Kork Piet Driver Self-Funder Kgalagadi

District Council


120 Mookodi K Station Commander

Central Police Station

Partner Botswana Police Service


121 Kgatlane R Driver Self-funder LobatseTown

Council


122 Sebokolodi T Driver Self-Funder City of

Francistown


123 Motseotsile Mpho Driver Self-Funder Lobatse Town Council


124 Motlhabi Setshego Driver Self-Funder Southern

District Council


125 Ntsabane Thato Teacher Self-Funder ST Marys

Primary















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Gender Breakdown:

Number of males 59 24%

Number of females 77 76%

Total number of participants

137 100%

English

Medium School 126 Raseno Bosupa Driver Self-Funder Thamaga

/Mogoditshane Sub District

Council


127 Kealotswe Johnson Social Worker Self-funder Gamodubu Child Care

Trust


128 Phale Edward Photographer Journalist Eagle Photos Botswana Male 0026772237721

129 Ntsabane Keabonye Coordinator Gender Links Botswana Female [email protected]

3188251 3188250

130 Van Dorp Roos Programme Office

Gender Links Botswana Female [email protected]

3188251 3188250

131 Galatlhwe Vincent Field Assistant Gender Links Botswana Male 3188251 3188250

132 Monggae Oarabile Government

Intern

Gender Links Botswana Male 3188251 3188250

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Annex B: Programme

PROGRAMME

BOTSWANA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE SUMMIT AND AWARDS:

“365 days of collective local action to end gender violence: We must!” Boipuso Hall Gaborone 30-31 March 2012

DAY ONE: Friday 30 March 2012

7.30 – 8:15 Delegates arrive and register

8.15 – 8.30 Breakaway groups facilitation by Gender Links

PARALLEL PRESENTATION SESSIONS

PARALLEL

SESSIONS

CATEGORY: GENDER VIOLENCE – PREVENTION (7 presenters)

CATEGORY: GENDER VIOLENCE – SUPPORT (5 Presenters)

CATEGORY: GENDER VIOLENCE – LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (4 Presenters)

CHAIR Director Tlharese Steve Pheko Steven Makhura

RAPPORTEUR Mariah Tshosa GL – second rapporteur

Mopati Masunga GL – second rapporteur

Moemedi Tsimanyane GL – second rapporteurs

JUDGES Imelda Molokomme Florah Mpetsane

Game Makondo

Maude Dikobe Delic Sehunwe

Patricia Kole

Elsie Alexander Bagaisi Mabilo

Doreen Mooketsi

VOTING OFFICER

GL staff GL staff GL staff

Presentations

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08.30 - 9.15 Kweneng District Gender Committee – Boitumelo Mogapi

The African Women Leadership Academy – Mpho Gilika

Women Against Rape - Ibo Madandume

Lobatse Town Council - Segomotso Machola

Kweneng District Gender Committee – Morwadi Dintwe

Botswana Police Service - Thatatsotlhe Nwokoro

Kgatleng District Council – Dineo Segobai

Lobatse Town Council - Kutlo Charity Mophalane

North-West District Council – Tebogo Letshabamang

09.15- 09.30 Questions and discussions

09.30 – 10.00 Stepping Stones International – Lisa Jamu

Kweneng District Men Sector Committee - Andrew Thatayaone

Selwe

Ghanzi District Council - Keletso Ramoswaana

Kagisano Women‟s Shelter - Lorato Moalusi-Sakufiwa

Francistown City Council – Elizabeth Taolo

10.00 – 10.15 Questions and discussions

10.15 – 10.30 Voting

10.30 – 11.00 TEA

Official opening ceremony - Master of Ceremonies - Hon. Mayor Lesang

11.00 – 11.10 Introductions by the Executive Secretary of BALA, Mr. K. Moletsane

11.10 - 11.25 Welcome Remarks by BALA President Hon. Cllr. Rev. M.M.B.W. Moruakgomo

11.25 – 11.40 Overview and objectives by Gender Links Director of Programmes, Kubi Rama

11.40 – 11.55 Statement by Women‟s Affairs Department

11.55 – 12.15 Official Opening by the Hon. Minister of Local Government, L.P. Siele

12.15 – 12.25 Vote of Thanks by BALA Women Commissioners Coordinator, Hon. Cllr. Raphael

12.25 – 13.30 LUNCH

PARALLEL PRESENTATION SESSIONS (Continued)

13.30 – 14.15 CATAGORY:

Prevention (continued) CATEGORY: RESPONSE VENUE:

