CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AND EMPOWER

SOUTH AFRICA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE SUMMIT AND AWARDS 23-25 APRIL 2012 KOPANONG HOTEL & CONFERENCE CENTRE - JOHANNESBURG

WOMEN

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POLICY FRAMEWORK
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SACD Protocol(GBV Plan in IDP) Gender Policy Disability Policy HIV/AIDS Policy Indigent Households Policy Employment Equity Policy Staffing Policy Youth Policy Skills Development Plan Occupational Health and Safety Policy Procurement Framework(SCM) Local Economic Development and Tourism Strategy

Ensure allocation of resources

Mainstreaming of a GENDER centered approach in policy, planning, programming, communication and funding

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GOVERNANCE
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REPRESENTATION COUNCIL REPRESENTATION OCCUPATIONAL LEVEL

13 Male(48%), 14 Female Councillors(52%) Mayoral Committee 4 Males(57%) And 3 Females(43%) Ward Committee(50/50)

Senior Management F 15 M 18 Professionally Unqualified and Experiences Specialists and Middle Management F 21 M 21 Management, Supervisors, Foremen and Superintendents F 87 M 61

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REPRESENTATION

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FINANCIAL, HUMAN RESOURCES, LEGAL SERVICES: Ald J v/d Merwe Clr P Terblanche Clr J J Gerber Clr Ms E Meyer Clr D van Rensburg Clr Ms N Jwili Clr R Skombingo Clr P du Plessis (sec)

COMMUNITY SERVICES Clr Me S Moodie Clr Ms D Nqayi Clr H Levendal Clr P A du Plessis Ald N Lodewyks Clr Ms M van Wyk Clr Ms F Mdumiso Clr Ms E Meyer (sec)

TECHNICAL SERVICES Ald E Scheepers Clr N Booisen Clr P Terblanche Clr Ms D Nqayi Clr J J Gerber Clr E Booysen Clr Ms L Boom Ald N J Lodewyks (sec)

SOCIAL SERVICES & LOCAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SERVICES Clr Ms V Fortuin Clr D van Rensburg Clr H Levendal Cur Ms J Siyoko Clr Ms E Meyer Clr Ms N Mzola Clr Ms E Malilwana Clr Ms D Nqayi (sec)

DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING Clr J C Bayman Clr H Levendal Clr N Booisen Clr Ms J Siyoko Clr J Lodewyks Clr S Mbandezi Clr Ms T Mkayo Clr Ms S Moodie (sec)

EXECUTIVE MAYORAL Ald M Ferreira Clr H Levendal Ald E Scheepers Ald J v/d Merwe Clr Ms S Moodie Clr Ms V Fortuin Clr JC Bayman

ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD GENDER FOCAL PERSON

Ms Alma Kritzinger Dr M Gratz

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GOVERNANCE
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Hospital Council F4 Bartolomeus Diaz Museum F1M2 Msb Health Forum F4 Youth F1M1 Benevolent Park F3 Msb Public Library F2M1 South Cape Technical College F1 M 2 PUBLIC PARTICIPATION

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Urban Renewal Committee F1M2 Gender Disability & Hiv/Aids F2M1 Herbertsdale/Brandwacht Work For Water F2M2 Herbertsdale Police Forum F2M2 Dalmeida Police Forum F3M1 Kwanonqaba Police Forum F2M2 Mossel Bay Police Forum F1M3

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MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO EXISTING PROGRAMMES

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Tender Register HDI Status BBBEE Women in Construction SMME Development Informal Trading Led Strategy

PROCUREMENT

CLIMATE CHANGE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Waste Management Business opportunities in waste Education en Skills Development programs Air Quality Management Plan Projects linked to the Integrated Waste Management Sector Plan Green Economy(Go Green)

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MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO EXISTING PROGRAMMES

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Sex disaggregated data on HIV/AIDS PEP Awareness HIV/AIDS and gender public awareness programs, Education and Awareness on Equal power relations Voluntary Counseling, Testing, men behavior change through PMTCT training, Peer Education ART Sites, TB Clinics and Satellite Sites, DOT Workers, HBC Workers 4 Clinics, 5 Satellite Clinics', 5 Mobile Clinics, 1 District Hospital

