REPORT OF THE BOTSWANA SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS

26-27 MARCH 2013, BOIPUSO HALL, GABORONE, BOTSWANA

Honorable Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Edwin Batshu with the winners of the Local Government Institutional and Climate Change and Sustainable Development award from Lobatse Town Council

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CONTENTS

Executive Summary 3

Participants 4

Background 4

Programme 4

Summit Outputs 5

Categories and Awards 6

Summit Outcomes 18

Lessons Learned 18

Next Steps 18

Annexes:

ANNEX A – Participants list

ANNEX B – Programme

ANNEX C – Media Log

ANNEX D – SWOT Analysis

ANNEX E – Evaluation

ANNEX F - Speeches

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Executive summary

QUICK FACTS:

 The Botswana SADC Protocol@work Summit brought together 180 participants, 53 men and 127 women from local government institutions, media, government and civil society organisations  50 entries were made by 39 women and 11 men, in 16 different categories  Amongst the winning presenters were 14 women and 2 men  The Summit was attended by, amongst others, representatives from the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs, the Honourable Minister Edwin Batshu, 2 Deputy Permanent Secretaries and the Director of the Women’s Affairs Department Valencia Mogegeh, the Attorney General Athalia Molokomme and Head of the SADC Gender Unit, Magdeline Madibela  19 Local Councils were represented, amongst them Honourable Mayors, Councillors, Council Secretaries and staff. The summit also hosted non-governmental organisations, faith based organisations, representatives from the Botswana Police Stations amongst others  5 Media houses from the Centre’s of Excellence programme were represented

The Botswana SADC Gender Protocol@work Summit was held from 26-27 March 2013 at the Boipuso Hall in Gaborone. Under the banner “2015, Yes we Must! The SADC Gender Protocol @ Work,” the Summit brought together more than 150 participants from local government authorities, the media, NGOs, Community Based Organisations and Faith Based Organisations and representatives of government. The Summit featured 60 entries in a variety of categories, including Gender Based Violence and Conflict Resolution, Sexual and Reproductive Rights and HIV/AIDS, Climate Change and Sustainable Development, Institutional Centres of Excellence (COEs) and Leadership.

On the evening of 27 March 2013, Gender Links Botswana, the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA) and the Alliance awarded 14 winners at a colourful gala dinner at the Boipuso Hall in Gaborone. Honourable Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Minister Edwin Batshu congratulated all the participants in a statement at the gala dinner. The Minister acknowledged the commitment and hard work to achieve gender equality that is evident in Bostwana. Giving the vote of thanks, Keabonye Ntsabane applauded BALA for the continued partnership, the Ministry of Labour and Home Affairs for both financial and human resources and support.

The Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Mr. Jenamiso Batshu, Attorney General Dr. Athaliah Molokomme, Permanent Secretary of Labour and Home Affairs Mr. Ikwatlhaeng Bagopi, UNFPA Assistant Representative Mrs. Mareledi Segotso and Public Affairs Officer of the U.S. Embassy Mr. John Warner presented the awards.

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Participants

Analysis of participants Category Male Female Total % Male % Female Entrant 11 39 50 22 78 Official 19 41 60 32 68 Judge 1 8 9 11 89 Partner 7 14 21 34 66 Donor 2 3 5 40 60 Staff 1 5 6 13 83 Other 12 17 29 41 59 Total 53 127 180 30 70

The participants in the summit included members of council from the 19 local councils, as well as representatives from community based organisations. The councils formed a large group as partners in the Centres of Excellence Gender and Local Government Mainstreaming programme. Women were the majority of participants at the summit, making up 70% of the participants; only 30% of the participants were men. Also amongst the presenters more women than men were represented, with 78% women and 22% men respectively.

Background

Nearly five years have passed since the historic adoption of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development. Barely two years from now, governments will have to account for actions taken to meet the 28 targets of this unique sub-regional instrument that brings together existing global and continental commitments to gender equality. Even though Botswana is not a signatory to the protocol, work in line with the 28 targets is on-going, as well as the campaign to advocate for signing the protocol. The MDG targets also have a 2015 deadline. MDG Three concerns gender equality. There is already a lively debate on the post 2015 agenda. What about the agenda until 2015?

Gender Links, the Botswana Association of Local Authorities (BALA), the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance in Botswana represented by the Botswana Council of NGOs (BOCONGO) joined forces to host the second national summit in Botswana to gather evidence of the SADC Gender Protocol@Work. With the tagline “yes we must”, the initiative has the support of the SADC Gender Unit, and will make a call for increasing the momentum on implementation in the run up to 2015. The summit brought together participants from Gender Links’ COE Gender Mainstreaming programme, from local councils, as well as the media. Next to the local councils and media houses, the summit also invited NGOs, CBOs and FBOs to join under the Alliance and present their best practices.

Programme

On the first day of the summit, there was a plenary session. The event was graced by donor partners such as the American Embassy, media and non-governmental organisations. The plenary was officially opened by BALA President Mr. Mpho Moruakgomo, while statements were presented by Head of SADC Gender Unit Magdeline Madibela. Gender Links was represented by Kubi Rama, who outlined the objectives and process of the summit.

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The second day of the summit started with a plenary in which Gender Links was able to brief participants on the Gender Based Violence study findings. The study presentation was followed by testimonies of gender based violence by Central District Council representatives.

This was followed by questions from the audience, and a testimony by a gender based violence survivor. This was a touching testimony in which some of the audience shed tears. This resulted in the summit contributing money amounting to one thousand pula to the survivor.

BALA’s Mr. Mopati Masunga presented an economic development project which also generated a lot of questions. The plenary sessions were very lively, and participants were able to interact. The only challenge was that there wasn’t enough time to finish all the conversations.

