The Gender, elections and the media project seeks to highlight the gendered dimensions of elections as well as to empower citizens, especially women and civil society to engage critically with the media. Women politicians generally have a difficult relationship with the media. This project therefore seeks to bridge the gaps between these two groups by bringing them together to deliberate on the gendered nature of elections coverage.
The project forms part of a region-wide campaign to increase women's political representation and participation in politics line with the 2008 Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development that aims to achieve gender parity in all areas of decision-making by 2015. This project targets women politicians, the media and civil society in SADC countries in the run up to elections. So far training has been conducted inthe Democratic Republic of Congo, Botswana, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia South Africa and Tanzania.
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Gender in the 2011 South African Local Elections
12 December 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
The 2011 local government elections that witnessed a decline in women's representation at the very moment that South Africa should be redoubling its efforts to achieve gender parity underscores the need for a legislated quota for women in national and local elections. [read more]
Gender in the 2010 Tanzania elections
29 June 11
Regional relevance: Tanzania
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links (GL), in Tanzania during the October 2010 elections that witnessed an increase in women's representation in parliament from 30% to 36%. But women constituted a mere 12% of news sources, compared to the... [read more]
Gender in the 2009 Botswana elections
16 June 11
Regional relevance: Botswana
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links, in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) and the Gender and Media Diversity Centre (GMDC) in the run-up to the Botswana elections in October 2009. [read more]
Gender in the 2009 Namibian elections
16 June 11
Regional relevance: Namibia
This report provides a comprehensive overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links (GL), in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) in Namibia during the November 2009 elections. [read more]
Gender and media in the 2009 Mozambique elections
16 June 11
Regional relevance: Mozambique
This report provides an overview of the gender, elections and media project run by Gender Links (GL), in partnership with the Gender and Media Southern Africa Network (GEMSA) during the October 2009 elections in Mozambique. [read more]
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Mauritius: GL welcomes first woman vice president
16 November 10
Regional relevance: Mauritius
Gender Links welcomes the appointment for the first time of a woman, Monique Oh San Bellepeau, as vice president in the Republic of Mauritius. After nearly four decades of independence and two decades of Republic, her nomination is a strong sign that gender equality is high on the agenda of the present government.... [read more]
Urgent action needed to reach fifty percent women in decision making by 2015
17 December 09
Regional relevance: Botswana, Namibia
JOHANNESBURG, DECEMBER 17: Gender activists from East and Southern Africa have expressed shock at the backward trends in the 50/50 campaign in recent elections. The African Union (AU) has set a goal of achieving parity between women and men in decision-making by 2020, while the Southern African Development... [read more]
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