LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ACTION PLANS WORKSHOP

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1 REPORT LOCAL GOVERNMENT GENDER BASED VIOLENCE ACTION PLANS WORKSHOP Province: Limpopo District: Sekhukhune District Municipality Date: 2-3 November 2009 Venue: Elias Motswaledi Municipal offices, Polokwane 1

2 Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Background 4 Process and activities 5 Outcomes 5 Way Forward 6 Annexes A - Programme 7 B - List of participants 9 C - GAP and GBV Status Report 12 D - Group work and discussion 14 E - GBV Action Plan: Elias Motswaledi municipality 15 F - GBV Action Plan: Tubatse municipality 19 G - GBV Action Plan: Marble Hall municipality 22 H - Messaging / slogans /calendar 26 I - SADC Protocol: village level report 28 J - Workshop Evaluation 30 2

3 Executive Summary This is a report on the proceedings of the Local Government Gender Based Violence action plan workshop held from 2-3 November 2009 at the Elias Motswaledi municipality Mayors chambers Globlersdal Polokwane for the Sekhukhune district municipality. Sekhukhune district municipality has five local municipalities namely Elias Motswaledi, Makhuduthamaga, Tubatse, Fetakgomo, and Mable Hall. Makhuduthamaga local municipality was not represented at the workshop. The Tubatse local municipality was well represented so they worked with the Fetakgomo local municipality that was not well represented. Mable Hall local municipality worked with Sekhukhune district municipality as there were two representatives from the district. The purpose of the programme was to; Establish the status of the Gender Action Plans developed in Popularise the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. Develop 365 Day Local Action Plans to end Gender Based Violence or strengthen existing GBV action plans. Develop messages for backstopping the local 365 Day Action Plans to end GBV. Establish communication strategies for the GBV action plans. Inform councils about the collection of good practices for addressing GBV at the local level and in the Gender Justice and Local Government Summit. See the full workshop programme attached at Annex A. The workshop was attended by 22 participants (8 men and 14 women); see Annex B for the full workshop participants list. Current status report on GAP (gender action plan) and GBVP (gender based violence action plans) can be found in a table depicting the current status in terms of challenges and support required, attached at Annex C. All of the group work and discussions are attached at Annex D. The Gender Based Violence Action Plans that the participants produced are attached at Annex E, Annex F, and Annex G for Elias Motswaledi local municipality, Tubatse local municipality with Fetakgomo and Mable Hall local municipality with Sekhukhune district municipality respectively. The GBV messages/slogans and calendar are attached at Annex H. The SADC protocol village level report is attached at Annex I. The participants evaluated the workshop as having been an enlightening workshop. A summarised version of the evaluation forms is attached at the end of this report at Annex J. 3

4 Background The 365 days of Action is a concept, first adopted in South Africa, to extend the 16 days of Activism on Gender violence Campaign to a coordinated and comprehensive year-long response to end gender violence through the development of a National Action Plan. The plan serves as an important tool to strengthen efforts to end gender violence by holding governments, civil society and other stakeholders responsible for commitments they make. The United Nations Secretary General s 2006 report on gender violence highlights the significance of: Comprehensive and coordinated National Action Plans driven by governments States should build and sustain strong multi-sectoral strategies, coordinated nationally and locally. Work to end violence against women requires not only a clear demonstration of political commitment but also systematic and sustained action, backed by strong, dedicated and permanent institutional mechanisms. States should build on the work done by non-governmental organizations (NGOs), scale up and institutionalize it and share experiences with other countries. The SADC Gender and Development Protocol signed in August 2008 sets a target for governments to halve current levels of gender based violence by 2015 and emphasises that States should adopt an integrated approach to address gender violence. South Africa adopted a 365 Day National Action Plan in May 2006 which was launched by the Deputy President in March However, national action plans are only as good as they are implemented at local level if they are to make a difference in the lives of ordinary women, men, girls and boys. The project to develop gender action plans for local government was the outcome of a number of processes. Following the launch of the research, At the Coalface: Gender and Local Government in Southern Africa, Gender Links in partnership with SALGA Gauteng convened a roundtable meeting to review the Gender Policy Framework for Local Government and plan for effective gender mainstreaming in governance processes in the sphere of local government. The final Gender Policy Framework for Local Government was launched in August In November 2007 provincial representatives from SALGA joined a Training of Trainers workshop in Johannesburg to develop the Gender Action Plan Manual for South Africa that was to be used to roll out the gender action plans in all provinces from April to July In 2008 the Limpopo, along with other provinces, developed a gender action plan in which gender based violence included. In this plan gender based violence features as one of the key areas of service delivery. It should be noted that as this was a provincial plan and as such required further fine tuning to suit the specific needs and circumstances of each municipality in the province. Some municipalities have gone ahead and developed their local action plans while others are still in the process of doing this. 4

