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ZAMBIA NATIONAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE SUMMIT AND AWARDS 7 8 MARCH 2012 CRESTA GOLFVIEW LUSAKA

VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER

Kapiri Mposhi District Council

WHAT IS THE LEVEL OF BUY IN AND INVOLVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND POLITICIANS IN THE COE PROCESS?
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Level of buy in is excellent. Attendance of activities under the COE

process by management and Councilors has been almost 100%. Participation in deliberations by Councilors and management staff has been very good.

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HAS THE COUNCIL COMPLETED STAGES 1 10? INDICATE TIME - FRAMES

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE Kapiri Mposhi District has completed stages 1 to 6. Stage 1: Meeting with Management Team: 24th June

2010 Stage 2: Situation Analysis: 24th June 2010 Stage 3: Council Level Policy and implementation Workshop: 15th -17th September 2010 Stage 4: Community Mobilization: 15-17 th September 2010 Stage 6: Cyber dialogue: 7th December 2010 Support to implementation 7th September 2011

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IS THERE A HIGH LEVEL GENDER CHAMPION?

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Yes there is; Name: Councillor Benadette Chabakale Phone: 0977709891 Email: Chabakale@hotmail.com

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DOES THE COE HAVE A GENDER AND GBV ACTION PLAN THAT HAS BEEN ALIGNED TO THE NEW COE PLANNING FRAMEWORK? IS THIS ACTION PLAN ADOPTED AND SIGNED?

Kapiri Mposhi District Council has a

Gender and GBV Action Plan. The Action Plan has been aligned to the COE Planning Framework The Action Plan has been adopted and signed.

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ARE MEN AND WOMEN EQUALLY CONCERNED AND RESPONSIBLE FOR GENDER AND GBV? HOW ARE THEY INVOLVED? Men and women are equally concerned

and responsible for Gender and GBV This is evidenced by high levels of participation from both men and women in the implementation the Action Plan and other important activities like womens day and 16 days of Gender activism.
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Officers Participating in Womens Day Activities

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DOES THE COE HAVE DEDICATED RESOURCES, INCLUDING HUMAN AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES FOR GENDER MAINSTREAMING and GBV INITIATIVES?

Kapiri Council has dedicated financial

resources through the inclusion of activities from the Gender and GBV Action Plan in its annual Budget Human resources has been dedicated through the formation of committee whose responsibility is to ensure that the G & GBV action plan is implemented.
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RESOURCEFULNESS? HAS THE COE SUCCESSFULLY MOBILISED OTHER FINANCIAL AND HUMAN RESOURCES? HOW ARE THESE BEING EFFICIENTLY USED?

Local Authority involved stakeholders from other Government Departments, the police and NGOs during the Policy and Implementation W/shop. This ensured that other players at district level benefitted from the workshop and were able to share the knowledge acquired to other people that they interact in their course of work. In addition, these same stakeholders are part

of the G&GBV action. This means that the CEO is making use of the human financial resources that they bring to the table. NAME OF GOOD PRACTISE

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MONITORING AND EVALUATION HOW DOES THE COE TRACK AND EVALUATE PROGRESS? HOW DOES THE COE TAKE CORRECTIVE ACTION WHERE NECESSARY? The COE has developed a set of targets

and indicators to measure progress. This is used as a tool for monitoring and Evaluation. Corrective action is taken immediately it is noticed that implementation is not going as per plan.

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED IN YOUR COE COUNCIL?

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Awareness of Gender and GBV has

greatly improved among COE staff The COE has managed to implement a number of activities that are in the Action Plan e.g erection of parks, Lighting of strategic places with a view to make them more safe,

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WHAT IMPACT CAN THE COE SHOW WITH REFERENCE TO THE 28 TARGETS OF THE SADC PROTOCOL ON GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT? Under Representation, sex disegreted data is being updated. On Gender based violence. Street lighting budgeted for. This will help to make the streets safer for women. Gender in existing services. Street naming exercise is in progress to help emergency services locate who call for emergency services.
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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION ARE THE ACTIONS DESCRIBED SUSTAINABLE? CAN THEY BE REPLICATED BY OTHER COUNCILS?
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Practice is sustainable especially that it

is being mainstreamed. Similarly replication to lower Local Government structures is possible especially that Zambia is in the process of implementing the decentralization policy.

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WHAT ARE SOME OF THE LESSONS LEARNED?

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Mainstreaming

of Gender makes resource mobilization easier and ensures sustainability. Sensitization of Key personnel makes it easy to implement the process. Council intends to employ the same strategies when replicating the COE process to lower organs of LG and other Key stakeholders in the near future.
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ANY QUESTIONS?

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