Protocol on Gender and Development

The Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance has released a position paper on the crucial SADC Protocol on Gender and Development to be placed before heads of state when they meet in South Africa in August. The Protocol is the first and most comprehensive sub-regional effort to bring together all existing commitments to gender equality and setting specific targets and indicators for their attainment.

It is vital that we lobby all concerned to come up with the strongest possible provisions when the Protocol is adopted. This is the final mile! Please add your comments by going to our bulletin board. These comments will be fed into national consultation processes; the gender ministers meeting taking place in Windhoek in late April; the Heads of State summit on Poverty in Mauritius in April, and all other forums leading up to the HOS in August. Make your voice heard! Be part of the change we all seek!

For more information on Gender Links Commentary Service go to www.genderlinks.org.za