5 The intention of the GBV action plan workshops is to build on the preceding processes as well as to provide support and backstopping. Participants are encouraged to take time to reflect on progress that has been made in addressing gender violence since these initiatives as well as address the challenges that have been encountered by the different municipalities in developing local plans. The opportunity is also used to devise strategies for collecting good practices to showcase at the first annual Southern Africa local government and Gender Justice Summit and Awards. Process and activities The manual titled, Localising gender justice initiatives allows for maximum participation of participants through various plenary and group work sessions. Gender action plan current status update With each of the nine provinces in South Africa having a developed gender action plan by July 2008 (processes referred to above), it is important to get an update on the status of these and to find out during the GBV action plan workshops if these plans have been filtered down to all district and local municipalities. This session is used to establish whether they have been adopted, whether GBV action plans already exist, and what some of the challenges are that are hindering implementation as well as the kind of support SALGA and GL can offer to address these challenges. Highlights are also shared and a way forward it mapped where necessary. SADC protocol quiz With the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development having been adopted in August 2008, a need was indentified to design a programme that domesticated the Protocol through village and community level workshops, with the aims of raising awareness around the Gender Protocol at the grassroots level. The SADC Protocol on Gender and Development module of the GBV action training manual uses a short SADC knowledge quiz is to test the participants knowledge on the protocol, these quiz results are then consolidated (as below) and the results are use as baseline data on Protocol knowledge. Participants go on to discuss and prioritise the various targets and how these can be implemented in the everyday work of councils. NB: Please see the SADC protocol village level report attached at Annex I and the discussion that followed. Checklist for change and developing a GBV action plan Local government can address gender based violence as a key service delivery issue in a number of ways and before participants start the process of developing the actual GBV action plan, the group goes through a checklist for change that can assist municipalities to get started on either developing a local action plan to end GBV or to see if their action plan addresses key concerns. This checklist is put together across the levels that local government use for planning, i.e. prevention, support, response and coordination and it also includes the transversal issues of monitoring and evaluation and budgets. 5

6 Communicating the action plan Once the participants have developed their GBV action plans, it is important for them to identify very practical tools that they can use to communicate their action plans that target the members of their relevant communities. Communicating gender based violence issues to communities is difficult and therefore if participants have any questions around communication these GBV action plans, it should be addressed during this particular session and therefore it is important that local government officials and councillors put across their messages on GBV to their community members more effectively. Southern Africa Local Government and Gender Justice Summit Before officially concluding the workshop and after summarising everything that was presented during workshops, participants are taken through a PowerPoint presentation on the first Southern Africa local government and gender justice summit and awards that will be taking place. The application process and adjudication process is explained and pamphlets are distributed to all participants. Outcomes The Roadmap for ending gender violence at the local level, specific to the needs of that particular municipality/community. Mechanisms for sharing good practice and strengthening practice on the ground and participants to have a better understanding of the expectations for the first local government and gender justice summit and awards taking place in Way Forward All representatives felt that the whole exercise to do the action plan was very intense in a way that they did not do justice to it, so they needed a day to go and give justice to the plan. What is the way forward here? What are they planning to do? All municipalities will contact SALGA with a comprehensive plan and find a way forward from then. Ending Gender Base Violence was never planed or budgeted for, so proper Audits on it and its prevalence will from now on be documented properly. The Draft GBV action plan will need to be presented at a Council meeting so that it can be adopted. Municipalities will contact SALGA and Gender Links should they have problems implementing the plans. 6

