Usakos Town Council is in the process of assessing the implications or impact for women and men on any planned action (including legislation, policies and programs) in all areas of service delivery and at all levels.

A 3 day training workshop was initiated by Genderlinks Namibia and was attended by Councillors, stakeholders, Police force, army, traditional leaders, youth groups, religious leaders and community members. They all brought different ideas and experiences to the table. The aim was also to come and enrich themselves with knowledge and skills and to share with other delegates good practices and challenges and how to overcome them. The attendance was great with people from all walks of backgrounds. Issues covered in the programme included personal empowerment, gender and planning concepts, including gender mainstreaming, sex disaggregated data and the gender management system. There were detailed sessions on some of the core of local government functions, including gender responsive budgeting, gender equality in service provision, land rights and urban planning, local economic development and violence against women