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Southern Africa
Within this sub-region, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 6 countries (Angola, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe). Southern Africa is home to countries of medium (Gabon 93) to the lowest (Zimbabwe 169) levels of human development, in addition to post-conflicts countries. According to the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI,) countries in Southern Africa rank from 8 (Lesotho) to 106 (Zambia).
For information on National Action Plans in the region for SCR 1325, please click here.
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News
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February 8, 2012 (New Internationalist)
ZIMBABWE: Rape at the Border: How Immigration Officials Are Abusing Women in Zimbabwe As we were growing up, we used to hear a story about Nigerian immigration that best illustrated corruption in Africa: it was said when travelling into Nigeria, you had to pay a bribe to the immigration officials even if all your papers were in order. If you neglected to pay the mandatory bribe, the official would return your passport to you and say a page was missing from your passport. -
January 18, 2012 (Vatican Radio)
SOUTH AFRICA: The Southern African Catholic Bishops Conference Appoints a Woman as New Secretary-General The bishops of Southern Africa have appointed Sister Hermenegild Makoro as the new Secretary- General of the Southern African Catholic Bishops' Conference. She will replace Fr Vincent Brennan SMA who is to retire in March. -
December 5, 2011 (BizCommunity.com)
South Africa: Legal Aid in Fight Against Women and Child Abuse Vulnerable women seeking advice and assistance at the Randburg Magistrate's Court during the 16 Days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children will have access to expert legal counsel from Norton Rose South Africa. -
November 29, 2011 (Daily News)
SOUTH AFRICA: Women Activists Take a Stand Seventeen young women arrived in Durban to ensure that decisions made at the 17th Conference of the Parties on climate change (COP17) take gender issues into account. -
November 29, 2011 (The New Age)
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Guest Column: Running Out of Time on Violence This year marks the 20th anniversary of the global 16 days of activism on gender violence campaign, and a decade of the annual commemoration in southern Africa. Each year during the 16 days we stop and ponder achievements and accomplishments and assess how much further we still have to go.
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Resources
- SWAZILAND: Cabinet Has Approved the Following, Swazi Observer, 5 October 2011
- Women and Law Enforcement in Zimbabwe, An African Democracy Institute and the Research and Advocacy Unit, March 1, 2011 | Download PDF
- Zimbabwe: African 'Tradition' And Women's Oppression , Government of Zimbabwe, December 8, 2010
- Commitments Database: A 1325 Call to Action Statement Namibia, Namibia, September 25, 2010 | Download PDF
- Programming to Address Violence Against Women: 8 Case Studies (Volume 2), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 2009 | Download PDF
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Initiatives
- OPINION: Maybe Together We Women Can Make a Difference…, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , April 25, 2011
- COMMENTt: Govt Must Subsidise Maternity Costs , Online Dialogues & Blogs, , January 10, 2011
- CAMPAIGN: Breakthrough! Anti-Rape Campaign Enters the National Conversation in South Africa, Campaigns, , January 7, 2011
- BLOG: Gender-Based Violence: Emptying the Meaning of Peace and Democracy, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , December 6, 2010
- MEETING: Angola: Female Journalists Discuss Gender, Governance, Conferences & Meetings, , November 30, 2010
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Organizations
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Southern African Women's Peace Forum
(SAWPF)
The Southern African Women's Peace Forum is a newly established, international non-governmental organisation dedicated to achieving the full, equal and effective participation of women in formal and informal peace processes in Southern Africa. The aims of the SAWPF include monitoring and promoting the implementation of regional, continental and international commitments relating to women, peace and security such as the African Union's Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security. For more information about the aims of the SAWPF - Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Project (WLSA)
- Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE)
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
- African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town
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