7 Annex A: Programme PROGRAMME Time Action Who DAY ONE 8:00 8:50 Welcome and opening 8:50 9:10 Purpose of the workshop 9:10 9:30 Report on the gender action plans that were developed in 2007 SALGA 9:30 10:00 Discussion How can challenges in implementing committed actions be overcome? What support is required and from who? 7 GL facilitator SALGA 10:00 10:30 TEA 10:30 10:45 SADC Protocol Quiz GL facilitator 10:45 11:30 DVD: Roadmap to equality To introduce the SADC Gender Protocol and its relevance to local government. 11:30 13:00 Strategies to popularise the protocol 13:00 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 15:00 GBV as a key service delivery issue GL facilitator Checklist for change for local government 15:00-17:00 Developing a 16 Days calendar and action plan Prevention Response Support Budget, monitoring and evaluation 16:00 16:15 TEA DAY TWO 8:30 9:00 Report back GL facilitator 9:00 10:00 Communicating the local GBV action plan 9:30 11:00 Group work: Developing messages and slogans Developing a calendar of dates 11:00 11:30 TEA 11:30 12:00 Designing a poster 12:00 13:00 Report back 13:00 14:00 LUNCH 14:00 15:00 Gender Justice and Governance Summit: Collecting, documenting and presenting good practices on prevention of GBV by local municipalities 15:00 15:30 TEA 15:30 16h30 Way forward and open discussion Support for implementing 365 Day action GL facilitator

8 Time Action Who plans Collecting local best practices on preventing gender violence Gender justice and local government summit Monitoring and evaluation AOB 8

9 Annex B: List of participants Attendance List Local Government GBV Action Plan Workshop Name Sex M/F Organisation/ Municipality Tel Fax 1. Kupa C.R F CDW Schoeman C F Dept local gov and housing schoemanc@limdlgh.gov.za 3. Phetla B.M F CDW M ELLIAS MOTSWALEDI mmokganyetji@emlm.co.za Ditshego M.J MUNICIPALITY M Greater Sekhukhune district magasengp@sekhukhune.co.za Magaseng Africa municipality 6. F Greater Mable Hall _ Mokwena M.E municipality 7. F Road and transport Tubatse _ Tjie T.M municipality 8. Maroga T.A F CLLR Greater Tubatse Matjie L.M F Special Programmes _ 10. Sekgobela J.B F Gender and women unity Shingange O M CDP Unity Tubatse Mashigo M M IDP Manager mmmashigo@tubatse.gov.za 13. Kgoshi M.A Matlala M Matlala Dichoeng T/C _ 14. Makua D.M M Fetakgomo special /7 _ programme 15. Maloka Irene F Ward committee F Special programmes officer pmakgoga@marblehall.gov.za Makgoga Patricia 17. M GREATER Tubatse Kgoshi P.D Phasha municipality 18. Tshoshane M.K F Ellias Mtswaledi local municipality 9

10 Name Sex Organisation/ Tel Fax M/F Municipality 19. Mpho Selepe F SALGA mmphahlele@salga.org.za 20. Phala M.D F COUNCILLOR _ 21. Nkonyana T M GSDM nkonyana@sekhukhune.co.za 22. F Greater Marble Hall _ Lucy Seloane municipality 23. Tshoshane M.K F ELML Councillor Mkwanazi P.Z F IDP Officer Greater mkwanaziz@sekhukhune.co.za Sekhukhune 6440/ Municipality F Gtm women unity Sekgobela Beefy 26. F Local gov & housing Makhomisane Ester Makhomisane@limdplgh.gov.za F GSDM _ 27. Kabini Thembi Attendance statistics by gender Females 8 20% Males 14 80% TOTAL % 10

