17 April 2012 - Fourteen local councils across Zimbabwe have elected to join the Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming in Local Government that devise and implement local level action plans for attaining the SADC Gender Protocol targets.
They held their first summit in Kadoma last month, convened by Gender Links, the Zimbabwe Local Government Association and the Women in Politics Support Unit.
Zimbabwe has signed and ratified the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Gender and Development, committing itself to create mechanisms for ensuring women’s equal participation in all areas of decision-making by 2015.
For the full story, see The Zimbabwean.
17 April 2012 - Fourteen local councils across Zimbabwe have elected to join the Centres of Excellence for Gender Mainstreaming in Local Government that devise and implement local level action plans for attaining the SADC Gender Protocol targets.
They held their first summit in Kadoma last month, convened by Gender Links, the Zimbabwe Local Government Association and the Women in Politics Support Unit.
Zimbabwe has signed and ratified the Southern African Development Community Protocol on Gender and Development, committing itself to create mechanisms for ensuring women’s equal participation in all areas of decision-making by 2015.
For the full story, see The Zimbabwean.