Owen Gwasira, Zimbabwe, Response - Summit 2012

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ZIMBABWE

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

23-25 APRIL 2012

VENUE: KOPONANG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AND EMPOWER WOMEN

CHIREDZI TOWN COUNCIL

MEN AGAINST GBV

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS PROBLEM?

CHIREDZI POLICE STATISTICS ON REPORTED CASES OF GENDER BASED

VIOLENCE revealed that men were the main perpetrators of GBV.

According to the VICTIM FRIENDLY UNIT, the prevalence of GBV is as follows

Men on women 70%

Women on men 10%

Other 20%

As a result, Chiredzi Town Council decided to create an all-inclusive GBV awareness

campaign with MEN AS THE FOCAL GROUP.

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

The GBV awareness campaign is important because,

Alongside women, MEN SHOULD KNOW THAT THEY ARE JOINTLY RESPONSIBLE

FOR ELIMINATING GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE in the community.

Men and boys should be taught about the possible sexual and mental suffering that

they inflict on women and girls, whether its done intentionally or innocently.

Male community leaders should be transformed into role models

Male and female law enforcement and judicial officials need reminding, that they must

approach gender-based violence issues with professionalism and independence.

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM?

Councils Senior Management came up with a 2012 ACTION PLAN for combating gender based

violence. It lists,

The name of the activity to be carried out

The expected outcome from performing the activity

The party that is responsible for undertaking the activity The organization(s) that will partner Council in achieving the set targets

The time frame for the activity

The source of funding for the activity

The Action Plan is shown below,

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ACTION PLANSteps Name of activity Expected Outcome Party to

undertakethe activity

Partnerorganizations

Time frame Funding

1 Preparing a

curricular andteachingmethodology forimparting Gender-based violenceknowledge toresidents

The development of a professional

development programme forresidents related to G.B.V issues

Chiredzi Town

Council

Gender Links 2/01/12-23/01/12 Chiredzi Town

Council

2 Undertakingactivities aimed toraise awareness toresidents,representatives ofGovernment andQuasi-Governmentinstitutions,N.G.Os and thepress regardingG.B.V

Consultative sessions anddiscussions will be carried out withthe participation of residents, thePolice, representatives of theJudiciary, N.G.Os, Government

and Quasi Government institutions,Local gender activists and themedia, with a view of raisingawareness about GBV and theelimination of gender stereotypes.

Ministryof HomeAffairs

MinistryofJusticeandLegalaffairs,

MinistryofWomens Affairs

Ministryof LocalGovernm

ent N.G.Os

LocalPress

GenderLinks

24/01/12-27/03/12 ChiredziTownCouncil

LocalN.G.Os

3 Dissemination ofinformationmaterials on GBVand the efforts thatare being made tocombat it at local,national, regionaland international

levels

Leaflets and booklets on GBV willbe prepared, published anddisseminated to residents

ChiredziTownCouncil

ChiredziRuralCouncil

Ministryfor

Womens Affairs

Gender links F.A.C.T

24/01/12-10/12/12 ChiredziTownCouncil

GenderLinks

Donors

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4. Carrying out special activitiesaimed at combating GBV

16 Days of

activism againstGBV will becarried out

Ministry forWomens Affairs

Chiredzi TownCouncil

GenderLinks

WIPSU

25/11/12-10/12/12

CTC International

partners

5. Staging theatrical events onsubjects related to GBV.

Performing playson issues relatedto GBV

Chiredzi ArtsSociety

Chiredzi TownCouncil

GenderLinks

24/01/12-26/06/11

C.T.C Donors

6. Giving schools and lectures onGBV

Lectures on GBVwill target schoolsin the District

Chiredzi RuralCouncil

Ministry ofEducation

Ministry for

Womens Affairs Ministry for Home

Affairs Ministry of Health

Genderlinks

WIPSU Msasa

Project

FACT

1/03/12-1/07/12

C.T.C Local NGOs

7. Training Parents on the need forimpartial treatment for both thegirl child and the boy child.

Use of socialscientists to offerCounselling toparents,particularly thosein the low incomegroup i.e. the poor

Ministry of Health FACT MSASA Project

GenderLinks

1/03/12-29/06/12

GenderLinks

Local NGOs

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT IS 12 MONTHS. However, the elimination ofGBV is an on-going process.