CHAIR: Mrs Shonga

RAPPORTEUR: Mopati Masunga

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GL – second rapporteur

JUDGES – Maude Dikobe Delic Sehunwe

Patricia Kole

VOTING OFFICER- GL staff

13.30 – 14.15 Young Women's Leadership Project and Club UB -

Merapelo Ya Dikereke Steering Committee - Letlhogonolo Mabua

Jwaneng Town Council - Nurse Oaitse

Reanyalana Society - David Morwaagole

14:15 – 14.30 Questions and discussions

14.30 – 14.45 Voting

PLENARY SESSION

MC Hon. Cllr. P.C. Manthe

14.45 – 15.15 Judges feedback

15.15 – 15.30 Announcements

15.30 – 15.45 TEA

DAY TWO: Saturday 31 March 2012 8:00 – 8:30 Delegates arrive and register

8:30 – 09.00 PLENARY - MC Hon. Cllr. P.C. Manthe Welcome, summary of first day and introduction to today‟s categories, presentations and processes

PARALLEL PRESENTATION SESSIONS

PARALLEL

SESSIONS

CATEGORY: HIV AIDS and CARE WORK (4 presenters)

CATEGORY: LEADERSHIP (2 presenters)

CHAIR Eunice Mguni Allen Lekwapa RAPPORTEUR Oarabile Monggae

-GL Second rapporteur

Steve Pheko


JUDGES Imelda Molokomme Game Makondo

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Florah Mpetsane

Patricia Kole

Delic Sehunwe

Bagaisi Mabilo

VOTING

OFFICER

GL staff GL staff

9:00 – 10:45 Steps Southern Africa - Gasegale Sengwaketse

Bomme Isago Association -

Boingotlo Gupta

Chobe District Council – Rachel Jeremiah

Young Women‟s Christian Association

+ voting

10.45 – 11.15 Questions and discussion

11.15 – 11.30 TEA

11.00 – 11.30 Time of Relief - Direpang Segosebe

Gamodubu Child Care Trust –

Shirley Madikwe

CATEGORY: INSTITUTIONAL COE‟s (2 Presenters)

Chair: Allen Lekwapa Rapporteur: Itumeleng Mfila


Judges: Game Makondo

Delic Sehunwe Bagaisi Mabilo

Voting Officer: GL staff

Presentations:

Moshopa Sub-District - Oscar Lejage

Chobe District Council - Tshepang

Kgoomotso Senwelo

11:30 – 12:00 Questions and discussion

12:00 – 12.15 Voting

12:15 – 12:45 PLENARY

MC Hon. Cllr. P.C. Manthe

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Presentation on Climate Change and Sustainable Development by Thato Selelo from Bobirwa Sub Council

Judges feedback

Official Closing of the summit by the Acting Permanent Secretary of Labour and Home Affairs

12.45 – 13.00 Announcements

13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH

14:00 – 17.00 Free time

18.00 – 22.00 Awards Gala Dinner

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Programme: Awards Ceremony

PROGRAMME

BOTSWANA GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AWARDS

CEREMONY 31 MARCH 2012

“365 days of local action to end violence and empower women”

Time Activity Who

DAY AND DATE

Master of Ceremonies - Dolly Rubadiri and Hon. Cllr. P.C. Manthe

18.30 – 18.45 Official welcome Gender Links Director of Programmes, Kubi Rama

18.45 – 19:00 Judges‟ Overview Judges‟ Representative

Keynote address Minister of Presidential Affairs and Administration, Hon. Minister M. Masisi

Vote of thanks President of BALA, Hon. Cllr. Rev. Mpho Moruakgomo

Awards presentation 19.30 Prevention Category UNFPA Country Representative,

Aisha Camara-Drammeh

Winner and runner up

Support Category BALA Deputy Secretary, Ludo Matshameko


Response Category Commissioner of Police, Mr. T. Tsimako


Local and Economic Development Category

BALA P3 Country Coordinator, Segametsi Moatlhaping


20.00 HIV/AIDS and Care Work Category

Deputy Coordinator BALA Womens Commision, Eunice Nguni


Leadership Category Acting PS Labour and Home Affairs, Mrs. Kgabi

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Time Activity Who


Climate Change Category GL Botswana Manager, Keabonye Ntsabane


Institutional Category President of BALA, Hon. Cllr. Rev. Mpho Moruakgomo


20:30 Vote of thanks GL Botswana Manager, Keabonye Ntsabane and BALA Deputy Secretary Ludo Matshameko

20.45- 22.00 Entertainment

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ANNEX C: SUMMARY OF ENTRIES

CATEGORY NAME COUNCIL/ ORGANISATION

Brief description of the case study

F/M

Designation

Prevention Andrew Thatayaone Selwe

Kweneng District Men Sector Commitee

Sensitisation program targeting males in issues of GBV and HIV/AIDS

M Chairperson (police)

Prevention Boitumelo Anna Mogapi-Haggie

Kweneng District Gender Commitee

Community sensitisation committee on GBV issues and HIV/AIDS

F District Officer and Chairperson of KDGD

Prevention Lisa Jamu Stepping Stones International

Provides an after school programme for orphaned and vulnerable adolesents aged 12-18 years

F Executive Director

Prevention Godisang Mookodi

Young women's Leadership Project and Club UB

Address GBV issues at a period where self discovery is for young women at tertiary level is really setting in.

