Rights of women in africa, the sadc declaration on gender and. Treaty establishing sadc shall bear the same meaning unless the context otherwise requires. Nations resolution 25 2000 on women, peace and security and the protocol to. Sadc gender and development monitor 2016 nepad sanbio. While the member states of sadc aim to raise the status of women to that of men, a disparity remains throughout southern africa in terms of legal rights, power sharing and decisionmaking, and access to productive resources and education. Following the adoption of a gender protocol, gender activists came together between 2005 and 2008 to form crossborder and national alliances1 to undertake a campaign to. The sadc protocol on gender and development has six objectives that include the empowerment of women. Southern african development community sadc recognizes gender. Sadc heads of state and government signed and adopted the sadc protocol on gender and development in august 2008 with the exception of botswana and mauritius. There have been a substantial number of documents generated by both the. Protocol to the african charter on human and peoples rights on the. Southern african development community statement by the. To achieve these goals, member states need to work together harmoniously in achieving effective results on common problems and issues.
Statement by sadc executive secretary on covid19 and gender based violenceenglish. Sadc protocol on gender and development semantic scholar. Statement by sadc executive secretary on covid19 and gender based violencefrench. In this protocol, terms and expressions defined in article 1 of the. Southern african development community sadc programme of action and. This is in line with article 20 of the sadc protocol on gender and development, which obliges member states to put in place measures to eliminate gender based violence. Strengthening of electoral frameworks laws that integrate a gender perspective and advance the political participation and representation of women in line with the sadc protocol on gender and development. Updated sadc protocol on gender and development gender links. Other key targets include ensuring that provi sions for gender equality are to be reflected in all constitutions and to affirmative action clauses. Out of the member states that have signed, 11 have already ratified the protocol. Using the sadc protocol on gender and development as an. Southern african development community sadc protocols. Terms of reference for rapporteur sadc parliamentary forum sadc pf requires the services of a consultant to act as.