Summit Outputs Analysis of awards winners CATEGORY Winner TOTAL M F M F Alliance GBV and conflict resolution x 1 Education and economic development x 1 Climate change and sustainable x 1 development Sexual and reproductive rights; x 1 health and HIV and AIDS Local government GBV and conflict resolution x 1 Education and economic development x 1 Climate change and sustainable x 1 development Media Radio x 1 TV x 1 Print x 1 Institutional Local Government COE – best overall x 1 performance Best improved performance x 1 Media COE x 1 Leadership x 1 TOTAL 2 14

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CATEGORIES AND AWARDS

Alliance – GBV and Conflict Resolution

Presentations: 1. Men’s Sector 2. Women Against Rape 3. Botswana Police Service - Sowa 4. Botswana Police Service - Kgalagadi 5. Women Against Rape – Legal Aid Project 6. Botswana Police Service – Community policing 7. Gamodubu Child Care Trust

Winner: Gamodubu Child Care Trust

Case studies: “Do not turn a blind eye”

The government of Botswana provides HIV and AIDS services ranging from ART, treatment of opportunistic infections, social support to OVC, clinical home based support to home based patients, as well as testing and counseling. Despite these efforts, a gap remains. An example of this is the fact the government is not able to meet the psychological needs of OVC, mainly because of a shortage of personnel. Significant numbers of people enrolled on ART abscond, leading to more sickness, deaths and increased infections. There is a need to continue educating and counseling about the importance of adherence. Gamodubu comes in to meet the needs of the communities where the government and NGOs cannot. Gamodubu has high rates of death in the community, therefore this inspired the organization (GCCT) to come up with programmes to care and support children who are orphaned and vulnerable. Data was collected through networking with relevant stakeholders and this includes the chief, VDC, care givers and children, as well as community service providers.

GCCT objectives are to prevent further HIV infections, to expand care, treatment and support, to reduce stigma and discrimination, and to build capacity to deliver and sustain scaled-up programmes. The programme made significant progress in the year 2010 in terms of formation of the long pending forums for meeting of guardians; the grannies clubs. The centre has projects like gardening and poultry raising, and has 200 members. The groups have met on several occasions for group counseling, including the issue of income generating activities. Through the year, volunteers including mentors conducted home visits at least once a month to the beneficiaries and their families. Mentors have also been in touch with the centre to recommend referral of OVC cases to the Social and Community Development department. Kids club activities are another strength of Gamodubu. Volunteers and Officials meet with children on weekends for group counseling activities, play and learning. It is important to note is that our clubs serve far more numbers than the target and the registered numbers. Children are attracted by the play equipment, games and the food. It is difficult to turn down these interested children especially at the village where they do not have anywhere else to go.

Local Government – GBV and Conflict Resolution

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Presentations by:

1. Palapye Council 2. Kweneng District Council

Winner: Kweneng District Council

Case studies “Thursdays In Black” by Anna Haggie-Mogapi

This campaign against GBV, which was launched in Kweneng District by the Gender Committee during the 16 Days of Activism Campaign in December 2010, is commemorated annually in the district to raise awareness and trigger action on this pervasive human rights violation as well as to unite the community to end violence against women and show support to all survivors of GBV.

It is also aimed at encouraging local churches to join hands with people around the district by wearing black on Thursdays to indicate that violence against women is religiously and morally wrong, and to show that the district is tired of putting up with it hence the desire for a free violence community.

The response from churches has been positive and many people, both women and men, have committed themselves to wearing black on Thursdays. This is an outward sign of mourning and of standing in solidarity with women who have died at the hands of their partners and signifies a desire to make a difference in our district. The committee believes this to be a good practice as it brings all sectors of the community together from individuals to churches.

Through this activity, the committee has noticed that a lot of people are interested in joining in the fight against GBV, only do not know how to go about it. It also became evident that the community was not aware of the existence of the Domestic Violence Act of 2008 which challenges the committee to prop up its awareness campaigns. The committee therefore intends to establish gender policing committees in villages to keep check of GBV occurrences. There is a lot of buy-in from the community and church leaders which motivates the committee to move for declaring every last Thursday of the month a ‘black’ one. In all villages where the campaign has been held, the Minister’s fraternal Committees are now active and therefore the aim is to revive these committees throughout the district.

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Alliance – Education and Economic Development

Presentations:

1. Kasane Youth Project 2. YWCA

Winner: Kasane Youth Project

Case study: “Out of school youth training program”

The “Out of school youth training program” is a project that helps to empower youth on hospitality, tourism and wildlife conservation skills. These skills come with a certificate of completion for the youth that did well and it can be used to seek employment in the hospitality industry anywhere in the country. This project is a good practice because it helps develop and improve the lives of the youth in our community. It helps in the reduction of high unemployment rates, as well as the fight against HIV/ AIDS. It also helps close the gap for the S&CD graduates who do not have an opportunity to go for higher learning because of poor results. Through this project, the youth are motivated to be anything they want to be in life as long as they set themselves to it. The youth learn through Mongoose research about human-wildlife interaction, and the effects the mongoose have on human lifestyle.

The project was responding to the high number of youth who are out of school, unskilled and hence unemployed. As a result, a number of young people are needy and registered with the Council. The work of the project helps combat Gender Based Violence, which may come as a result of over dependence on partners for financial assistance. This project also addresses challenge which we have in Chobe of sex workers, because once the youth lose hope they resort to doing any kind of business to support themselves and their families.

At least 39.5% of the youth have been employed by Chobe Fish Eagle, and among them are some who come from less privileged families. People from less privileged families are put with the group because we believe, he/she can benefit a lot from the interaction, and special attention is given to this individual without their knowledge. The participants have been able to learn not only about hospitality, but also about the wildlife and its interaction with humans. There are now some women trainees who are working in non- traditional areas because of the motivation they got from their mentor. Some despite the odds, are providers for their families and even studying further because they learned to dream big.

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Local Government – Education and Economic Development

Presentations:

1. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 1 2. Lobatse Town Council 3. City of Francistown 4. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 2 5. North West District Council 6. Serowe Administrative Authority

Winner: City of Francistown – Botswana Homeless and Poor People’s Federation

Case study: “Halala Federation, Halala!” (Grow, Federation, Grow!)

The Botswana Homeless and Poor and People’s Federation is a community based organization established in April 2011 and made up of 16 community groups with a total membership of 859 (789 women and 65 men). These groups are called savings schemes because they save money to improve their livelihoods. In the federation, central participation of women is not just an ideal but a critical component of a gender-sensitive recruitment strategy. This strategy helps men and women to negotiate their relationships within families and communities to change a social structure that currently does not recognise women's involvement and commitment to family and community.

