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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Women in politics and the media workshop manual
23 January 09
Regional relevance: Botswana
The elimination of all forms of discrimination against women is a key challenge for democratic processes and human rights movements in Africa. While African governments have taken take steps to address women's lack of political, economic and social rights, the pace of movement towards achieving full equality is... [read more]
Gender, Media and Elections - Botswana
23 January 09
Regional relevance: Botswana
The elimination of all forms of discrimination against women is a key challenge for democratic
processes and human rights movements in Africa. While African governments have taken take
steps to address women's lack of political, economic and social rights, the pace of movement
towards achieving full equality is... [read more]
Gender, Elections and media - South Africa
02 January 09
Regional relevance: South Africa
With Members of parliament and provincial legislature sworn in, members of cabinet appointed, provincial cabinets constituted women representation at all levels of political decision making for 2009 has been decided. For gender activists, the major focus of the election has been the commitment of government and... [read more]
Gender, Elections and the Media 2004/2005
02 August 05
Regional relevance: Southern Africa (SADC)
Six elections took place in Southern Africa in 2004 (in South Africa, Malawi, Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique and Angola). Gender Links in partnership with SAMSO ran a series of training workshops with the media, media training institutions and women politicians in all six countries. This drew on our recent ground... [read more]
Southern African Gender Elections and Media Training Report February 2005
30 June 05
Regional relevance: Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa
This report is an account of workshops conducted by GL and the Southern African Media Services Organisation (SAMSO) in seven Southern African countries that held or are expected to hold elections in 2004 and 2005. [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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