SADC Leaders Urged To Sign Into Gender

Monday, May 26, 2008

Gender activists have called for Heads of State to sign the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development.

A member of the SADC Gender Protocol Alliance, Elsie Alexander, said at a briefing held on Friday that there is a need to convince leaders to sign the protocol at a summit in South Africa to be held in August.

The protocol's objective is to empower women to eliminate discrimination and to achieve gender equality and equity through the development and gender responsive legislation, policies, programmes and projects.

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