The Federation helps others to see that women- poor women, abused women and illiterate women- are at the heart of family and community, and that they are vital to each family and community’s creation, maintenance and growth. Recognising that women are often the true engines of development, the federation uses the savings and credit methodology to develop their leadership capacity, financial management skills, and confidence. This is why federation women are given priority when it comes to leadership. Currently, all 96 leadership positions are held by women. By entrusting women to handle such important leadership roles and monetary systems, whereby they are in charge of the precious savings of their neighbours and friends, communities begin to understand the potential of women as public decision-makers and powerful agents of change. In fact, savings and credit activities, apart from their clear financial benefits, serve as a means to bring women out of the home and into the public sphere in a manner rarely resented by men.

When the project started in 2011, women mobilised to be drivers of the project. This assisted the project to move very quickly for two reasons: firstly, women are vulnerable to poverty and abuse, and secondly, many of them have the drive to lift themselves and their children out of poverty. Since the establishment of the federation in April 2011 members are able to save more money to improve livelihoods. To date the money which is saved by all schemes is P106 694.60 and apart from that members used more than P35 000 to fund their individual projects. These projects include but are not limited to installing electricity, buying building material, paying school fees for their children, and buying school uniforms for their children. Different groups are engaging in small projects such as paper mash, jewellery making, jam making and gardening.

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The federation is a safe space for women to come together and form a second family. They support and empower each other to live healthy lives free of abuse. They work together to solve their problems. For example, members remind each other to take Anti-Retroviral (ARVs) medications; they talk about healthy recipes and different vitamins they can take to supplement their diets. They all disclose their HIV status to each other. This creates a solid support system and lets each member know that they are not alone and that they have a family within the federation.

Alliance – Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Presentation and winner: Making Lobatse Green

Case study: “Making Lobatse Green”

Lema is an agricultural landscaping company founded at the beginning of the year 2012 by a group of young highly motivated individuals in Lobatse. Its birth was inspired primarily by a desire to improve these individuals who are passionate about caring and rejuvenating our rapidly deteriorating environment. When the project started, the objective was to only promote self-reliance by creating a source of income only for ourselves (shareholders). But as time went on, we realised that a lot of youth around our community was faced with the same challenges and that brought about our good practise. And having discovered at the march that these challenges tend to help increase the rate of criminal actions in the community (based on the statistics shared by the representative from Botswana Police Services), we then broadened our objective, thus aiming to give back to the community by empowering mostly youth on climate related matters linking them with poverty and gender based violence.

By creating employment, Lema is instilling a sense of self-reliance/independency amongst the community members hence upbringing the abolition of poverty, which is a critical issue on gender based violence in almost every society. We at Lema, have made it our primary role to give back to the community by ensuring that we minimise number of youths roaming on the street, doing what we were doing before the establishment of our own project. We at times carry out some clean-up campaign, where at the end of every campaign we gatherer the participants to empower them about the environment and relating how a great environment could help reduce poverty which is a critical issue thus proved to be a great promoter of gender based violence.

It has always known to the society that, it is a woman’s duty to do yard cleaning, garden development or maintenance, however this has in a way endorsed disputes in the family households which tremendously encourage gender based violence. And by promoting the need for both genders to carry out this duties equally regardless, Lema is arching some of its objectives as well as playing a role into instilling gender based violence free community as suggested and started in article 21 of SADC Protocol, Gender and Development. With these actions, we have met targets set by Millennium Development Goal, MDG through ensuring environmental sustainability, eradicating poverty, promoting gender equality. We

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Alliance – Sexual and Reproductive Rights, Health, HIV/AIDS

Presentations:

1. Botswana Police Service 2. Ministry of Health – Dept of Public Health 3. Stepping Stones – Men Care Father’s Group 4. Bomme Isago

Winner: Stepping Stones International – Men Care Father’s Group

Case study: Mochudi’s Men Care Father’s Group

The introduction of Botswana’s first even Men Care Father’s Group in Mochudi, Kgatleng District has been received with an overwhelmingly positive response from the community and the fathers themselves. Stepping Stones International (SSI) recognizes that in order to cultivate sustainable change for gender equality, an approach that focuses too narrowly on women and girls will inevitably fail to take root with the men and boys, who have an equal role to play in establishing new cultural norms. For this reason, SSI has partnered with Sonke Gender Justice in South Africa, to facilitate fathers support groups, which promote active parental engagement of men who are expecting new babies. Participating fathers are excited about the group and research shows that this is a critical time in a man’s life that can lead to long-term behavior change. The experience of the Fathers Group is also being broadcast on public radio, Radio Botswana II.

The Men Care programme is intended to target “expecting fathers,” and it has been broadened to include men caring for children under the age of 1. The programme set out to establish four men’s groups, and three have been formed, with membership averaging 9 men per group. In order to generate grassroots support for the project, SSI undertook community mobilisation activities with the District AIDS Coordinator’s (DAC) Office, the District Gender Committee, the Botswana’s Men Sector at both the national and district level, the local police and prisons, as well as the teachers’ union. The project has been promoted nationally, via a radio programme. Initially a target of 8 broadcasts was set, and so far four interviews promoting the debut of the programme have been aired, and the first of ten scheduled episodes has been broadcasted.

Although the programme is still very new, outcomes are already beginning to materialize at both individual and community levels. For instance, one father participating in the programme reported that he has quit alcohol to be involved in the raising of the child. Another father reported that he is expecting triplets and his wife is so big now that he has decided that he will go the extra mile and help her with bathing. Participating men are changing their behaviours to be better fathers as well as better partners to their wives or girlfriends. All of the original members selected for the fathers groups continue to participate in sessions and demonstrate their interest and commitment to the programme. The radio

11 programme has managed to reach out to the broader communities where callers make comments about their support for the idea, their desire to join such programmes and wish that Stepping Stones International could bring the programme to their districts. Men are now starting to reach out to search for information regarding custody issues because they want to take more responsibility of children they already have. On a broader scale government offices are keen on the uptake of the project and have been inviting the MenCare team to present at workplace wellness days and schools events. Clinic staff, NGOs and even private doctors in Mochudi are actively referring men to participate in the fathers groups.