11 Annex C: Current Status Report - GAP and GBV AP Local municipality Gender action plan in existence /adopted Sekhukhune District Municipality, Limpopo Person Highlights / Challenges faced responsible achievements for Gender Support required from SALGA and GL 365 Day GBV action plan existence / adopted No gender action plan in place. No GBV action plan in place. Elias Motswaledi No gender action plan in place. No GBV action plan in place. Fetakgomo No gender action plan in place. No GBV action plan in place. Mable Hall No gender action plan in place. Magaseng Africa Ditshego M.J Makua.D.M Patricia Mokgoga days of activism is always planned and budgeted. Collaboration and support given to the local municipality. 16 days of activism is always planned and budgeted for 16 days of activism is always planned and budgeted for 16 days of activism is always planned and budgeted for Changes of management in the office with no continuity of what was planned for. Special programmes person who is a gender focal person is new in the office. The person responsible for gender is all special programs. All programs get a single budget. The person responsible for gender is all special programs. All programs get a single budget. The person responsible for gender is all special Need SAlGA and Gender links to assist in implementing the action plan. Need SAlGA and Gender links to assist in implementing the action plan. Need SALGA and Gender links to assist in implementing the action plan. Need SALGA and Gender links to assist in implementing the 11

12 No GBV action plan in place. Tubatse No gender action plan in place. Makhuduthamaga No GBV action plan in place. Not represented Matjie L.M programs. All programs get a single budget. 16 days of activism The person responsible for gender is all special programs. All programs get a single budget. action plan. Need SALGA and Gender links to assist in implementing the action plan. 12

13 Annex D: Group work and discussions Discussions: Questions and comments that took place during the completion of the GBV actions plans We were not aware of what aspect to identify when we do a GBV action plan. If the government bring back the death penalty some of the violence we see might no happen. The government is too leanient on the perpetrators of gender base violence especially those who harm children. Illegal initiation schools harsh punishments must be taken against. Group work Exercise: What is the SADC protocol on gender and development? Group 1: What work is already happening to achieve the targets in the Protocol? Constitutional and legal right, the constitution of our country facilitate that no one should be discriminated against in terms of sex, culture, sexuality. Governance, women representation in our municipalities is expected to be 50:50. HIV AND AIDS, access to treatment is universal to everybody. Group 2: Have a look at the pamphlet with all of the targets, which of these would you prioritise? Education and Training. Productive recourses and Employment, Economic empowerment. Gender Base Violence. HIV and AIDS. Governance and Participation. Group 3: How can the targets in the Protocol be included in the work of your councils? Policies should be in line with the protocol. The municipalities targets should be in such a way that they aim to target the SADAC protocol s targets. Prioritise according to where your municipality lacks in terms of delivering with the protocol. Group 4: How can you begin to popularize the SADC protocol? When Magoshi call for makgotla s, SADAC protocol on Gender and Development should be discussed so that our traditions and cultures should not be seen as stagnant. When awareness campaigns are conducted the protocol must be mentioned. During ward meeting a talk on the protocol can be included. 13

14 The CDW s, ward committee s, home base carers, NGO s, women forums, and should be trained on the protocol. All municipal workers especially the managers should be trained on the protocol. 14

15 Annex E: DRAFT GBV action plan - Elias Motswaledi Local Municipality ACTION PLAN TO END GBV Elias Motswaledi local municipality STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS 365 Day Action Plans To develop Audit of current SAPS, NGOs, Dept of Comm., VEP, Dept The current An Audit comprehensive GBV statistics in of Education, Dept of Health & Emlm numbers of indicating year long plans the area; plan for portfolio committee, Dept of Labour. GBV in the the level of for ending reducing this. area is not GBV. gender violence. known yet but Indication level is high. of decrease of GBV among vulnerable groups. PREVENTION Women s safety To make communities safer by planning and improving safety in public places Conduct gender safety audits and reflect specific targets for reducing GBV. Conduct a gender safety audit and convene an annual Work with communities to ensure that all public spaces such as parks, cemeteries, and all neighbourhoods are safe with Municipality (Emlm), SAPS, Social Workers and VEP. Not yet known. SAPS and Social workers Magoshi, Technical in the municipality, Church leaders and Ward committee members. Not yet Nothing in the surrounding areas only the town have street lights Target must be reduced by 7% Result of audited women safety assessment focus be Reduced by 7%. 100% improvement in the surrounding areas by 7% and cases will be audited, will decreased. WHEN BUDGET Jan million , , ,000 15