F Senior Lecturer UB

Prevention Letlhogonolo Mabua

Merapelo Ya Dikereke Steering Committee

Community sensitisation group to address community on GBV issues

F Committee Chairperson

Response Nurse Oaitse Jwaneng Town Council

Address conflicts and misunderstanding between co-habiting couples

F Principal Sociol Welfare Officer I

Response David Morwaagole

Reanyalana Society

Project to address issues that come with cohabitation, sensitization of the community and counseling

M Techincal advisor and counsellor

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F/M

Designation

Support Morwadi Dintwe

Kweneng Gender Committee

Activity to bring survivors of GBV and their families together to remember the victims of GBV and give them hope

F Secretary KDGC

Support Segomotso G Machola


Psychological support for the GBV survivors an victims

F Social Welfare Officer

Support Keletso Ramoswaana

Gantsi District Council

support for orphaned and vulnerable children

F Councillor / Commissioner

Support Thatatsotlhe Nwokoro

Botswana Police Service

"Break the Silence" Campaign and psyco-social support and counselling services

F Senior Staff Officer Social Welfare


Kutlo Charity Mophalane


Community mobilisation through kgotla meetings, workshops, exhibitions and S&CD rehabilitation skill training programme

F Home Economics Officers


Dineo Kefilwe Segobai

Kgatleng Distict Council

Strategy on government procurement procedures to promote local economic empowerment and provision of support to youth in catering and other markets

F Social Welfare Officer


Lingani Tjiyapo

North West District Council

Empowerment for local people to get nto the tourism industry

F Senior Economist

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F/M

Designation


Elizabeth Taolo

City of Francistown Council

Rehabilitation project that mainly enrols disempowered women from the destitute programme to empower them to set up their own business

F


Gasegale Sengwaketse

Steps Southern Africa

Advocacy organisation concerning the reproductive health and rights of people living with HIV(PLHIV)

F


Boingotlo Gupta

Bomme Isago Association

Address the Sexual Reproductive and Health rights and challenges faced by HIV Positive women.

F Executive Director


Direpang Segosebe

Time of Relief Care for the Old Age Pensioners F Nursing Officer


Bongani Madikwe

Gamodubu Child Care Trust

Takes care of the kids and out of school kids

M Project Coordinator

Climate Change and Sustainble Development

Thato Selelo Bobirwa Sub District

Responsive to address climate change

F PR Officer

Leadership Ludo Margaret Mosojane

YWCA The work of Ms Ludo Margaret Mosojane in advocay for gender equality

F

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F/M

Designation

Leadership Rachel Bulhe Jeremia


Leadership of Rebecca Banika, first woman to seat as a member of Ntlo ya Dikgosi

F Council Secretary

Institutional COE

Tshepang Kgoomotso Senwelo


The process of Gender mainstreaming within Chobe District Council

F Systems Analyst

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ANNEX D: PRESS RELEASES AND MEDIA LOG

PRESS RELEASE

Announcing the: FIRST NATIONAL ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA GENDER JUSTICE AND LOCAL

GOVERNMENT REGIONAL SUMMIT AND AWARDS 365 DAYS OF COLLECTIVE LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER VIOLENCE:

“Yes, we must!” Botswana In-country summit: 30 - 31 March 2012 DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION/S: 24 February 2012

Synopsis The Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) and Gender Links (GL) will be holding the first In-country Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and Awards in Botswana on the 30-31st of March 2012, in Gaborone. The summit was initiated after two years of successful participation of Botswana in the Regional Gender Justice and Local Government Summit and Awards, held in 2010 and 2011 in Johannesburg South Africa. Winners of the In-country awards will represent Botswana in the Regional Summit 2012, to be held in Johannesburg 23-25 April 2012. BALA and Gender Links have been involved in nationwide interventions on gender mainstreaming in Local Government, through the running of trainings that are meant to sensitise elected political representatives and their staff in local authorities on gender issues. Currently, the two organisations are working with 18 councils that are implementing „gender action plans‟. Under the banner “365 days of collective local action to end gender violence: we must” the summit will bring together representatives of local authorities to share their best practices and include key note addresses by experts in the field of gender violence at local government level and gender justice. While the summit call is open to all councils and Community Based Organisations, the summit is specifically targeting the local councils that are part of the Centres of Excellence Initiative to submit entries for good practise in mainstreaming gender at the local level. The summit aims to bring together local government councillors and officials, relevant government ministries, NGOs and other interested groups that work with local government authorities from the region.