Media – Print

1. BOPA/Daily News – Segametsi Kebonang 2. Sunday Standard/ The Telegraph – Ruth Kedikilwe 3. Mmegi/The Monitor – Baboki Kayawe

Winner: Sunday Standard/ The Telegraph – Ruth Kedikilwe

Case study: “Breaking The Cycle”

A lot of times in the media industry reporters spend a lot of time reporting on instances that have occurred and focus very little on exploring the root cause of these problems or the possible solutions. The article I have submitted looks at some of the possibilities that children who grow up in broken homes are susceptible to becoming future aggressors of gender based violence. The article also depicts the evolution of domestic abuse and its overall ripple effect in the rest of the family including the psychological effects which are often over shadowed by the physical effects and go untreated.

My article addresses the issue of where gender based violence is rooted and it also provides reference for rehabilitation of victims through the aid of psychologists, self-help documents and safe havens like child line Botswana for the victims. Coming from a rural village, over the years I have witnessed this vicious cycle of how children raised in a domestic violence ridden environment grow up to either be abusers or submissive because they are unaware of any alternate lifestyles. Hence my emphasis on the protection of minors and how they can be rehabilitated should they witness it.

My key objective is to sensitize those in organisations established to help victims of gender based violence to identify this cycle and help break it where they sense that children are victims or are a part of an unsafe environment.

Judges Citation

“Very good writing, excellent skills and I like the compassion you have on gender issues”.

Media – Radio

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Presentations:

1. Gabz FM - Daniel Kenosi 2. Educational Broadcasting – Thabita Gombalume

Winner: Educational Broadcasting – Thabita Gombalume

Case studies: Educational Broadcasting

This is a radio program on life skills. The target audience is the in and out of school youth. It is about the plight of a woman but the story uses a girl child who loses all family members. As the eldest daughter she has to assume the role of an adult and fed for her younger sisters. She becomes very vulnerable, typical of all the HIV AND AIDS orphans in Botswana. Some social welfare officer uses his office to rape the girl. The girl is afraid of this act, more so that she is a virgin. She does not report or evening share her sorrow with anyone and finally she falls pregnant. The social welfare officer threatens her and orders her not to reveal that he is responsible for the pregnancy otherwise the wife would sue her. This program is excellent as it empowers the girl child especially the orphans who often find themselves in the same situation to say ''no" to such forms of violation and exploitation.

A lot of children have lost parents in Botswana. Once this happens some children have to assume the role of parents especially the eldest child. These children have to find opportunities to make money to feed the younger siblings. Some of them are then abused either by government or nongovernmental officers who might abuse their offices for such acts. The program is therefore meat to raise awareness among the population as well as the girl child about the plight of the girl child especially the orphans to guard against such evils and report such cases without fear.

The objective is to raise awareness among the youth about too much trust of male strangers, which can result in rape, to educate the youth to avoid becoming victims of men and follow the right channels of registering for food basket in case they are orphans. Another objective is to lobby for public support in fighting exploitation of the girl child. I hoped to reach the public in general especially the policy makers who might not be aware of such violation of the girl child and abuse of office. After airing this program, the radio station received a lot of calls from members of the public condemning such acts of violence. I now intend to produce a follow-up program together with local government about the assistance that is available for orphans as well as the procedures of accessing such services. This program was based on a true story from my neighbours’ child as well as the experiences I gained having worked with orphaned children in Botswana secondary schools as pastoral head.

Judges Citation

“Good presentation and your work addresses the issue of defilement which is very important and you brought along the evidence to prove it”

Media - TV

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Presentations:

1. BTV – Mammusi Siska 2. BTV – Pricillar Matara

Winner: BTV – Mammusi Siska

Case study: BTV – Defilement Story

This best practice is a news clip about a 36 year old man who defiled three girls aged 8 and 15 years in Mabule Village. This piece is a good example of Gender Media as Botswana subscribes to the MDGs which for this particular context include the promotion of Gender Equality and the empowerment of women and to the SADC goal of eradicating gender violence by 2015.Therefore it is a good practise and it shows commitment on mainstreaming gender issues in all programming including the media. The SADC protocol on Gender and development target of having free GBV by 2015 calls for all governments to respond to GBV therefore this piece will help governments formulate right measures of how to end GBV.

Gender Based Violence in Botswana is not often reported by victims because of culture of silence hence getting information is not always easy and always have to probe the victim or use neighbours to report GBV cases. The objectives of this item are to educate the community about GBV, to encourage people to report child abuse cases at police stations, to let leaders sensitise communities about child abuse and to encourage other media houses to report on child abuse and GBV cases.

To gather information on this story, I consulted the village chief checking on GBV cases and he told me of this defilement case. Then I went to the school head to gather more information about the children. I followed with the parent, the social services and later on talked to the police. I did build up stories until the man was caught and he is to be sentenced on the 5th of March 2013. The first follow up story I talked to the parent and the social service to see how the girls are doing and how they can be assisted to come to terms with what happened to them. I also covered donations from different people assisting the family.

Judges Citation

“I was emotionally moved, I can see the passion in you and the media of coverage. We need people like you to really make use of these stories as they are believable, they could be as a stepping stone to put pressure on the government to finally come up with policies to help. We are impressed with the clips which you handed to support your presentation, they are informative, let’s have more of this stories. Congratulations!”

Media – Institutional

Presentations:

1. Mmegi/The Monitor 2. Sunday Standard/The Telegraph

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3. The Voice Newspaper

Winner: Sunday Standard/The Telegraph

Judges Citation

“It was a good presentation, you were honest I believe they should acknowledge you as a stone stepping forward in your work. As a gender champion in a centre of excellence you stand a chance to influence the gender base issues more because you said you got promoted, so this will push you forward to a better position to influence the strategy on gender in your media house”.