HIV/AIDS AND CARE

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Food Gardens Soup Kitchens Clothing Banks War On Poverty(EDC , Crches) Sewing Projects Elderly Programmes Programmes for Women(Rural Areas) Youth Program's(Teenage Pregnancy's Drug and Alcohol abuse, Career guidance)

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GENDER SPECIFIC PROGRAMMES

PREVENTION

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Audit of GBV, Safe houses and basic services i.t.o Protocol on Gender and Development Ward Based Training Social Reservists Training Need analysis of childcare facilities

RESPONSE AND COORDINATION

Crime Statistics CPF Forums Social Development Forum Educare Programmers'

SUPPORT
Victim Support Training Peer Education Training Debriefing of VEP Councillors Support Groups Education

AWARENESS
16 days campaign change 365 days campaign Speak outs Budgeting

LINKAGE
Five year action plan Link to IDP Proper Budget

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EMPLOYMENT PRACTISES AND ENVIROMENT

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SELECTION AND RECRUITMENT

CAPACITY BUILDING

WORKING CONDITION AND ENVIRONMENT

Staffing Policy Equity Policy

Gender Specific Training

Equal Benefits Gender Policy Sexual Harassment Policy

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GENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

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GENDER STRUCTURES Gender focal person Political champion Gender Forum Social Development Forum

BUDGETS Provision for gender Equality Crosscutting through Operational and Capital Budget

MONITORING AND EVALUATION HR Systems PMS Systems Gender based on sex disaggregated statistics(EE)

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ADDITONAL COMMENTS
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Equality in accessing justice, marriage and family rights and the rights of widows, elderly women, the girl child, women with disabilities and other socially excluded groups MOSSEL BAY Adoption of GBV Plan Ward based training with Inter Departments Universal Design approach to be pilot Municipality for Universal Access Establishment of Elderly Abuse Forum Endeavour to ensure that 50% of decision-making positions in all public and private sectors are held by women including through the use of affirmative action measures MOSSEL BAY Council representation(52% Female) Equity Comittee

Articles 4-11 : Constitutional and Legal Rights

ART 12-13 : GOVERNANCE (REPRESENTATION AND PARTICIPATION)

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ADDITONAL COMMENTS
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Implementation of variety of strategies including enacting, reviewing, reforming and enforcing laws, aimed at eliminating all forms of gender based violence and trafficking. Package of treatment and care services for survivors of gbv including the access to Post Exposure Prophylaxis and special courts to address these cases. MOSSEL BAY VEP Councelling Community Survey door-2-door Social Development Forum Prevention, treatment, care and support in relation to HIV and AIDS MOSSEL BAY Municipal Aids Council focus on prevention, treatment, care and support Peer Education Training

ART 20 -25 : GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Articles 27 : HIV AND AIDS

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STRENGHTS
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INTERNAL
Good infrastructure Financially strong municipality with good financial systems Functioning of Ward Committees Stable political environment

EXTERNAL
Stable community Good public participation track record Good tourism, sport, medical, educational facilities Desalination Plant Relatively low crime rate

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CHALLENGES
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INTERNAL Budgeting Eskom Price Increases Awareness

EXTERNAL
Unemployment And Poverty Immigration/Influx From Other Provinces Squatting Increasing Population (Informal Settlements, Pressure On Housing, Unemployment, Infrastructure And Municipal Services)

ACTS OF GOD Frequent Floods In Southern Cape Climate Change, Rising Sea Levels, Droughts Erosion Of Dunes Along Coastal Periphery

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LESSONS LEARNED
GOOD PARTNERSHIPS WORK

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Partner organizations were able to help pull resources together and this result in activities having a greater impact.

MOBILISING MEDIA
Deliberate effort made in engaging with the media Influence media content and coverage Need to utilize all types of media such as letter box (poster, sticker/pamphlet), personal, new media (internet, email, cyber dialogues)

INVOLVING SURVIVORS ON GENDER VIOLENCE

Powerful tool to get messages across Need to sustain relations with survivors and use them to assist other survivors via VEP training

ACTIVISM
The power of effective partnerships was manifest by the high level of participants in the 16 Days campaign Stakeholders on board with Ward Based Training

SPLITTING CAMPAIGN
Different wards, have distinct issues and concerns that need to be addressed in different ways

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NEXT STEPS
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Final Adoption of GBV Action Plan Signing of Action Plan Implementation of plan through proper Budgeting

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