http://www.genderlinks.org.za/page/centres-of-excellence

http://www.genderlinks.org.za/page/centres-of-excellence

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This will be the first time that a national summit in Botswana will be held, and that will have the winners at the in-country summit participating and competing at the regional summit. The summit will feature awards on good practices in ending gender based violence, provide an opportunity to document and disseminate these good practices as well as give incentives to local authorities to innovate new and effective strategies for combating violence against women. Gender Links will only be able to sponsor successful applicants to the summit. Other interested delegates wishing to attend are warmly invited and cover their own expenses. When?

Deadlines Key dates

Submissions 2-March 2012

Funding • Gender Links will cover cost of the in-country summit winners as well as those

shortlisted in countries that are participating directly at the regional summit. • Other interested participants and self-funders are welcome to attend the summit but

will be required to cover their own expenses.

What you need to submit? Completed application form Photos (In high resolution), newspaper

articles, clippings, etc. Any other documentation that can

strengthen your application, e.g. CD‟s, DVD‟s, testimonials, etc.

In the case of leadership submissions, at least three testimonial references, one from outside the organization.

How to submit your application? Applications can be submitted via email, post or hand-delivered. Where? Applications can be submitted to our Botswana country facilitator: To Keabonye Ntsabane Gender Links Country Manager - 3188250/71749644

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SPEECHES Official opening speech by Minister of Local Government, Hon, P. L. Siele

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Republic of Botswana

MINISTRY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Peoples Ministry

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REMARKS ON THE FIRST GENDER SUMMIT - GABORONE

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By

Peter L. Siele Minister of Local Government

30thMarch, 2012

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Director of ceremonies The President of BALA Their Worship the Mayors Honourable Council Chairpersons Coordinator of BALA Women‟s Commission Regional Executive Director of Gender Links Executive Secretary of BALA Botswana Country Coordinator of Gender Links Director of Women‟s Affairs Directors of Civil Society organisations Honourable Councillors Distinguished guests Ladies and Gentleman 1. It is a pleasure for me to have been invited to open the first ever Gender summit in

Botswana hosted by the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) in partnership with Gender Links. I am informed that the theme for this Summit is „365 days of local action to end gender violence‟.

2. The summit is a direct response to the expectation that countries in the SADC region that are part of the gender and local democracy project hold country specific gender summits as a precursor to the regional summit to be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in April this year.

3. Director of Ceremonies, I am informed that Botswana has participated in all of these

regional summits where in 2010 she got position one through Sowa Town Council and in 2011 got position one through Kgatleng District Council. Allow me Director of Ceremonies, to commend the two Councils which hoisted Botswana flag high.

4. Ladies and Gentlemen, we are here to witness the fruits of an enduring relationship

between my Ministry, BALA, Gender Links and the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs through the Department of Women‟s Affairs.

5. The intention of the partnership on gender and local democracy is to contribute

towards the realisation of one of the National Vision 2016 pillars of a Moral and Tolerant Nation and in this context advocating for tolerance by both women and men so that there would be harmony or peaceful co-existence between the two genders.

6. The other intention is to ensure compliance with international instruments which

Botswana is a signatory to, such as the Millenium Development Goals with partcular attention to goal number 3 which advocates for gender equality.

7. The convention of the elimination of all forms of discrimination against women which

we are also a signatory to is another compelling factor. All these efforts are a clear testimony to the country‟s commitment towards the realisation of the noble goal of addressing gender equality in all spheres of human development.

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8. Director of Ceremonies, while we are celebrating our efforts as Local Government in

mainstreaming gender at the local level, we have to also note with sadness the ever escalating cases of Gender Based Violence. For example, according to a study that was conducted by Women‟s Affairs and Gender Links, more than two thirds (67%) of women in Botswana have experienced some form of gender violence in their lifetime and nearly 29% of them have experienced Intimate Partner Violence in the twelve months preceding the study.

9. These statistics are disturbing and that is why Gender-Based violence remains an

issue of concern and hence the need for us as the Ministry of Local Government to play our role in whichever way we can in alleviating or addressing this challenge. It is through the Ministry of Local Government, that our citizens interface with their Government. This therefore makes us strategically placed to reach out to our communities in giving the message about the importance of combating gender based violence and hence our deliberate effort to mainstream Gender Based Violence in our day to day work activities in a quest to combat it.