Leadership – Local Government

Presentations:

1. William Selei (Central District) 2. Anna Mogapi (Kweneng District)

Winner: Anna Mogapi (Kweneng District)

Case studies: “A Servant Leader”

“I believe like they say that leadership is about changing people. It is about taking people from where they are now to where they need to be and that the best way to get people to the unknown terrain is to make it desirable by taking them there in their imaginary minds. This is how I got the Minister’s Fraternal to be involved in issues of gender equality and violence”.

The leader is a District Officer who is responsible for assisting the District Commissioner in coordinating development programmes and policies in the district as well as assist the community in mediating on social issues.

“In mediating on the various social issues brought to our office, I came to realise that most of the social ills that frequent our office could be addressed by dealing with disparities in gender issues especially that the Women’s Affairs Department was located some distance from the district hence referring people there was a great challenge”.

A lot of cases were brought in by women, some badly abused and because of culture could not report their cases to Police hence I was compelled to come up with an initiative to address this. Because as I came to understand issues of gender equality and gender based violence more, I came to realise that some need to stand up and make the district realise what these two concepts entails in terms of the district’s development and progress. It is with the support (financial and technical) of the Office of the District Commissioner that I have been able to see the Gender Committee has managed to undertake its mandate in the district.

The day the committee was launched at the main kgotla in July 2007, in my speech as the Chairperson, I called upon the attendants to note that gender based violence is a challenge in Kweneng District and government efforts alone were not enough to address it hence all

15 need to know that ‘ending violence starts with each and every individual’. I challenged the audience by asking that those who had never been affected (it may not be you but we are all affected) by GBV raise their hands and nobody did so I said that was a good sign that we are all in this fight! So all I needed to work on then was people’s commitment.

I had been able to tackle the issue of gender and culture with the traditional leadership (though a very sensitive issue for anything that the elders feel is a challenge to tradition will not easily go by, Remember the chiefs are the custodians of tradition). So they were very much against the issue the condemnation of having mistresses; as they indicated it something that has been practiced over time and there was nothing wrong about it. I simply said then let’s go and encourage our sons to have more partners and see the chaos that will follow and closed the discussion! After a break, a good number of them had justifications as to why it cannot work in this era and in conclusion agreed that it was a practice that should be left in the past.

Local Government – Best improved performance

Presentations:

1. Jwaneng Town Council 2. Chobe Town Council 3. Lobatse Town Council 4. Bobirwa Sub Council 5. Palapye Administrative Authority 6. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 7. North East District Council 9. North West District Council 10. Tonota Sub Council 11. Serowe Administrative Authority 12. Kgatleng District Council

Winner: Selebi Phikwe Town Council

Local Government – Best Overall Performance

Presentations:

1. Jwaneng Town Council 2. Chobe Town Council 3. Lobatse Town Council 4. Bobirwa Sub Council 5. Palapye Administrative Authority 6. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 7. North East District Council 9. North West District Council 10. Tonota Sub Council

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11. Serowe Administrative Authority 12. Kgatleng District Council

Winner: Lobatse Town Council

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Summit Outcomes

The major outcomes of this year’s summit can be summarised as follows:

 Participants valued the summit and want it to be held annually  The summit is viewed as a place to learn and for partnership strengthening  The summit was well publicised and this attracted new partnerships  Publications were displayed and distributed  The COE bilateral meetings have been strengthened through the summit  Knowledge sharing amongst participants resulting in sustainability  Political will by councils was high, media houses and alliance partners to be part of the next summit or to share best practices  Media coverage and partnerships worked very well  Recognition by donors, government and other NGOs was overwhelming  Peer learning amongst participants was achievable as NGOs learnt from councils  A need for capacity building for judges to enhance their citations  Knowledge has been gained on the SADC protocol and the run up to 2015 agenda  Signed MOUs with key partners to pave way for new ways of working together.

Lessons Learned  The protocol targets and how it relate to vision 2016  There is a need for more briefing on merging of the alliance, local government and media streams  Participants were free to talk and were very interacting during plenary  From the quality of presentations there was commitment and spirit of contesting  From partnership input and planning processes  Value for Money principles was quite impressing as most councils paid for themselves and money used wisely and secured reasonable venues. Please see further SWOT analysis of the Summit in Annex D.

Next Steps  Back to Back ToTs  Entrepreneurship training  Signing of MOUs  COE cascading  Alliance partnership meetings  Media training  Women in Politics and civic education training  Regional Summit  2014 Summit district Summit  Fundraising

GL staff and volunteers at the summit

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ANNEX A: PARTICIPANTS LIST

Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 1. Abel James Messenger BALA Partner Male 71497171 2. Jankey Odireleng Judge University of Botswana Judge Female odirelengjankey@mopipi. 71772146 ub.bw 3. Letebele Tshenyo Center Gamodubu C. C. Trust Female 71529622 Coordinator 4. Letshwenyo Tlamelo Internship Gender links Voluntee Female [email protected] 71481982 r 5. Madikwe Shirley Volunteer Gamodubu C. C. Trust Female 71529622 6. Masunga Mopati Program Officer BALA Partner Male [email protected] 72743025/3 912063 7. Mooketsi Doreen Judge University of Botswana Judge Female 3554996

8. Morwaagole David secretary RE A NYALANA Entrant male [email protected] 71702729 SOCIETY m 9. Motshobi E.L. Judge WAD Judge Female [email protected] 3912290

10. Pheko Steve M. Finance Officer BALA Partner Male [email protected] 3912063 11. Sebopelo Annah T. Alliance Media AABWA (BOCONGO) Partner [email protected] 71823732

12. Tshosa Mariah Admin Officer BALA Partner Female [email protected] 75271800 m 13. Gombalume Thabitha Principal Educational Entrant Female [email protected] 71818156 Education Broadcasting Officer 14. Moilwe Tebogo SWO I Charleshill Sub District Official Female [email protected] 71230474 Council 15. Tlalenyane Galaletsang CDO II Charleshill Sub District Official Female [email protected] 71293950 Council m