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? ARE WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

THE KEY TARGET FOR THE GENDER AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IS CHIREDZI MEN.

They are educated on how to,

1. RELATEwith women

2. Meet regularly andSHARE INFORMATIONon GBV issues.

3. CONTRIBUTEtheir time and effort towards ending GBV

4. Provide morale and financialSUPPORT TO VICTIMS OR SURVIVORS OF GBV

5. TAKE ACTIONagainst GBV as opposed to being bystanders..

6. BE RESPECTFUL towards women and avoid profanities.

7. TO BE ROLE MODELSfor boys i.e. to teach them to be respectful and never to

abusive women.

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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

Male Councillors

Traditional Leaders

Government institutions

Quasi Government institutions

N.G.Os

Political Parties

Mens and Womens groups The Media

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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND OTHERRESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?

The resources for carrying out the campaign were,

FINANCIAL RESOURCES: Financial resources were provided by Council

HUMAN RESOURCES: Human resources were provided by Council gender activists

MATERIAL RESOURCES: Material resources were provided by Gender links

PROJECTS:GBVR

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CREATIVITY: HOW ARE ARTS, CULTURE, POPULAR CULTURE, MEDIA AND SOCIAL MEDIABEING USED TO MOBILISE AND POPULARISE THE ISSUE?

Chiredzi Town Council managed to

Sponsorstreet theatreperformances by gender activists and Chiredzi Arts Association.The theme for the shows was highlight the negative influences that gender-based violencehas on society.

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The Action Planshall be used to track progress on whether all GBV prevention objectivesare achieved and achieved on time.

Whenever the action plan is not adhered to, management will re-strategise and correctiveaction shall be taken to address challenges.

According to the results of sampling done by Council in all 10 wards (300 men),approximately40% of men in Chiredzi have a high awareness level of GBV. Since thetotal population of Chiredzi is 70 000, 100% awareness is possible by 2015

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RESULTS: WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Whilst it may be still premature to make conclusions about the success of the exercise.Theresponses given by menindicate that they recognise their role in ending GBV

Cooperation between the stakeholders on GBV issues has improvedsignificantly.The majority of gender-related campaigns are done after consultation with interestedparties. This has ensuredunity of purposein achieving gender-related targets.

Consultative meetings at ward level have had amoral effecton potential GBVperpetrators. Cases will likely decline because of fear of retribution by Police and fear of

being labelled as outcasts by society.

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL TARGETS)

With reference to the 28 targets of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development, ChiredziTown Council is helping to,

Halve the current levels of gender-based violence by 2015 and 365 days of local action toend GBV

GBV AWARENESS CAMPAIGN -TAXI OPERATORS AND RANK MARSHALS

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

The GBV awareness programme is sustainable and can be replicated. Other Councils ofsimilar size like Chiredzi can do the same GBV awareness campaigns at minimal strain totheir budgets.

WELFARE CLERK WITH WAITING-LIST-REGISTER WAITING LIST APPLICATION FORM

PROJECTS:GBV

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WHAT LESSONS HAVE BEEN LEARNED

There is a huge link between poverty and GBV.

The solution required to solve this problem is to have community-based poverty reductionstrategies for women, which include allocating them land and market stalls. That is why Council

issued 16 out of 38 commercial stands and 310 out of 500 flea market stalls to women in2010/2011

Tradition, based ona patriarchal system, is a major contributor to GBV. Men should not useculture to disenfranchise women.

Some GBV cases go unreportedbecause the community does not consider them to be GBV

cases e.g. Wife beating being labelled as wife disciplining

Synergy (amongst stakeholders) in the fight against GBV is required to get the best results.Council and the Police cannot go-at-it alone without assistance from all relevant partnersP

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ANY QUESTIONS

PRESENTED BY OWEN GWASIRA

AUDITOR

Owen Gwasira, Zimbabwe, Response - Summit 2012

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