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SADC Gender Protocol Baseline Barometer

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SADC Gender Protocol Baseline Barometer Gender Links

 

In August 2008, states in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)[1] adopted the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. The aims of the SADC Protocol are to ensure women’s gender equality and empowerment, to harmonize different international gender protocols to which African states are signatory, to address any emerging gender issues and concerns, to set realistic timeframes for achieving gender objectives with appropriate tracking mechanisms, and to deepen commitment to sustainable development. The SADC Protocol has set forth 28 gender objectives by 2015, addressing issues such as HIV/AIDS, Gender Based Violence, Education, Political Participation, Economic Rights, Peace Building and Conflict Resolution, etc. In order to pressure states to move forward on their commitments, Gender Links developed the SADC Gender Protocol Baseline Barometer to track progress towards gender equality and democracy. See Annex 1 for detailed scoring cards.   

 

Strengths

 

  • The SADC Barometer provides a clear annual tracking mechanism for keeping states accountable to international gender equality commitments. 
  • The Barometer rates states based on the same criteria for comparison purposes. These scorecards can be leveraged for advocacy and lobbying efforts.
  • The tool provides detailed information on policy and legal progress made by country. 
  • A number of case studies are included within each thematic area to gain deeper analysis of progress, or lack thereof, being made. 
  • The report on the annual Barometer includes gender analysis, best practices, and key campaigns to further catalyze changes on the different objectives. 

 

Weaknesses (or not designed for):

 

  • The scope of the SADC Barometer involves comparative breadth, not necessarily depth. We do not have more detailed country information including recent policy/rights successes women’s rights organizations contributed to, local needs, and rights violations.
  • There could be a stronger focus in reporting state-specific policy recommendations for follow up and to push states towards living up to their commitments. Advocacy is further limited by the fact that none of the states have ratified the Protocol yet. There are only signatories at this point. 

 

 


[1] The SADC is a regional body with 15 member states, including Angola, Botswana, DR of Congo, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Seychelles. 


 

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