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COUNTRY: SOUTH AFRICA

LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDSDATE: 23 25 APRIL 2012

VENUE: KOPANONG HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AND EMPOWER

WOMEN

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CAPRICORN

DISTRICT MUNICIPALITY


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P O L IC Y F R A M E W O R K Gender Strategy is in place and implemented

Disability Strategy

Childrens Strategy

Older Person Strategy

The council is aware of other Gender Legislations e.g.Domestic Violence Act, Maintenance Act etc

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G O V E R N A N C ERepresentation:

Political

Council:54 District Councilors: 51% males

and 49% females

Mayoral:50/50 @ Mayoral Committee

Portfolio Committees: 59% females and 41

males

Administration Senior Management: 29% females and 71%

males

Management: 25% females and 65% males

Staff Establishment

32% females & 68% males

Disability at 2.5%

Participation

District Women Caucuses.

803 people (546 females) attended the

tender briefing sessions. (this quarter)

Hosts Mens Dialogues

Public participation

Adopted attendance register: Monitoring

tool IDP Public Consultations

Council Outreach Programmes

803 people (546) females attended the

tender briefing sessions.

Women in Dialogue for 50/50 campaign

GBV Summit:

GBV Road shows

HIV/AIDS Community Dialogues

Youth Health Campaigns

Awareness Campaigns on Crime against

PWD

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Ma in s t r eam ing Gende r in t o Ex is t ing P rog ram me sProcurement:

Out of 43 municipal projects, with total budget of

R93 263 587.58, females @ 42.30% with the

budget of R42 711 441.62 and males 57.70% with

the budget of R50 552 145.96

The projects created 2180 jobs: 93% females & 7%

males

Climate change and sustainable development

Land and housing

Transferred projects & beneficiaries are 16. 15

females & 11 males at total of 1935 hectors.

Settled claims is at 55% females and 44% males

with 17 965.48 hectors.

Water

3417 Households have access to water.

Sanitation

Sanitary systems: flushing toilets, ventilated

improved pit toilets (VIP),Ordinary pit toilets. 6565 beneficiaries: 54% females & 46% males

Environmental health

Manufacturing of herbal medicines: Muringa

Social development

OR Tambo games, Indigenous Games, Wellness

games, Sports Against Crime, Race AgainstHIV/AIDS where men, boys women & girls

participate.

HIV/AIDS and Care Work:_

3,500 caregivers: (3325) 95 % females & (175 ) 5%

males

The workshops AGBV & HIV/AIDS: 241 Home

Based Caregivers 233 females & 8 males.

76 funded HBC & 87 funded DIC

Campaigns on HCT: 5598 people ,1122 tested: 393

females & 265 males. 45 males & 46 females tested

positive.

Placement of US Peace Corps Volunteers to assist

care HBC & DIC

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GENDER SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES

GBV flagship plan

365 Days Action Plan to end Violence

Participation of 16 days of Activism

The budget is R380 000.00

Public Awareness Campaigns

Take back the night campaigns

GBV Road shows

Taverns, taxi & bus ranks dialogues onGBV & HIV/AIDS

Condom distribution: Taverns, taxi & bus

ranks, shops, spaza shops

Public Education on Domestic Violence

Act.

Stage Dramas: transmission of HIV/AIDS &

impact of Mixt in our children

Gender Programmes

Take a Girl/Boy Child to work day

Dignity Packs/Sanitory Towel Campaign

Assertiveness Workshops

Womens Parliament

Womens Caucus

Mens Forum

Breast Cancer Awareness Campaigns

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EMPLOYMENT PRACTISES AND ENVIROMENT

Selection and recruitment

Selection and Recruitment Policy in place

Striving for 50/50 on interview panel

Capacity building

260 officials & counselors were provided with different trainings: 145 females & 115 males

Working conditions and environment

Family responsibility leave with full pay

Provision of maternity leave with full pay

Appreciation for work well done

OHS Committee

Tool to do the work: car & phone allowance

Budget

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GENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

Gender structures Gender Unit located in the

Office of the Mayor.

Special Focus Portfolio

Budgets

A budget of R1,8 m -2011/12

Monitoring and evaluation

Standard Attendance

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ADDITONAL COMMENTS

Employee Wellness Programme

The wellness unit that assist employees who experienced

personal challenges.

Support of sport or recreational programme through the unit.

Full support to our Local Municipalities

District Wide Bursary Programme

There is a continued bursary programme internal and external.

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STRENGTHS

Political Support

Special Focus Unit

Sufficient Budget

Human Resource

Good working environment:

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CHALLENGES

Some reports that are not sex disaggregated.

50/50 target at decision making not met.

Lack of integration of policies and mechanism for the promotion of gender

equality.

Zero% representation of PWD at management level.

Lack of effective management of recruitment and selection policy.

Replacement of women by men on women vacated posts.

A need for capacity building of ward counsellors on gender issues.

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LESSONS LEARNED

The lack of progress, requires a

serious re-thinking of current policies

in order to meet the gender balance

targets.

Women at lower levels are in majority

with 68% which witness the fact thatwomen are less earners in most of the

organizations.

Only 29% representation of women in

management positions which is a

matter of concern.

The importance of partnership and

integrated planning.

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Academic

Institutions

Communities

BusinessCommunity

Traditional

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NEXT STEPS

To cascade the programme to Local Municipalities.

Encourage more networks.

Rope in more partners especial NGOs.

Strengthen audit: representation

Tighten the monitoring of mainstreaming of Gender issuesin the municipal programme

Formulation of Gender Policies in LMs.

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