16 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS adequate street lighting. Conduct safety Community policing forum, Crime safety Yes, CPF and 60% Target, one awareness forum, SAPS, Magoshi safety forum safety forum per programmes and and focus on ward establish a watchdog GBV community including all community based structures e.g. community policing forums, etc. Train and workshop Councillors on Gender-based violence and child abuse and their role in stopping it SALGA Gender links, Local Government and housing, Elias Motswaledi municipality and Dept of Social Development PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS To educate Devise a SAPS, NGOs, Dept of Comm., VEP, Cpf s, communities on comprehensive CSF, youth, women, disability, elderly. gender violence. programme on Gender Based Violence. Conduct SAPS, NGOs, Dept of Comm.CPF awareness campaigns; take a high level political stance Skills audit exist with regard to GVB 16 Days programmes on GBV exist within the municipality. The 16 Days Campaign has been promoted in the past. Newly elected councillor need to be trained. Two No workshop on GVB held on during 16 days campaigns for municipality 365 days action plan that is implemented. High profile politicians taking part in our campaigns. WHEN BUDGET , ,000 against GBV. BEST PRACTICES To showcase Collect and Dept of Education, SAPS, and Emlm No best Identify and support ,000 Dec 2010 Nov ,000 35,000 16

17 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE best practices to end GBV RESPONSE Support provincial efforts to respond to GBV, To implement actions that are effective in responding to GBV in your council SUPPORT To provide better support and more places of safety and care for survivors of GBV. Most of these are provided by ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS present best practices one existing best practices being exists or that practice done by councils has been to end GBV and documented to identify all safe schools by giving them awards Supporting the development of police community forums (CPF) and initiatives and ensuring that GBV is high on the agenda. Strengthen and support shelters and places of safety for survivors of gender based violence in liaison with NGOs Strengthen and support the network of victim empowerment service providers. Engage wit NGOs in this area of GBV SAPS, Local Safety and Security, and EMLM Dept of Social Development, Emlm, SAPS,Business forums and Dept of Human and Rural settlement EMLM, SAPS, Community Services, DoJ. Community police structures exist but they are nonfunctional in some areas and GBV is not high on their agenda. There are four places of safety in our municipality. Private Quarterly meetings with CPF 2 workshops on gender and GBV with CPFs Each ward in the municipality must have safety place/shelters were kids will be safe. Figures on places of safety per locality All municipalities to increase the number of places of safety by 100%. Database of NGOs in area of GBV WHEN Dec 2010 Dec 2010 Dec 2009 BUDGET 30,000 64,000 20,000 17

18 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE NGOs with support from foreign donors. COORDINATION To facilitate a comprehensive and coordinated response to GBV. BUDGET ALLOCATION To ensure that Allocate Councils commit budget and resources to addressing GBV ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS Establish a multisector coordinating committee budget and resources to addressing GBV Emlm, SAPS, DoH, DoE, CommServ, CPF, multi sector dept and the private sector in our community. Municipality, IDP manager and the gender focal person or special program manager. MONITORING AND EVALUATION To ensure that Develop a set of EMLM, SALGA, DPLG efforts to targets and address GBV are indicators to monitored and measure progress evaluated and ensure that these are mainstreamed into development plans. Not clear if specific budget to end GBV is allocated but budget for safety is allocated. No plan was developed before Fully fledged structure needs to be developed by December The budget indicated in the plan budgeted for. Plan developed and adopted with measureable indicators. WHEN BUDGET Ongoing 20,000 18