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 16. John Tshepo Legal Aid Women Against Rape Entrant Female [email protected] 74133558 Secretary 17. Nguvauva Getrude Community Women Against Rape Entrant Female [email protected] 72928971 Mobiliser 18. Morris Violet PCDO II North West District Entrant Female [email protected] 74219160 Council 19. Kula Kedibonye E. Public Botswana Police Entrant Female [email protected] 72416431 Prosecutor 20. Mothogaaesi Maria Crime Botswana Police Entrant Female [email protected] 72556094 Investigator m 21. Bengani Bulayani M. Social worker Botswana Police Entrant Male [email protected] 74119536 22. Selei Willam B. Councillor C.D.C. Entrant Male Seleiyahoo.com 71663043 23. Motimedi Mogomotsi SWO I CDC/SAA Official Male 71470803 Issac 24. Zibani Rachel SCDO Bobirwa Sub District Official Female [email protected] 71498956 Council 25. Raditladi N. CDO II S.P.T.C. Entrant Female [email protected] 71625826 27. Higgins K. ECO I S.P.T.C. Entrant Male [email protected] 71222253/2 613177 28. Molodi L. C.E.S. S.P.T.C. Entrant Male [email protected] 2613174 29. Sefudi Caroline O. Gender Focal Botswana Police Entrant Female [email protected] 75637195 Person m 30. Mophalane Kutlo HEO LTC Entrant Female [email protected] 72578337 31. Office S.D. SWO LTC Entrant Female [email protected] 71307044 m 32. Matara Priscilla Journalist Botswana Television Entrant Female [email protected] 76100456 33. Maphane K.N. PHEO PAA Official Female [email protected] 71678468 34. Sekgwa S.P. SEA PAA Entrant Female [email protected] 73579270 35. Tsimanyane Onkenemtse Program Officer BALA Partner Male [email protected] 3912063

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 36. Kedise Samuel SWO Kgatleng DC Entrant Male [email protected] 5729665 37. Molokomme Imelda Integrated Individual Consultant Judge Female [email protected]. 73184367 Consultancies bw 38. Kole Patricia Media & BOMWA Judge Female [email protected] 76237945 Communications Sopecialist 39. Motlhabane Lesang N. Chairperson BONASO Partner Female Norahmotlhabane267@g 72199559 mail.com 40. Gilika Mpho Director TAWLA Judge Female dr.mgilika@gmail 75993009 41. Kgotlafela Charity Publicity Vision 2016 Judge Female [email protected] 72485283 Manager 42. Ntsabane Keabonye Country Gender Links Staff Female [email protected] 71749644 Manager 43. Mabilo B. Executive BOCONGO Partner Female executivesecretary@boc 73056665/3 Secretary ongo.org.bw/bocongo@ 911319 bocongo.org.bw 45. Haggie B.A. District officer KDGC Entrant Female [email protected] 71788936/5 m 920111 46. Selwe A.T. Men Sector Botswana Police Entrant Male [email protected] 71461812 m 47. Mojaphoko R.L. CHT CHDC Entrant Female [email protected] 71492393 48. Senwelo T.K. System Analyst Chobe District Official Female [email protected]/tksen 71548527 [email protected] 49. Maano Goisemang Community Francistown Council Official Female [email protected] 71694514/7 development m 3894514 officer 50. Matapa Gladys Member Homeless and Poor Observer Female - 71715406 People 51. Dambe Keletso Treasurer Homeless and Poor Entrant Female - 73945042 People

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 53. Ramagaga Dikeledi M. Vice President Methodist Church/BCC Partner Female dikelediramagaga@gmail 72421327 .com 54. Tukula Lebogang PACT-adminin YWCA Entrant Female [email protected] 71718243 55. Buzzman Linda Communications BALA Partner Female [email protected] 74130464 m 56. Moatlhaping Segametsi Strategic BALA Partner Female [email protected] 71784519 Manager &Plolicy Analyst 57 Mothibi Malebogo M. BCC Entrant Female [email protected] 71719535 m 58 Barret Loletta UCCSA Partner Female [email protected] 59 Ncaagae A.M. BCC Partner Female [email protected] 71311615 60 Maoba Rosinah Snr Home NEDC Female [email protected] 71552945 Economist 61 Ramonyadiw M.K. Temp. Volunteer Gender Links Staff Female ausinkamo@[email protected] 77181584 a om 62 Kedikilwe Ruth Reporter Sunday Standard Entrant Female [email protected] 3190905 w 63 Kelapile Khutsafalo Temp. Volunteer Gender Links Staff Female [email protected] 71728040/7 Hellaria 2532457 64 Kobue Boikhutso Internal Auditor NEDC Official Female [email protected] 71836297 65 Odubeng Maureen Desk editor DPC(Mmegi Monitor) Entrant Female [email protected] 71536174 66 Kayawe Baboloki Reporter DPC(Mmegi Monitor) Entrant Female [email protected] 73928007 67 Siska Mammusi Reporter Botswana television Entrant Female [email protected] 76100460 68 Keokilwe Phonenyane - MU/Anglican Partner Female [email protected] 71572091 r.bw 69 Lunga Desmond M. CWF Stepping Stones Entrant male [email protected] 75306777 m 70 Kebatennne Tlamelo CWF Female kebatennetlamelo@yaho 71271221 o.com

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 71 Nfakose Amelia Member Gender Links Female [email protected] 72218436 om 72 Villaronga Staphaien Health Specialist US Embassy Donor Female [email protected] 3932399 73 Segotso Morebodi Ass. UNFPA Donor Female [email protected] 3733752 Representative 74 Kennedy Janet Political Officer US Embassy Donor Female Kennedy [email protected] 71383073 75 Moruakgomo MMBW President BALA Partner Male revmoruakgomo@yahoo. 71320661 com 76 Manthe Patrick C. Project Officer BALA Partner Male 71206565 77 Moletsane Ketlhomilwe Executive BALA Partner Male [email protected] Secretary 78 Madibela Magdeline Head of Gender SADC Gender Unit Partner/ female Unit Official 79 Phaladi Gogontlejang Founder/E.D. Self/ GPPHP Official Female gogontlejangphaladi@ho 75950693 tmail.com 81. Onkemetse D. Councillor Central Official Male [email protected] 71484971 m 82. Gaerobale Serame Councillor Central District, Official Male [email protected] 71814441 Serowe 83. Lesiapelo Bonno Women CDC Official Female 71894327 Commisioner 84. Hulela Quitty Councillor CDC Official [email protected] 74206589 85. Mosimanegap O. PHEO GDC Official Male tslmosimanegape@gmail 73605342 e .com 86 Motshidi Michael Councillor CDC Official Male [email protected] 71889418 om 87. Mlaze Cecilia Councillor Chobe Council Official Female [email protected] 71281012 88. Raphael R.Z. Councillor / Women Commisioner Official Female 70708001 BALA Womens Commission

