SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS
28 – 30 MARCH 2011
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KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH

EMPOWERMENT

AFRICA
“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER
VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015”

CITY OF HARARE: ENG. PM. PFUKWA

 SUMMARY
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Welcome to City of Harare

Zimbabwe

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PROJECTS:WOMEN EMPOWERMENT
COUNCIL STRUCTURE

Town Clerk

Director Director Harare

Chamber
Secretary
City Treasurer Engineering Urban Water
Services Planning

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 DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SERVICES
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TOWN CLERK

DIRECTOR
ENGINEERING SERVICES

ROADS QUARRY FARMS PDU WORKSHOPS

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 FARMS STRUCTURE
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DEPARTMENT
OF ENGINEERING
SERVICES

CROWBOROUGH INGWE PENSION

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 PURPOSE OF CATTLE FARMS
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• To handle treated sewer water in

open lands that irrigates pasture
grass.

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 STATISTICS - WORKERS
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• 124 Employees

• 300 Dependants

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 CATTLE RANCHING

Beef masters

• Current 5 000 - with 75% for breeding

• Capacity 11 000

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Beef Cattle Ranching
 HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING
THIS PROBLEM?
• The farming community is always
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looked down upon

• Women are generally the marginalised

• The breadwinners are husbands

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 HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYING
THIS PROBLEM?

• Work in City of Harare Farms

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• Employed at lower levels that cannot

afford decent life.

• They are a closed community who live in

“isolation” on the farms.

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FARM COMMUNITY
 IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?
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• It addresses the issues of self reliance

poverty in the Farms Community
empowering the women.

• Source of PPC for Farms and the

City of Harare.

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 HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING
THI S PROBLEM?
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• Women have been encouraged to start on

projects that can financially change their lives.

• A Sewing Project was started and the speciality

being City of Harare uniforms and protective
clothing.

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LOOK WHAT HAS BEEN
DONATED!
 HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSING
THI S PROBLEM?
• City of Harare will purchase the uniforms
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and protective clothing from the project

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instead of purchasing from other

companies.

• Can be expand to supply other

companies who need the goods made
by this group.

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 WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THE
PROJECT?
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• The project is intended to be an on going business

• It has kicked off using funds contributed by the local

community.

• To grow faster they need support for two years.

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 WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? ARE
WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

• City of Harare is the key target.

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• Spouses of City of Harare Farm workers.

• The City of Harare and the project members.

• Women dominate the project membership

• Most of the men are employees of City of Harare and are

actually the sponsors of the project through their spouses.

• This will operate as an independent group.

CITY OF HARARE: ENG. PM. PFUKWA

ASSEMBLY LINE
 WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? ARE
WOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

• Technical equipment/building
maintenance
• Operation
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• Management/marketing/finance

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 RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN
AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?
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•
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THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED BY THE

WOMEN.

- 3X SEWING MACHINES – SECOND HAND

- 1X OVERLOCKING MACHINE – SECOND HAND

- 2X PAIRS OF HEAVY DUTY SCISSORS

- SEWING MATERIAL (CLOTH)/THREAD

- LABOUR

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„STATE OF THE ART‟ SEWING
MACHINE
WOMEN AT WORK
 RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN
AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?
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• Elected their own chairperson and other

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committee members monitor the project and

utilisation of their resources.

• There is need to more training in

management/financial/company running.

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 RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN
AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?
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• To move to industrial factory shell

• Office equipment

• Machines and Equipment.

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 RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN
AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?
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• Elected their own chairperson and other

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committee members monitor the project

and utilisation of their resources.

• There is need to more training in

management/financial/company running.

CITY OF HARARE: ENG. PM. PFUKWA

 RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMAN
AND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?
PROJECTS: WOMEN

• Elected their own chairperson and other

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committee members monitor the project and

utilisation of their resources.

• There is need to more training in

management/financial/company running.

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 MONITORING AND EVALUATION
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• The Department of Engineering Services

constantly
monitors the project

• Human Resources Department through

Social Worker monitors regularly.

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 WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?
• Took part in the Agricultural Show displays.

• Displays of project items (protective clothing)

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were done at the 2010 Long Service Award

Ceremony as a marketing strategy to the City of
Harare.

• Samples of uniforms have since been supplied to

City of Harare‟s purchasing department.
Approaching the City Council to purchase from
this group.

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 IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOL
TARGETS)
• Alleviation of poverty through sales of items from the
project.
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• Empowerment of the disadvantaged members of

society through financial independence of women.

• Empowering of a woman is empowering the whole

family through education of their children and the
welfare of the family.

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 EFFECTIVENESS
• It is effective. At the 2010 Harare
Agricultural Show. Items ranging from
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shirts, trousers, children‟s dresses,

aprons and hats attracted 1st Prizes.

• City of Harare has actually indicated their

desire to purchase uniforms and
protective clothing from the project.

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 SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION
• The demand of protective clothing is
monthly or annually.
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• Will expand to sell to other municipalities

• Compete with other companies

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 LESSONS LEARNED
• That the disadvantaged members of the community
when empowered can grow out of poverty.
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• Women family contributions are immense and

equally contribute to the country‟s fiscas.

• Formal education is not everything people can earn

a living through using own hands.

• They are self driven.

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THE FACTORY AND „FAN CLUB‟
 LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE
• Expand sewing to Ingwe & Pension
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• Pre school/creche

• Junior School

• Clinic and the First Aiders training

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 SAMPLES OF PPC PRODUCED
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ON BEHAHF OF CITY OF HARARE
Director Engineering Services
Eng Phillip M. Pfukwa: THANKS YOU ALL
 CITY OF HARARE
THANKS YOU ALL

I WILL NOW TAKE

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