19 Annex F: DRAFT GBV action plan - Tubatse Local Municipality ACTION PLAN TO END GBV Tubatse local municipality STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE 365 Day Action Plans PREVENTION Safe community Form a police forum involving other small business like shebeens, street vendors or hawkers and unemployed youth in our municipality. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS To educate Devise a communities on comprehensive gender violence programme on Gender Based Violence. To reduce the Strict by-laws on violence related to shebeens illegal shebeens BEST PRACTICES Documenting of best practices in our municipality RESPONSE ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS Audit of current All government The current level of Audited document GBV statistics in departments including GBV in the area is not and a active plan in the area; plan for GTM;NGOs, CPOs, known but it is high. place. reducing this. Private Sector, Magoshi Host a price winning event where all people who work to end GBV SAPS, GTM, NGOs, Private Sectors, GTM. SAPS, NGOs, GTM, ward committee Community SAPS; CPF Municipality Services, Community policing and safety forums are existing and are focusing on GBV. 16 Days programmes on GBV exist within the municipality Age restriction for people who frequent shebeens and strict times of operations No record of good practice in our municipality One safety policing forum per ward. Each ward to have a GBV programme Annual reports on such GBV campaigns All shebeens to comply. Document that can be easily found or accessed on best practice in our community WHEN Jan 2010 June 2010 BUDGET Dec Feb Dec

20 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE To implement actions those are effective in responding to GBV in your council. SUPPORT To provide posttraumatic facilities for survivors of GBV. COORDINATION To facilitate a comprehensive and coordinated response to GBV. ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS Strengthen and SAPS, Dept, Health and Private place that is All police stations support shelters Social development, not supported by with places of safety and places of municipality. municipality for GBV victims safety for survivors of gender based violence in liaison with NGOs Facilitate the enhanced and coordinated provision of post-traumatic services and facilities. Establish day care centres for the elderly and children to ensure their safety. Establish a multisector coordinating committee Strengthen relations with local police stations and ensure that cases of GBV are efficiently and effectively addressed. BUDGET ALLOCATION To ensure that Allocate budget Councils commit and resources to budget and addressing GBV NGOs, DoSD Counselling facilities exist but the exact number is not known. Municipality 5 day Care centres exist SAPS; DoH; DoE; CommServ; CPF; multi sector dept GTM Municipality, IDP SAPS responsible for GBV prevention Good relationship with NGO s No budget specifically for ending gender base violence but the One counselling facility building 3 additional day care centres established Fully fledged structure needs to be developed by December A specific budget for the programmes to end GBV. WHEN June 2010 BUDGET Dec June Dec April

21 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS resources to budget for special addressing GBV programmes that can be utilised. MONITORING AND EVALUATION To ensure that Develop a set of GTM, SALGA Targets been Targets efforts to address targets and developed and indicators GBV are monitored indicators to integrated in to plans and evaluated measure progress and ensure that these are mainstreamed into development plans. and WHEN On going BUDGET 21

22 Annex G: DRAFT GBV action plan - Marble Hall Local Municipality ACTION PLAN TO END GBV-Marble Hall local municipality STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE To develop comprehensive year long plans for ending gender violence. PREVENTION Women s safety To make communities safer by planning and improving safety in public places ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS Audit of current SAPS, NGOs,Dept of Comm. The current level of Children, disabled GBV statistics in,vep, Dept of Education, GBV in the area is people, women and the area; plan for municipality not known but it is children safe in the reducing this. high. community. Conduct gender safety audits and reflect specific targets for reducing GBV. Conduct a gender safety audit and convene an annual Women s Safety Assessment Focus Group. Municipality municipality Elderly people are called witches, girls and boys are mutilated for muti, and every one is too much. Has there been any such audit done in the past A substantial decrease in killing of elderly people and children Results of audit Women s Safety Assessment Focus group established WHEN BUDGET March Every year PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS To reduce the Strict by-laws on Community Serv, SAPS, CPF Age restriction for violence related shebeens people who to illegal frequent shebeens shebeens & strict times of operations To mount high Well orchestrated OSW; CGE; DLG; SALGA; GFP Campaigns are profile campaigns campaigns being conducted during the annually during the Sixteen Days of 16 days period. Activism, 22 All shebeens to comply. Minimum of 300 community members to participate in campaigns. Every year Every year