10. Director of Ceremonies, I must however caution that this kind of project cannot

only be undertaken by Government alone; it must be a collective effort in which everybody must play a part.

11. Though your commitment to this cause is not in doubt, I urge you all that it should go beyond this summit. It also must be visible and impact positively on the live of an ordinary Motswana.

12. I wish to take this opportunity to applaud BALA for their support to my Ministry in different areas such as their implementation of the gender and local democracy project in partnership with Gender Links. A number of workshops have been held on gender and local democracy in various councils countrywide with the full participation of Honourable Council Chairpersons, Mayors, and Honourable Councillors.

13. Your participation goes a long way in demonstrating political responsibility, will and ownership. This is commendable and I implore you to continue doing so.

14. I also wish to extend my gratitude to Gender Links and other partners for their splendid technical support in this area of gender and development.

15. As you all prepare for the regional summit that would be held in Johannesburg, South Africa, we implore you to represent your country the best way you possibly can and I wish the best of luck to those who will be representing Botswana.

16. Director of Ceremonies in conclusion, I wish you all fruitful deliberations. With

these few remarks, it is now my honour to declare this Summit officially open.

17. I thank you.

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Official closing speech of the National GJ&LG Summit by the Acting Permanent Secretary of Labour and Home Affairs, Mrs Kgabi Official speech at the closing of National Gender Justice and Local Government Summit Botswana – by Acting Permanent Secretary of Labour and Home Affairs Mrs Kgabi Director of ceremony, it gives me great pleasure to have been accorded the opportunity to provide closing remarks at the first ever Gender summit for Botswana. It is very encouraging to learn that this event has been a success and that it had been attended by a wide and diverse stakeholder representation. This is a demonstration of a high level of commitment in all of us to play a role and lend a hand to the cause of eradicating Gender Based Violence. This is very truly commendable and we thank you for this. It further indicates that the seeds ploughed by the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, through the Gender Agenda have „indeed germinated‟ and are indeed bearing fruits. Allow me Director of Ceremony to thank the organisers of this event (i.e. BALA, Gender Links and Women‟s Affairs Department) for having seen it opportune to organise the first ever Gender summit for Botswana. May I also extend our gratitude to the sponsors of this event, being UNFPA and the American Embassy. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would have committed a grave mistake if I could fail to appreciate the efforts put by the Ministry of Local Government and other partners as well as the media in making this whole event a success. Bagaetsho! May I state that the timing of this summit could not have been more appropriate especially that we were launching findings of the Gender Based Violence (GBV) study this past Thursday. The results and outcomes of the said study indicate that 67% of women in Botswana have experienced some form of Gender Based Violence and 29% relate to experiences of intimate partner violence in the 12 months preceding the study. This reflects the gravity of GBV in Botswana and therefore calls for intense measures to combat it. I need also to encourage that in the course of combating GBV we shall at all time remember its role in fuelling HIV/AIDS. On this note let us continue to preach against GBV as in doing so, we also make same strides in containing the spread of HIV/AIDS. Director of Ceremony! One should however derive solace from the fact that we have a stakeholder commitment to address this challenge of Gender Based Violence as evidenced by your participation. The presence of the Honourable Councillors representing all local authorities in Botswana, civil society and individual members of the society participating in this event, is indicative of a level of commitment that we desire. This gives one hope that we can stem the tide of Gender Based Violence and have a violence free society; an ideal which is consistent with the National Vision Pillar of “A moral and tolerant society”.

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Allow me Director of Ceremony to reaffirm that my Ministry stands ready to offer support and assistance through the Department of Women‟s Affairs which has been working closely with both BALA and Gender Links in the Gender and Local Democracy Project. I have also learnt that this summit is a precursor to the Southern Africa Regional Summit which will be held in Johannesburg, South Africa in April 2012. In that Conference, there will be participants from this very Summit, who will represent Botswana at the Regional Summit. I therefore wish them the best in their endeavours, and hope that they represent the country well, and do us proud. I thank you. Keynote address at the awards ceremony by Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration, Hon. M. Masisi

RREPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA - OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

April 2, 2012

From: Dr. Jeff Ramsay, DPS Government Communication

Remarks by the Minister for Presidential Affairs and Public Administration,

the Honourable Mokgweetsi Masisi at the Gender Links BALA Awards Ceremony and Dinner Dance 31 March 2012

