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SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCALGOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

28 30 MARCH 2011KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG,

SOUTH AFRICA

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDERVIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015

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CHIREDZI TOWN COUNCIL EMPLOYEES INVOLVED IN C.O.E

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Chief Accountant Systems Administrator Community Officer

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WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF BUY IN AND

INVOLVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND

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C.O.E PROCESS?

COUNCILLORS- They are at the forefront ofchampioning gender equality in the Community ofChiredzi and Chiredzi Town Council. They are thedrivers of the draft gender policy.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT Management have committedthemselves to implementing a new gender policy thatobligates gender equality in Chiredzi Town Council.

EMPLOYEES- They recognize the importance of genderbalance and will cooperate with the proposed genderpolicy as long as it is with their involvement.

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HAS THE COMPLETED STAGES 1 6?

INDICATE TIME - FRAMES

Chiredzi Town Council completed stage one to six of the C.O.E process. Thetime frames for each stage are indicated below,

STAGES

1Meetings with Management teams and political Nov 2010

heads of Council

2 Situation Analysis Nov 20103 Council level policy and implementation Feb 2011

4Community mobilization village level meetings on the Feb 2011

SADC Protocol

5Capacity building: on-the-job training, Gender analysis Nov 2010

and budgeting, media literacy; transforming leadership

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STAGE 6-CYBER DIALOGUES

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IS THERE A HIGH LEVEL GENDER CHAMPION?

The Council has a high-level GENDER CHAMPION by the name of Councillor Bernadette Chipembere.

Councillor Chipembere has been a campaigner for gender issues in Chiredzi Town throughout her 10 year term in office.

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COUNCILLOR CHIPEMBERE

She is a COMMUNAL LEADER AND AN ACTIVIST for the advancement

ofGender issues in Chiredzi Town

Here, she is pictured here with her fellow Councilors and the InternalAuditor

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DOES THE COE HAVE A GENDER AND GBV

ACTION PLAN? IS IT BEING IMPLEMENTED?

The Council has a DRAFT GENDER AND GBV ACTIONPLAN. The organization is in the process of organizingworkshops with employees and stakeholders. Itintends to communicate the draft gender policy andget their contributions.

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ARE GENDER AND GBV CONCERNS AND

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR BOTH WOMEN AND

MEN? HOW ARE THEY INVOLVED?

Responsibility for Gender and GBV issues is withSENIOR MANAGEMENT. However, the CommunityServices Officer, with the assistance of the Personneland Administration Officer and the Internal Auditor,

deal with the day-to-day gender and GBV issues. THECOMMUNITY SERVICES OFFICER and the PERSONNELAND ADMINISTRATOR OFFICER are both women.

. Apart from Senior Management, the INTERNALAUDITOR is the only male employee involved in gender

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ARE THEIR DEDICATED RESOURCES,

INCLUDING HUMAN AND FINANCIAL

RESOURCES FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING?

There are financial resources budgeted for genderissues. However RESOURCES ARE NOT ADEQUATE toeffect significant change with regards to genderbalance.

Council has THREE EMPLOYEES who are dedicated togender issues. They are the Community ServicesOfficer, the Personnel and Administration Officer andthe Internal Auditor.

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RESOURCEFULNESS? OTHER FINANCIAL,

HUMAN AND OTHER RESOURCES MOBILISED?

The Council is TRYING TO MOBILISE OTHER

FINANCIAL, HUMAN OR OTHER RESOURCES totarget gender mainstreaming and other GBV

initiatives. Senior management has made it apriority.

Council has however managed to capitaliseon expert human capital provided by

ORGANIZATIONS LIKE GENDER LINKS.C

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

COUNCIL HAS TABLED A GENDER POLICY IN COMPLIANCE WITH THESADC GENDER PROTOCOL. Senior Management, through INTERNALAUDIT, shall ensure there is regular monitoring, evaluation andreporting on adherence to the gender policy. Where corrective actionis required, Senior Management shall direct it.

Senior Management shall also sanction REGULAR WORKSHOPS withkey stakeholders within Council, to ensure that they is constantreinforcement of gender based initiatives and report-backs onprogress made.

Councillors have agreed to hold WARD MEETINGS with theirconstituents. The progress made on gender-based initiatives shall bedocumented and compared against action plans. If there are any

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

1.The Council introduced CYBER DIALOGUES to 103 participantsduring the 16 days of activism against gender violence.

Participants were taught how to,

Use computers, Register for free e-mail addresses from Google and Yahoo

Register with Gender Links

Use the gender links chart room

2.The C.O.E programme has also managed to improve the

ATTITUDE OF MEN IN LEADERSHIP towards gender justice.Chiredzi Town Councillors and Senior Management are now moreresponsive to gender issues, largely due to the C.O.Eprogramme.

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

1.Sustainability and replication is possible because Chiredzi Town Council is

SUPPORTED BY ITS MAJOR STAKEHOLDERS. They include, Councillors, employees,Communal leaders, Government and non-Governmental Organizations.

Taking CYBER DIALOGUES as an example, for the sake of sustainability andreplication, the Council shall meet with former participants to check whether theyare,

Continually using the computer skills that they received

Discussing gender issues using e-mail

Meeting with each other and sharing information on gender based violence

within their homes and within the community

Accessing the Gender Links website.

Impacting the knowledge they learnt to other members of the community

2.Chiredzi Town Council will also TRANSFER THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED from theC.O.E programme to other Councils.

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LESSONS LEARNED

1. COUNCILLORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT shouldchampion gender mainstreaming in Chiredzi Town. Thiswill help to mitigate those cultural, economic and socialissues that prevent gender equality

2. Chiredzi Town Council should promote EQUAL ACCESSTO RESOURCES for both men and women e.g. housingstands

3. Council should create EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES for bothsexes in the decision-making levels of Council. This mayrequire a revamp of the recruitment policy

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ANY QUESTIONS?

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Prepared by Owen Gwasira

Auditor-Chiredzi Town Council

COE presentation_Chiredzi_ Owen Gwasira

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