23 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE including the Take Back the Night campaign. To support the Gun Free Campaign BEST PRACTICE To showcase best practices to end GBV RESPONSE To support provincial and national efforts to respond rapidly and effectively to GBV ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS Lobby efforts to extend campaign to 365 days in the future. Join forces with SAPS; Comm. services; Dept The number of guns 100% reduction of those mounting of Comm. Safety, CPF s. in communities is illegal guns in this campaign not known. communities. Collect and present best practices being done by councils to end GBV Supporting the development of police community forums (CPF) and initiatives and ensuring that GBV is high on the agenda. Alleviate the burden of home based care that is shouldered by women in the majority of cases. Work with the police and communities in ensuring that cases of gender violence are reported and One elderly safety place SAPS, municipality Community police structures exist but they are nonfunctional in some areas and GBV is not high on their agenda. municipality Municipality through forums The burden of GBV victims is carried by home base care There is no data base of reported GBV cases that we know of. Quarterly meetings with CPF 2 workshops on gender and GBV with CPFs Build a victim support centre GBV to decrease by 7% WHEN BUDGET Feb Two elderly and children safety place June July

24 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE SUPPORT To implement a plan and actions that supports survivors of GBV ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS addressed. Commit council resources to strength and ensure sustainability of existing places of safety and establish some in places they do not exist. Establish day care centres for the elderly to ensure their safety. Ensure that women are economically empowered to reduce their vulnerability to gender violence. municipality Has the council committed any resources to supporting survivors of GBV Municipality There is one elderly care centre Municipality Events where gender base violence was addressed Support exiting centres that empowers survivors of GBV. Another elderly care centre Awareness campaigns WHEN BUDGET Dec Sep From Jan COORDINATION To facilitate a comprehensive and coordinated response to GBV. Establish a multisector coordinating committee Strengthen relations with local police stations and ensure that cases of GBV are efficiently and SAPS, DoH, DoE, CommServ, CPF, multi sector dept Saps and dept of justice Skeleton structure exists currently for addressing GBV. What is the status of relations with the various stakeholders Fully fledged structure needs to be developed by December Dec Dec

25 STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE ACTION WHO BASELINE TARGETS/ INDICATORS effectively addressed. BUDGET ALLOCATION To ensure that Allocate budget Municipality and provincial The budget for Money for ending Councils commit and resources to government special programmes GBV. budget and addressing GBV is there. resources to addressing GBV MONITORING AND EVALUATION To ensure that Develop a set of municipality The targets have Targets and efforts to address targets and been developed and indicators GBV are indicators to integrated in to monitored and measure progress plans evaluated and ensure that these are mainstreamed into development plans. WHEN Dec 2010 Year calendar BUDGET 25

26 Annex H: Messages / slogans/poster DEVELOPING MESSAGES AND SLOGANS AND POSTERS FOR THE CAMPAIGN Arena for action Day What needs to be communicated to or by these groups Individual Abused woman or man 01 Jan 2010 You can have new beginning, have a happy new year. Abused child 12 December Care for children is everybody s concern Abusive men 3 May Men as protectors not as abuses Slogan GBV free new year My child is your child don t look away Real men don t abuse they protect What communication tool should be used Community radio Community radio, pamphlets Men dialogue, Imbizo Family/ Household Mother, father, guardian Parenting 7 April Positive parenting Parents protects-parents don t abuse Local radio, Imbizo Community Community 25 February Working together for a safer community Schools 17 July Danger of substance abuse Do u know your neighbour-know your neighbour You don t need to be high you need to be educated Love thy neighbour Religion 1 December Working together for a caring community Sports 10 June World cup legacies Don t leave me with scars and pains-make me wish you ll come back Door to door campaign, traditional Imbizo. Motivational speaker at schools, celebrities talking against drugs Church services to talk on HIV AND AIDS and GBV. Flyers, billboard, local radio station 26