Director of Ceremonies, Honourable Ministers and Members of Parliament Members of Diplomatic Corps Gender Links Deputy Director BALA President Acting Permanent secretary from Ministry of Labour and home Affairs Mayors, Chairpersons and Town Clerks of Councils present here Ladies and Gentlemen 1. It is my pleasure to give the key note address at this unique Local Government and Gender Justice Summit and Awards Event - organized by Gender Links and Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA). I call this event unique, as in most cases awards are only linked and associated with events such as sporting, entertainment and other achievement events. 2. You all have presented your outstanding projects on a broad scope of gender violence and justice, under the categories of Prevention, Support, Local Economic Development, HIV/AIDS and Care work, Response, Leadership, Climate Change and Sustainable Development and Institutional Center of Excellence through which you shared your

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valuable experiences. I am impressed by your initiative in all these areas which are of great concern to the government. I congratulate all of the 24 participants who presented their projects and as far as I am concerned you are all winners. 3. I have further been informed that the 8 winners of tonight will be sponsored to participate at the Regional Summit in Johannesburg where all the winners from the SADC countries will come together and share on a regional level. I wish the best of luck to you and encourage you to share best strategies we have in Botswana for addressing GBV. For those who are going to be awarded prizes today, I encourage you to continue implementation of those projects and for those who did not make it motivate you by saying that there is always another day - to me this summit and the awards presentations was not about competition but the sharing of best practices. 4. Director of Ceremonies, I have been informed that this initiative of having the national summit here in Botswana and presentation of awards was recommended by BALA during the Regional Gender Justice and local government in 2011 in Johannesburg. The Johannesburg summit brought together 231 participants from 11 Southern African countries, sharing best practices on fighting gender violence in their local communities. 5. Director of ceremonies, tonight's event preceded by the summit, comes at an appropriate time when the Gender Baseline Violence Indicators Study, conducted by the Women Affairs Department and Gender Links, was launched earlier this week - on the 29 March 2012 to be precise. The study revealed that of all women interviewed in the study - 67 % had experienced some form of gender based violence in their lifetime, while 44 % of all men said they perpetrated some form of violence. The most common form of gender violence experienced by women is violence by an intimate partner; with 62% women reporting experience in their lifetime and 47% of men disclosing perpetration. 6. Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to once again remind you that the theme for this year of 16 Days of Activism on GBV was "Connecting girls - inspiring the future", which means 'together we can stop violence and have happy families'. This is a critical message to us as Batswana , because up to date we still have women losing their lives at this rate due to GBV, rape being at increase , defilement and incest being experienced within families - this means we need to find better strategies of intensifying the campaign . 7. We also need to embark on in-depth research such as the one I have been informed by Gender Links on GBV indicators. I understand during this summit, for one and half days Councils and NGO's presented projects in the following categories such as Prevention, support, HIV/AIDS and Care work, all these are challenges to my government and your councils to ensure that we win the battle raising awareness to our rural community. Let me say I have confidence that we will achieve this as already your participation at this large number shows motivation and commitment. 8. Director of Ceremonies, I am so delighted to learn that the Councilors who have completed the Gender Justice and local government process have been issued with

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Centres of excellence certificate and motivational for other council to be continuing with the process. Let me take this opportunity to ensure that the support from our office, will whenever possible, always be available as needed. 9. Director of Ceremonies, ladies and gentlemen, before concluding I wish to commend the Council members who have worked tirelessly to raise awareness in the area of GBV culminating into this event tonight. Beyond this, we all bear a responsibility for our voices to be heard loud in condemning GBV or even creating awareness. This will in the long run impact on our fight against HIV/AIDS which research has proved to be linked to GBV. This is one fight we cannot afford to lose! Thank you,

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Media log - Media coverage and tracking sheet

Date of interview/ article

Name of media Print, radio, TV

Article title/ Title of show Web address (for online article)

Entered on back end form

16 April 2012 Botswana Daily News

Print Media Centre spread (Gender Links and BALA 1ST National Gender Justice and Local Government Summit)

02 April 2012 Botswana Daily News

Print Media Ghanzi District Council Chairperson Mr Tlharese, Minister of Local Government Mr Peter Siele and Mogoditshane/ Thamaga Sub District Council Chairperson at the GJLG Summit in Gaborone

Uploaded on back end form

04 April 2012 Global Post Print Media Minister Masisi advocates for women Uploaded on back end form

06 April 2012 The Voice News paper

Print Media Centre spread (Celebrating Gender Justice)

Will provide the document

02 April 2012 Botswana Daily news

Print Media UNFPA Country Rep,Ms Aisha Camara presenting an award to UB young women leader ship club at gjlg summit in Gaborone Botswana

Uploaded on back end form

01 April 2012 BTV News TV BTV Evening News – headline on the summit awards ceremony, covering the speech of Minister of Presidential Affairs, Masisi, Kubi Rama and some

To get tape from BTV

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Date of interview/ article

Name of media Print, radio, TV

Article title/ Title of show Web address (for online article)

