Susane Chilala, Zambia, Gender Governance - Summit 2012

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COUNTRY:ZAMBIALOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDSDATE: 23-25 APRIL 2012

VENUE3 6 5 D A Y S OF L OC A L A C T ION TO EN D V IOL EN C E A N D

E M P O W E R W O M E N

C i v i l So c i e t y Fo r Adv ocacy an dsens i t iz a t i on P ro j e c t

PROJEC

GENDERAND

GOVRNANC


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HO W D I D Y O U GO AB O U T I D E NT I FY I NG TH I SP R O B L E M ?

Low participation of

women in decision making

process leading to

imbalanced statistics in

access to land,

employment, education,

and HIV AIDS prevalence

and gender based

violence.

Women in Zambia are the

most vulnerable

groups/dependable for

development.

women in Chongwe Districtare farmers

Zambian women provide 70%

of produce yet most of the

modern technology applied to

cash crops has beenmonopolized by men.e

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I S TH IS ISSUE IMPORTAN T?

Identify their role asequal citizens, womensroles in householdscommunities as

guardians of familiesplace them in a positionto contribute tolivelihood plans feeding

into developmentalprocesses.

It encourages womento know about theNational

Decentralization policyand process inZambia ( Benefits andChallenges)

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HO W AR E Y O U GO I NG AB O U T AD D R E S S ING TH I SP R O B L E M ?

raising awarenesson the Nationaldecentralization

policy in ruralareas, Conductbudget tracking inthe Ministry of

health andeducation.

Other activitiesinclude buildingcapacity of the

women in genderbased violence,advocacy, projectmanagement,

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Women need to be knowledgeable about

issues surrounding them.


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WH AT I S THE T IME - FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

It is a four years

project

2009 - 2013

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W HO I S THE K E Y TAR GE T? W HO I S I NV O LV E D ?AR E W O M E N AND M E N E Q U AL L Y INV O L V E D ?

Target- chongwedistrict womenassociation

membership Traditional

leadership, 20stakeholders

Comprising governmentdepartments, CSOs,politicians, churches

and privatebusinesses.

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P AR TNE R S H IP S F O R M E D THR O U GH THE P R O J E CT

Global Fund forwomen

Gender in

developmentdivision

Gender Links

Zambia

NationaldecentralizationSecretariat

EU through Action aid ASAP

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RESOURCEFULNESS : WHAT F INANCIAL , HUM ANAND O T HE R R E S O U R CE S W E R E M O B I LI S ED ?

Resource centreopen to the public

Motor bike for

community work Office equipment-

used by CDWA foroffice and businesscentre

Human resource 1staff to providetechnical support

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CREAT IV ITY : ARE YOU US ING ARTS , CULTURE ,MED IA AND SOCIAL MED IA TO POPULAR ISE THE

ISSUES? CDWA have been

trained in populartheatre and have

developed 6drama groups whoperform during theNDP outreach

activities and otherforas.

Distributed 1000

booklets on NDP, 100

copies of the SADC

gender protocol, 200gender based

violence policy copies

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W HAT R E S U L TS HAV E B E E N ACH I EV E D ?

Image building-Some women wereinvolved in the

2011 elections, earned them

support from thedistrict leadership

(political,traditional and the

public) women hasincreased its networksat district, national

and regional level. 2women are holdingkey position identifiedthrough their works

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Results

Held 4 capacity building workshops forstakeholders and traditonal leadership

Held 1 workshop on gender basedviolence for traditional leaders and CDWAmembers


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G end e r B a s ed V i o le n c e W o r k shop f o rHead m en /wom en in c ond u c ted b y G end e r

l i nks


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M O NI TO R I NG AND E V AL U AT IO N

Through reportsfrom CDWA functiongroups where the

events are carriedout.

Through focus groupdiscussion duringbudget tracking

reporting.

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I M P ACT ( B AS ED O N THE S AD C P R O TO CO LTAR GE TS )

25 -26 genderbased violence-identifying the

multiple roles ofwomen as ahindrance to theirprogress promote

sharedresponsibilities.

12-13governance( representation and

participation) the NDPproject call forparticipation ofcitizens in decision

making processencourage women tobe involvement.

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SUSTA INAB I L ITY AND REPL ICAT ION

Yes it issustainable. Thedrama groups

developed are inthe communitieswere theinformation is

beingdisseminated.

This makesimplementation ofactivities easier and

cost effective. Drama fits other

network activities

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LESSONS LEARNED

Organizations cancome and go, it isfrustrating to lead

when blind.

Causes of lowparticipation bywomen in decision

making process needto be addressedalongside theirproblems. (give the

women skills andknowledge to fit thosekey positions.

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