KABWE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL

SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
SUMMIT AND AWARDS
28 – 30 MARCH 2011
KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH
AFRICA
“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER
VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015”

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 WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF BUY IN AND
INVOLVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND
POLITICIANS IN THE COE PROCESS?
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• Participation is full time with twenty

seven (27) councillors (4 female & 23
male) and fourteen (14) top and middle
members (7 female and 7 male) of
management fully participating in the
COE process
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 HAS THE COMPLETED STAGES 1 – 6?
INDICATE TIME - FRAMES
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• 9th to 13th November, 2009 Provincial Workshop

on GBV Research
• Stage 1: 28th June 2010
• Stage 2: 28 June 2010 Situational Analysis
• Stage 3:29th September to 1st October, 2010 GBV
Action Plan
• Stage 4 : Community mobilisation on SADC
Protocol
• Stage 5: 16 Days celebrations

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 IS THERE A HIGH LEVEL GENDER
CHAMPION?
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• The gender champion is the Deputy

Mayor of Kabwe Councillor Christabel
Mwenda
•

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 DOES THE COE HAVE A GENDER AND GBV
ACTION PLAN? IS IT BEING IMPLEMENTED?
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• 810 community members sensitized on

gender budgeting
• Gender Responsive budgeting policy
adopted.
• Management meeting held and consolidated
on GRB policy (Report attached)
• Recommending GRB policy to the council
• Gender committee constituted
•
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 ARE GENDER AND GBV CONCERNS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES FOR BOTH WOMEN AND
MEN? HOW ARE THEY INVOLVED?
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• Gender and GBV concerns for men & women exist

in the institution and these concerns are being
addressed through implementation of the gender
and GBV action plan.
• Male employees and Councillors who have received
training in Gender and GBV are being used as
peer educators to male employees and
Councillors who are not trained.
• Female employees have received training for them
to be assertive to ensure decisions made by both
management and the Council address their needs
•
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 ARE THEIR DEDICATED RESOURCES,
INCLUDING HUMAN AND FINANCIAL
RESOURCES FOR GENDER
MAINSTREAMING?
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• Resources for gender mainstreaming are provided for through

the Council’s own resources and some non discretionary
grants from central government.
• Other resources come from Joint Gender Support Programme
under the Gender ministry
• Constituency Development Fund and the Citizens Economic
Empowerment Fund
• Department of Community Development
• The AA4 under the Alliance for Mayors, Zambia Chamber of
Small and Medium Business Association and the National
AIDS Council gives loans to HIV/AIDS support groups

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 RESOURCEFULNESS? OTHER FINANCIAL, HUMAN
AND OTHER RESOURCES MOBILISED?
• Resources for gender mainstreaming are provided for
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through the Council’s own resources and some non

discretionary grants from central government.
• Other resources come from Joint Gender Support
Programme under the Gender ministry
• Constituency Development Fund and the Citizens
Economic Empowerment Fund
• Human Resource provided through Department of
Community Development & Council Staff
• The AA4 under the Alliance for Mayors, Zambia
Chamber of Small and Medium Business Association
and the National AIDS Council gives loans to
HIV/AIDS support groups
•
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 MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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• Tracking progress is done by conducting

scheduled monitoring of the projects and
evaluation.
• Reports are generated from the monitoring
and issues arising there from are
discussed and corrective measures
recommended.
•

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 WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?
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• Approximately 30% of the marginalised

members of our district mostly women are
getting economically empowered and this
has raised their self esteem and
assertiveness.
•

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 IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL
TARGETS)
• The Council is now giving equal employment opportunities to
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both male and female job seekers

• The Council ensures 30% of successful applicants for land
ownership are women
• Women are given equal access to trading space in Council
markets.
• Women entrepreneurs are empowered with business skills
and financial support
• Women and men participate equally in community matters with
the requirement that all community groups such as area
development committees and project committees are
equally managed by men and women.
•
•
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 SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION
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• The practice is sustainable and can be replicated by

Councils through capacity building in gender
equity & through budget provisions for gender
activities
• It is important to however factor in such aspects as
culture, religion and level of economic
endowment of the area
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 LESSONS LEARNED
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• Marginalised groups are empowered, there

contribution to district development is
appreciable.
• When marginalised groups are given a voice to
speak on issues that affect them, the general
wellbeing of society is uplifted as developmental
activities address the needs of all the people.
• We cannot have equitable and sustainable
development unless rights of women and gender
equality considerations are brought into planning
frameworks
•
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ANY QUESTIONS?

DANIEL MAPULANGA
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT PLANNING
KABWE MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
dmaplang@yahoo.co.uk