Entered on back end form

of the winners

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ANNEX F: EXAMPLES OF MEDIA COVERAGE

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ANNEX G: SWOT ANALYSIS

Categories Strengths Weaknesses Solutions

Communication Template for power point presentations People had most information beforehand on how to present and what to expect

No clarity on amount of allowance before the summit Briefing of judges and chairpersons should be more in-depth Communication on process of presentation sessions

Timely and in-depth briefing of judges, chairpersons and participants so everyone understands the processes and rules of the presentation sessions

Time Timing of the event was good, 2 days is sufficient

Second day of the summit was on a Saturday, which made that some people had other commitments

Plan event during working days

Transportation Covered by the local authorities and NGO‟s; their willingness to contribute was excellent

N/A N/A

Participation

Participation of local authorities was overwhelming as delegates from 18 councils participated, especially the leadership was very supportive, for example they availed their staff and transport even during the weekend. During the second day of the summit there was also a political congress taking place, but the high number of participants confirmed their commitment to the process.

Participation of the presenters was good, but some need more training on their presentation skills as they were talking and reading from the slides

More training on presentation skills

Registration Registration forms were in place No confirmation on the exact numbers and names from the councils before the event Two different registration forms

Make sure that councils submit a list of their participants before the summit BALA and GL to have one

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from BALA and GL registration form that adheres to both their organisational requirements

Voting processes N/A Confusion on the voting process, who is allowed to vote and who is not Training of voting officers

To brief everyone participating on the voting process and in-depth briefing for voting officers Share voting criteria with the presenters

Summit in general Overall the event went well; especially considering it was our first national summit. There were a lot of logistics involved seen the large group of participants which generally went well. The conference venue and services were satisfactory.

N/A N/A

Team work Division of labour agreed upon before the event was not followed by GL staff, as GL was allocated to undertake different tasks that were not specified beforehand Side meetings by GL during the presentation sessions made BALA staff feel they did not get any support during the sessions and were left alone

Adhere to agreed division of labour during the event No side meetings during presentation sessions by hosting organisations, they can be done during tea-break, lunch or after the sessions

Management Generally management was ok N/A To take up the solutions as per this evaluation for the next summit

Finance Adhered to budgets More focus on sustainability of this annual event

To start fundraising for next year‟s summit, form a fundraising

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DSA not sufficient to cover travel and accommodation costs for the presenters

committee and embark on fundraising activities to make the annual summit a sustainable project and not be dependent on ministry‟s funding

Logistics Generally went well, weaknesses and solutions in this area covered in the above.

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ANNEX H: list of councils in Botswana - highlighting future and current COE‟s (Black = old COE model, red is new COE model)

Council Existing COE Future COE

Gaborone City Council x

Francistown City Council x

Lobatse Town Council x

Jwaneng Town Council x

Selebi Phikwe Town Council x

Sowa Town Council x

Ghantzi District x

North East District x

Kgatleng District x

Chobe District x

South East District x

Kgalagadi District x

(Southern District; 4 sub-districts)

Moshupa Sub District x

Mabutsane Sub District x

Good-hope Sub District X

Kanye Administration Authority X

(Kweneng District; 3 sub-districts)

Molepolole Sub-District x

Mogoditshane Sub-District x

Lethlakeng Sub-District x

(North West District; 3 sub-districts)

Maun administration Authority x

Okavango Sub District X

Gumare Sub District X

(Central District; 7 sub-districts)

Serowe Administration Authority X

Palapye Sub District X

Mahalapye Sub District x

Bobirwa Sub District X

Tutume Sub District X

Tonota Sub District X

Boteti Sub District (Lethlakane) x

TOTAL 23 6

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ANNEX I: PARTICIPANTS EVALUATION FEEDBACK WORKSHOP EVALUATION FORM Event: National Gender Justice & Local Government Summit Venue: Boipuso Hall, Gaborone Country: Botswana Please score the following 1-10 where 1= very poor; 10 – excellent

SCORE OUT OF TEN

1. PROGRAMME DESIGN 8

2. PROGRAMME CONTENT 8

3. DOCUMENTATION 7,8

4. FACILITATION 7,5

5. GROUP WORK 7,7

6. OUTPUTS 7,6

7. OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW UP PLANS 7,1

8. LEARNING OPPORTUNITY 8,4

9. NETWORKING OPPORTUNITY 8,5

10. ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS 7,5

Which session did you find most useful? Why?

All sessions I attended were equally useful, since it was a learning curve and of

its first kind

Group presentations, because they were exposure to more ideas and expertise.

