| Organisation |
SADC Gender Unit |
| Alternate Name |
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| Abbreviation |
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| Parent |
Department of Strategic Planning, Gender & Policy Harmonization |
| u.r.l. |
http://www.sadc.int/odes/gender/index.php |
| email |
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| Country |
Botswana |
| Location |
Gaborone |
| Address |
SADC Secretariat, Gaborone |
| Postal Address |
Private Bag 0095 |
| Telephone |
+267-395 1863 |
| Management u.r.l. |
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| Fax |
+267-097 2848/318 1070 |
| Sector |
Regional Economic Organisations |
| Organisation Type |
African Multilateral |
| Status |
Established Jun 1998 |
| Stated Role |
The Gender Unit is responsible for advising on matters pertaining to gender mainstreaming and empowerment strategies and providing strategic direction in gender mainstreaming to the SADC Secretariat and Member States. With Gender Mainstreaming the Unit is responsible for infusing the perspectives and strategic needs of both women and men in policy and programme planning, formulation and implementation. The Gender Unit also promotes the full and equal participation of women and men in all decision making processes at all levels through gender analysis to identify access variations and differential impacts on women and men of all projects, programmes and policies. In using the above, measures could be developed to bring out equitable participation and equal benefits for women and men. <P>The functions and responsibilities of the SADC Gender Unit, among others, include facilitating, coordinating and monitoring the implementation of SADC Gender Commitments at both national and regional levels. The Gender Unit is also tasked with the mandate to facilitate the development and application of skills in gender analysis and gender mainstreaming in policy and programme/project development, review, planning and budgeting. This strategy is employed in order to ascertain that women and men are equal participants and beneficiaries of the development processes coordinated at the regional and national levels, to ensure that a gender perspective permeates the entire SADC Programme of Action and Community Building Initiative. <P> |
| Activities |
The six (6) priority areas of the SADC Gender Programme as stipulated by the RISDP are; <P>Policy Development and Harmonization <P>Gender Mainstreaming <P>Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building <P>Women’s Empowerment Programmes including; Women’s Human Rights; Women and Girl Child Education; Violence Against Women and Children; Sexual and Reproductive Health & Rights including HIV and AIDS; Women’s Economic Empowerment; Media and Information; and Women in Politics and Decision Making. <P>Communication, Information Sharing and Networking; <P>Monitoring & Evaluation. <P> |
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