SANF 17 no 25 – by Nyarai Kampilipili in Ezulwini, Swaziland
Southern Africa has made significant progress towards promoting gender equality and equity in the region.
However, there is need to maintain the momentum and even push forward the regional gender agenda to ensure that the Southern African Development Community (SADC) fully realizes equality and empowerment of both women and men.
One way of ensuring that equality for both women and men is promoted is by encouraging SADC countries to implement all the agreed targets as contained in the Revised SADC Protocol on Gender and Development, as well as capacitating the SADC Gender Unit to effectively carry out its mandate of promoting gender empowerment.
Speaking to SADC Ministers for Gender and Women