27 Arena for action Day What needs to be communicated to or by these groups Society Political leadership 24 March Importance of service delivery Criminal justice 2 November Dangers of weapons in System communities Media 4 October Importance of positive media coverage Culture 25 May Communicating issues around initiation schools Slogan you got my vote use it remember to wisely We want gun free society I m not just pretty I m smart A re lateleleng setso rebolokeng bana ba rena What communication tool should be used Flyers, community radio March, flyers, local community radio A march, plackats, flyers Imbizo with Magoshi and other stakeholders Poster designed by the group 27

28 Annex I: SADC Protocol village level evaluations Records of village level meetings conducted and evaluation forms after each of these Name of country: South Africa, Limpopo Province Date 2-3 November 2009 Theme of GBV Action Plan Workshop Protocol village Participants Attached to Report Annex B list Number of 14 of 22 (75%) women participants Number of men 8 of 22 (25%) participants Civil society Kgoshi M.A.L Matlala of Matlala Dichoeung traditional council. representatives Kgoshi P.D Phasha from Tubatse house of traditional council. present Knowledge Q u i z administered? Yes Where and when was the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development signed? 22 (100%) people answered correctly and 0(0%) had incorrect answers. Has your country signed the protocol? 22 (100%) people answered correctly and 0 (0%) answered incorrectly. Which two countries have not yet signed the Protocol? 20(80%) person answered correctly and 2 (20%) answered incorrectly. How many targets does the Protocol have? 20 (80%) people answered correctly and 2 (20%) answered incorrectly. What is the target for women in decision-making and when should it be achieved by? 18(60%) people answered correctly and 4 (40%) answered incorrectly. What is the target for ending or reducing GBV? Answer sheets Not attached. Answer sheets submitted to M&E officer. to the quiz as baseline data 28

29 Issues raised None Discussions: Comments and questions that followed after the SADC protocol quiz What consultation where done before signing of the protocol? Why is it they just heard about it now? If all municipal managers could be trained on the protocol. The government just signs protocols but it does not tell people where the money to run the requirements of the protocol is. It is such a nice tool to check if something is done to protect the constitution. Responses Provinces together with is municipalities must do awareness campaigns to popularise the protocol. Follow-up To be advised after consultation with the SALGA and other meeting / Next stakeholders. steps? Evaluation Attached to the Report. forms 29

30 Annexe J: Workshop Evaluation WORKSHOP EVALUATION Total no. of returned forms: 12 EXCELLENT GOOD FAIR POOR VERY POOR 1. PROGRAMME DESIGN PROGRAMME CONTENT DOCUMENTATION FACILITATION GROUP WORK OUTPUTS OUTCOMES AND FOLLOW 10 2 UP PLANS 8. LEARNING OPPORTUNITY NETWORKING 1 11 OPPORTUNITY 10. ADMINISTRATIVE 11 1 ARRANGEMENTS COMMENTS Which session did you find most useful? Why? The group work. Drawing of the action plan, now we know what we are going to do to end GBV. Localising the action plan it assist in making or developing policies and for budgeting. Communicating strategy template it help to know how to plan our campaigns. The whole session because it will help us to end GBV. Every thing was most useful especially drawing of an action plan. Developing an action plan. The action plan guided us on the key issues in a GBV action plan. The action plan gives us the opportunity to come with issues that affect us. Which session did you find least useful? Why? None How will you apply what you have gained from this engagement? Through adoption and implementing the action plan. To assist in the development of other plans, policies, and teaching others in implementation. Get approval from the council, popularise the plan and Implement it. By sticking with what is in the plan. Developing policies that will force budget for the plan. 30

31 Holding the meeting with all stakeholders. Any other comments? I wish this was organised earlier than this because it is very important to our communities that is so affected by this problem. This sort of workshop must be conducted quarterly more especially in the rural community. Culture is not static. When we talk about norms and values we need to understand that moral regeneration remains important. I feel disadvantaged by arriving late in the second day. 31