Women Empowernment_catholic Commission for Justice and Peace

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SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

28 – 30 MARCH 2011KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH

AFRICA

“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER

VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015”

CATHOLIC COMMISSION FOR JUSTICE AND PEACE

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING THIS PROBLEM?

• The customary property and inheritancelaws treat women as minors and this leavesthem in a position of economic dependency.

• The dissemination of the Legal Capacity ofMarried Persons Act (2006) has provedlimited

• The HIV/Aids impact

• Social AcceptanceW

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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

• The sensitization of traditional leaders,women and men as well as adolescents willlead to a better understanding of Basotho

legal structures with regard to property andinheritance rights.

• A better understanding of these conceptswill empower women hence will lead to their

social and economic stabilityW

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM?

• Through Publicgatherings

• Sensitization

workshops for bothwomen and men

• Media campaign-Radio and TV

• Through meetingswith local leaders

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING THI S PROBLEM?

• Through campaignsduring specialinternationalrecognized days e.g

16 day.• Sesotho Publications

(Brochures, posters)

• Organizing dramas• Through trainings on

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE PROJECT?

• 2006-2012

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

INVOLVED ? • Women’s saving

/burial groups

• Youths

• Justice and peacegroups

• Traditional leaders;

Chiefs and ClergyW

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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE

MOBILISED?

• The human resources for the project werepurely supplied by the organization exceptfor the gender officer who was hired

• The project is funded by Canada HighCommission in South Africa

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PARTNERSHIPS FORMED THROUGH THE PROJECT

• Ministry of gender

• CGPU

• NGOs involved inpromoting gender

equality and women’srights

• Support groups

• Youth groupsW

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

• The results are measured in terms ofimmediate effects of goods and services(from program activities) delivered, thereby

demonstrating changes in the rateparticipants (beneficiaries) adopt newbehaviours and skills promoted by theproject.

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

• Citizens’ knowledgeabout women’s rights,

gender and localservices have been

increased• Women and men are

encouraged topractice theirinheritance rightsunder common law.

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL TARGETS)

• Abolishing the minority status of women (3)

• Enact and enforce legislation prohibiting allforms of Gender Based Violence (14)

• Take measures to promote the equalrepresentation of women in ownership of,and decision making structures that providefor equal representation of women indecision making position by 2015 (28)W

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EFFECTIVENESS

• The project has enhanced the capacity ofthe J&P members in administration,management of cases and counseling of

abused victims.• The availability of local services has

improved significantly from the time of thestart of the program

• Knowledge of the CGPU and its serviceshas increased dramatically

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

• Increased understanding of gender relationsand common law will enable an environmentfor women’s practice of property and

inheritance rights• Attitude and behaviour change will have a

multiplier effect in participating communities.

• Strengthening current CCJP groups willsustain the project-volunteers and CB

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LESSONS LEARNED

• Women perceive the project as trying tochange their culture

• Traditional leaders do not entertain gender

debate-western concept• Local leaders are not qualified to attend to

victims of GBV and domestic violence henceare indirectly and severely affected.W

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• Is government implementing enough policiesto change the traditional structures that turn to

increase women’s vulnerability to abuse?

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