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y Coordinator 89. Motlhagodi Veronicah Media Gabz FM Media Female [email protected] 3170905 90. Tebogo Thandy Info. Officer BOPA Media Female [email protected] 3653522 91. Setlhare Khumagadi Advertising The Voice News Paper Media Female [email protected] 71540376 Executive 93. Phumusa Favourite SHEO CHDC Official Female [email protected] 6250275 94. Office S. SWO I LTC Official Female [email protected] 5305873 95. Kgwagaripan Kgomotso Media Radio Botswana 1 Media Female [email protected] 74894546 e 96 Namutosi- Rachel SGO WAD Partner/ Female [email protected] 3912290 Loeto Donor 97 Elias Layani Presenter EBD Media Male [email protected] 3653258 98 N. Kefentse NEO II Kgalagadi D. C. Official [email protected] 6540250 m 99 Radijeng Keamogetse Council Clerk Kgalagadi D. C. Official [email protected] 6540250/47 0 100 Ditsheko Lorato Youth Lema Landscape Female [email protected] 71418543 &gardening 101. Seduke Tony Media Gamodubu Male [email protected] 72932617 102. Kgori Pontsho Pastor Gamodubu Female [email protected] 71680790 Mavis 103. Britton Leanne Youth Chobe Fish Eagle Entrant Female Leanne@chobesafarilodg 75168227 e.com 104. Kwenje O. Deputy Jwaneng Couincil Official Male - 73048444 105. Moilatshimo David Councillor Jwaneng Official Male - 71713004 107 Motlhanka Kelebogile Programme MOH Entrant Female [email protected] 71666385 officer 108. Molomo Catherine CDO I Kgalagadi D.C. Female [email protected] 73635303 k

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 109. Modisaotsile S.G. Project Officer Emang Basadi Partner Female [email protected] 110. Kasale Beata Publisher The Voice Entrant Female [email protected] 111. Kebailele Felicity Sales Media Female [email protected] 112. Ramosarwa K.S. Councillor GDC Official Female 74131975 113. Ndore J. Councillor. C.O.F Official Female [email protected] 71434870 114. Ofentse Mavis SWO 1 Kgatleng DC Official Female [email protected] 71499591 115. Tsheko Andile Councillor KDC Official Female - 76593308 117. Khwae S.M. SACS Southern DC Official Female maorekiwakhwa@yahoo. 73365555 com 118 Sechele JSR DCS (TS) Kgatleng D. Council Entrant Male [email protected] 76671313 119 Sorinyane J.T. Chairperson South East District Official Male josephsorinyane@gmail. 71910018 Council com 120 Sarah Musa HR Official Female [email protected] 71552828 121 Omphitlhetse I. Ass Social Work Botswana Police Official Male [email protected] 3995023 m 122 Moseki K. HEO I Selibe Phikwe Town Official Female [email protected] 71486988/2 Council 610570 123 Kgasa M. Councillor Southern Official Female 76312543 125 Oaitse Nurse PSWO I JTC Official Female [email protected] 5880303 126. Babopeng Neo Youth Lema Landscape Entrant Female [email protected] 72524626/7 6617836 127. Babopeng Nonofo Youth Lema Landscaping Male [email protected] 71226464 om 128 Mpolokeng Tebalo Senior Admin Chobe District Council Official Female tebalompolokeng@yahoo 71552960/7 Officer .com 4469437 129. Sepako Goitseone Chorister Gaborone Youth Female goitseone.sepako@gmail 74772079 Singers .com 130. Kelapile Neo Chorister Gaborone Youth Female [email protected] 75032050 Singers

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 132. Matlhape Helton Chorister Gaborone Youth Male [email protected] 75069945 Singers 133. Solomon Tefo Chorister Gaborone Youth male [email protected] 72583719 Singers 134. Magosi Tidimalo Chorister Gaborone Youth Female [email protected] 72724358 Singers m 135. Modise Boago Chorister Gaborone Youth Female [email protected] 74468508 Singers 136. Molapong Elias Chorister Gaborone Youth Male [email protected] 72539262 Singers 137. Dibe Bakang Chorister Gaborone Youth Male [email protected] 71414022 Singers 138 Morewagae Tefo Chorister Gaborone Youth Male [email protected] 73268817 Singers 139. Dibotlhale Thabo Chorister Gaborone Youth Male thabowalterdibotlhale@y 72569052 Singers ahoo.com 140. Seep Mokganedi Chaplain Botswana Police Male [email protected] 71796373 Service 141. Mokone Rosah K. Social Worker CDC/SAA Entrant Female Rshmokone2209@gmail. 71866935 com 142. Aidoo K.L. Chairman KGDC Official Male - 72141360 143. Shadikeng Tlamelo Women KGDC Official Female [email protected] 73116717 Commisioner Councillor 144. Kobe Boikhutso Internal Auditor NEDC Official Female [email protected] 71836297 145. Makhulela Ndinani Councillor NEDC Official Female - 74375632 147. Moamogwe Semakaleng Social Worker SEDC Official Female semakalengpalai@yahoo 75407070 .com 148. Kgomotso Masego Social Worker SEDC Official Female - 71312084