Group work ,because we had a good environment to share our best practices

Presentations and Judges feedback, it was a learning experience

Group work, has an element of interaction and bench marking

North West presentation on Local Economic Development because of tourism

angle the project has

Leadership presentation because it is a cross cutting edge

Parallel presentations because we shared the experiences

HIV/AIDS and care work because the project is still on going

The one on Leadership, because I have learnt how women of women of

influence, used their positions of authority to bring a positive change in their

society

Bommeisago the project has covered a wide area and involves the community

Prevention presentation was interesting to learn what other people are going

through and doing to fight the problem of GBV.Brought about awareness on

issues of gender based violence.

Kubi presentation on the GBV findings in Botswana as it gave us an idea of

where we are as a country in GBV fight

Local Economic Development, support and HIVAIDS presentations as there is a

lot to learn from them as they involve policies, support was also teaming up with

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how to support vulnerable groups. It can also be used as a tool to address

gender imbalance with response to participation of women in the economy.

Rea nyalana projects as it educates and make people aware of what marriage is,

educates and make people aware at what marriage is and the outcome of

marriage and its importance.

Which session did you find least useful?

Presentations were rushed and that more emphasis was on competition than

learning

All sessions were important

Poem &choir were time consuming

Questioning there, were irrelevant questions asked by the voters

Climate change

None

No mechanism put in place for networking or knowing each other

Protocol score card

Official opening

All sessions were equally useful

I can‟t remember

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

I will have to network with organisations I have met and start interventions

based on leanings we get from here.

Work

I will start projects on GBV in our district

Improving the way I have been working

Share with our councils in different structures of GBV and inform policy

formulation based on GBV through councils.

Capacity building for CDC, plan and execution of projects

Advocating for GBV committees within the CDC.

Benchmark in Southern African Countries (SADC) Johannesburg.

Share what I have learned with my colleagues in different units of the Botswana

Police service. Youth, Women network, public relations and crime prevention

units.

I am going to do my own project which I will enter in the next Botswana

Summit.

I will stand up and voice out on GBV and make a difference and create

awareness to women in my district.

Given the second chance to write my presentation next time it will be car and to

the point.

To run workshops in order to sensitise the community

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Change my information on gender mainstreaming.

It will help strengthen what our committee have been doing

I will adhere to the comments that were made and use them to help make our

organisation more efficient.

Share with others and also participate more on GBV initiatives.

From networking and presentations I will be able to upgrade my own projects.

I will sell the ideas to my organisation and when there is buy in we should

incorporate and mainstream some into our strategy.

Make observations in the district and analyse

Bench marking

From here implement the GBV action plan.

Community mobilization on GBV, public education and encourage people to come

up with strategies to fight GBV.

Feedback after presentation gave us a picture of the mind-set of urban people,

hence were require adjustment of approach and beliefs so that we accommodate

views diversity.

Continue to mobilise people in my district.

To give more emphasis in mainstreaming gender issues in my organisational

strategies and fight against GBV.

Networking was good and some people have agrees to work together with my

organisation.

I will start networking

Identify a project and apply it.

Any other comment

Keep it up

We would like to be part of this project more often to improve our organisation

Need to give presenters the amount of time they will have in Johannesburg

The workshop was good, the participants were active in their presentations and

have leaner a lot,

Congratulations to Gender Links and BALA for their courage to fight, educate and

transform communities. A plan should be put in place to train more people in

leadership positions on causes of GBV especially cultural attitudes and practices.

We should have more male figures to create a balance in the way issues will be

judged. Some judges provided feedback by just pointing out areas of

improvement and did not acknowledge the strength displayed by the presenter.

Logistics were poorly organised

Communication and involvement of all district on time, budget for activities

The summit was empowering especially the figures given on the level of GBV in

Botswana. It has alerted me that we have a lot to do.

None

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Such forums should be made as public as possible to attract more participants

GBV is a serious problem that needs all to be involved

Only judges should be allowed to seek clarity by asking questions. The audience

should not be allowed to vote as they are always biased, they do not vote of the

bases of the presentation content t preference of presenter

Keep on doing the sessions

Almost all projects have shown good initiatives and relevance to GBV.

Giving comments by judges just after presenting can influence the decisions that

the general voters can take.

All presentations are good and meaningful in their areas

Organisations should try to extend their projects to remote areas by holding

workshops there.

I am going to network with gender links more effectively. I will further undertake

benchmarking with best practices I observed

If councils can do it so as CDC

Follow up‟s should be intensified

Presentations are too competitive in nature; they should be more sharing of

information because we would like to learn more.

Summit was useful, was a learning curve for me.

This form was the most informative to me regarding GBV, especially the GBV

indicators study they launched in partnership with the department of WAD.

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