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ZAMBIALOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE
SUMMIT AND AWARDS
23rd 25th April, 3012Kopanong
365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AND
EMPOWER WOMEN
NAME OF GOOD PRACTISE
CENTREOF
EXCELLEN
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POLICY FRAMEWORK
Chingola MunicipalCouncil is currentlyusing a National
Gender Policy. The department of
Planning has beentasked to come up
with the policy.
However, the GenderAction Plan is in placeand being
implemented.
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GOVERNANCE
Representation
At the moment we have no female councilor chairing a
council committee because they are still new and thegender sub committee has been engaging them incapacity building meetings so as to boost theirconfidence
Item Male Female Total
Civic leaders 25 02 27
ManagementStaff 07 04 11
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Representation Cont.
ParticipationWomen and men participate equally in Council meetings
and decisions are made collectively.
Public participation
There is equal participation of women and men at public
meetings and examples of such meetings such as
Market Committee held quarterly, hygiene awareness atmarkets, Resident Development Committees (monthly),Agricultural show (annually), cultural shows and duringDDCC meetings.
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MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO EXISTING
PROGRAMMES
Procurement
Have a procurement planthat is followed which issupporting women
contractors to be givenjobs.
Climate change and
sustainabledevelopment
Council is aware of theissues and had aworkshop on climate
change and womenattended.
Department of Health andEnvironment worked withhigh school pupils whoare called climateambassadors to sensitisethe community.N
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Cont. Land and housing
The council is following
the 30% national targeton land allocation but istrying to reach the SADCprotocol target of 50%.The council has a plan ofconstructing 100 housingunits and 30% will go to
women employees.
Water and sanitation
The council is working
together with the water
utility company in theimplementation ofprojects and committeeshave both men and
women. Environmental health
Chingola Council hashealth campaigns suchas Keep Chingola Clean,hold education talks andhas engaged 35 womenwho are engaged as
street sweepers.
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Cont.HIV/AIDS and Care
- We are currently using a
National and the draft policyof the council. Council workplan has activities on HIV
- Have a council clinic that is
administering care topatients and we are runningschemes with the minehospital as well as the govt.hospital.
- We district condoms andICT material and carry outcampaigns and nutritionprogrammes are conducted
in various areas
Social development
Council is supportingrecreation facilities suchas play parks, communityhalls and youthdevelopment centres. All
the mentioned activitiescan be accessed by bothmale and female.
Have developed one
children centre for womenmarketeers so that theycan keep their childrensafe while trading
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GENDER SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES
GBV flagship plan
Street lighting and streetnaming is going on.
Electrifying markets andpublic places is ongoing.
Promoteentrepreneurship skillsamong women
Construct and maintainpublic toilets
Construction of policeposts in peri urban areas.
Maintenance andupgrading of play parks
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EMPLOYMENT PRACTISES AND ENVIROMENT
Selection and
recruitment Consideration is done on
a 50% basis and numberof women in decision
making positions hasincreased
Capacity building
Training of staff is done
on 50% basic and thereis a policy in place and allworkshops/meetings areattended by both sexes.
Working conditions
and environment The environment is
conducive and ouremployees have been
sensitised on sexualharassment and how toreport such cases.
There is good working
relationship betweenmanagement and staff sothat workers are free tointeract.
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GENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Gender structures
There is a gendercommittee in place with achairperson who is also afocal point person and
reports to management.
Budgets
Council has a genderresponsive budget andhas planned fundraisingventures so assupplement efforts ofcouncil
Monitoring andevaluation
M and E is done throughmeetings that are held
every 2 months and is inthe process of coming upwith a tool after themeeting with genderlinks.
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ADDITONAL COMMENTS
Gender Links is yet to
sensitize the council on Mand E and also climatechange andenvironmental protection.
The council is reviewingits strategic plan for 2012 2016 and has includedgender and HIV/AIDS.This has also reflected inthe annual work plan.
We are on truck withmainstreaming gender in
council activities andworkers are participating
fully.
Have managed to comeup with a brochure that isexplaining the mandates
of the council we areusing the same to engagemore stakeholders
Have managed to visit
orphanages to educatechildren on various issuesand encourage womenwho look after them
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During visits to orphanages
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STRENGHTS
Council has a genderresponsive budget
Have an action plan
Have included genderand HIV/AIDS in thestrategic plan and council
annual work plan Have a committee in
place that isimplementing the plan
Availability of positive andmotivated stakeholderswho are working with usin implementing the plan
Have a training policy andwomen employees areable to be capacity built.
Have qualified personnelwho are able to interpretactivities
Civic leaders haveaccepted and supportinggender/HIV and AIDsmainstreaming
Council has a mandate tomake bylaws.
Have organisationsfunding women groups
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CHALLENGES
Have no M and E tool at
the moment to be usedin tracking progressapart from regularmeetings
Some men still thinkgender is just aboutwomen
Population is increasingand it will take time todisseminate information
on GBV
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LESSONS LEARNED
People are willing to beinvolved in the fight
against GBV if you givethem proper advice andknowledge.
It is important to keep
baseline data so that youcan know how you areperforming in terms ofreducing GBV.
It is important to have agender responsive budgetto address the issues ofGBV and mainstreaming
Communication andcoordination among allStakeholders is veryimportant in issues ofstopping GBV
Having genderdesegregated data is veryimportant so tha we knowwhether women arebenefiting equally from
the services that areprovided
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NEXT STEPS
Chingola MunicipalCouncil will improve onfunding the activities ofgender by increasingmoney allocated
We continue visitingother councils so thatwe can improve in the
implementation
Come up with the councilgender as well as theHIV/AIDs policies
CHINGOLA
MUNICIPAL
COU
NCIL
CENTRE OF EXECELLENCE
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