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 149. Monnaatlala Magdelyn Social worker SEDC Official Female - 73129226 150. Ramasire DBK Councillor Moshupa Sub District Official Female - 73635939 151. Male f. Photo Journalist Daily news Media Female [email protected] 71355030 152. Pulenyane O.D. Councillor Mabutsane Sub District Official Male - 73396345 153. Lemphorwan K. Photojournalist The Voice Media Male [email protected] 3161585 a 154. Senwelo T. System Analyst Chobe District Council Official Female [email protected] 6250275 155. Maposa J. Mechanical Chobe District Council Official Male [email protected] 6250275 Engineer m 156. Mousane M. GYS Official Male 71833140 158. Moagabo Annah BALA Official Female [email protected] 71243480 160. Mankazana N. Gender & Gender Links – HQ Staff Female +27116222 Governance 877 Prog. Officer 162. Sekano Sekano Assistant Botswana Prisons Official Male [email protected] 71321172 Commissioner 163. Nwokoro T Social worker Botswana Police Official Female [email protected] 73110373 Service 165 Willams. E OD &Gender BOCONGO Partner Female Ewillams.bocongo@gmail 76122076 Advisor .com 166. Medupi Baemedi Deputy Major Sowa town Official Male baemedi,[email protected] 71622507 om 167. Morwaagole Annah Coordinator Re A Nyalana Society Female 75973765 167. Gaadingwe S.S. Councillor SDC Male 71307016 168. Galatlhwe Vincent Programme Gender Links Staff Male Assistant 169 Pule F.D. Vice chairman Southern District Official Male - 72260150 170. Pule M. Councillor COF Official Female - 71417188 171. Ralotsia P.P. Southern District Official Male - 73840032

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Surname Name Designation Organisation/counci Categor Sex E-mail address Cell phone l y 172. Rama Kubi Chief of Gender Links - HQ Staff Female Operations 173 Rwelengera G.A. Treasurer Re A Nyalana Society Entrant Male [email protected] 71306286 m 174. Kgaodi Molly SDC Official Female 76312543 175. Mabaila O.L. Deputy Town Jwaneng Town Council Official Male [email protected] 71816246 Councilor 176. Mhapha Galaletsang Councillor NWDC Official Male [email protected] 71859555 177. Motsepe Amogelang Student LUCT Official Male lifemotsepe@rocketmail. 72906208 com 178. Mangoye Nigel DCS NWDC Official Male [email protected] 77083603 178. Mpetsane Florah Councillor NWDC Official Female 179. Sedilame L. Youth Lema Land Scaping Female and Gardening 180 Van Dorp Roos Programme Gender Links Staff Female progbotswana@genderli 3188250 Officer nks.org.za

Attendance by Gender

No Number of Number of Total % M %W Males Females 53 127 180 30 70

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ANNEX B: PROGRAMME

SUMMIT PROGRAMME BOTSWANA SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS: “2015, Yes we Must! The SADC Gender Protocol @ Work”

DAY ONE: TUESDAY 26 MARCH 2013 8.00 – 8.30 Delegates arrival and registration 8.30 – 10.30 PLENARY: Venue: Boipuso Hall, Gaborone OPENING CEREMONY AND ACCOUNTABILITY FORUM – CHAIR – Cllr. Patrick Manthe and Jeannie Peo Olesitse 8.30 - 8.35 Introductions Cllr. Patrick Manthe 8.35 - 8.45 Welcome remarks Cllr. Zubeida Rafael, Coordinator of BALA Women Commission 8.45 – 9.00 Statement by the Women’s Affairs Department Mrs. Valencia Mogegeh, Director of the Women’s Affairs Department 9.00 – 9.20 SADC & The SADC Gender Protocol Mrs. Magdeline Madibela, Head of SADC Gender Unit 9.20 – 9.40 Scoring progress: SADC Gender Protocol – explanation of the Ms Kubi Rama, Gender Links Chief of Operations Citizen Score Card and key findings of the country barometer 9.40 – 9.50 Statement Gogontlejang Phaladi, Gender Activist and Founder of GPPHP (Gogontlejang Phaladi Pillar of Hope Project) 9.50 – 10.15 KEY NOTE ADDRESS Rev. Cllr. Mpho Moruakgomo, President of BALA

10.15 -10.30 Overview of process and assignment of parallel sessions Mrs Kubi Rama, Gender Links Chief of Operations 10.30 – 11.00 TEA

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PARALLEL GBV AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION MEDIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT SESSIONS ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 CHAIR Hon. Cllr. Rafael Mrs Shonga Women’s Affairs Department RAPPORTEUR GL intern GL intern GL intern JUDGES Mr. Greg Kelebonye Dr. Jankey Mrs Molokomme Dr. Gilika Patricia Kole Mrs Mothshubi Doreen Mooketsi Charity Kgotlafela Mrs Motlhabane Presentations 11.00 – 13.00 Alliance Centres of Excellence (COE) 1. Jwaneng Town Council 1. Men’s Sector 1. Mmegi/The Monitor 2. Chobe Town Council 2. Women Against Rape 2. Duma FM 3. Lobatse Town Cpuncil 3. Botswana Police Service - Sowa 3. GABZ FM 4. Bobirwa Sub Council 4. Botswana Police Service - Kgalagadi 4. Sunday Standard/The Telegraph 5. Palapye Administrative Authority 5. Women Against Rape – Legal Aid Project 5. The Echo 6. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 6. Botswana Police Service – Community 6. Yarona 7. North East District Council policing 7. Gamodubu Child Care Trust 7. The Voice 8. Kgatleng District Council Alliance – Faith Based Organisations 1. Botswana Council of Churches 13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH 14.00 – 15.30 Local government Local government COE leadership 1. Palapye Council 1. William Selei (Central District) 9. North West District Council 2. Kweneng District Council 2. Anna Mogapi (Kweneng District) 10. Tonota Sub Council SEXUAL AND REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, Media content - Radio 11. Serowe Administrative Authority HEALTH, HIV AND AIDS 1. Botswana Police Service 1. Gabz FM - Daniel Kenosi 2. Ministry of Health – Dept of Public Health 2. Educational broadcasting – Thabita Gombalume 3. Stepping Stones – Men Care Programme 4. Bomme Isago 15.30 - 16.00 TEA 16.00 – 17.00 Feedback and learning – Improving case studies, evaluation and learning journey Judges Judges Judges GL officers GL officers GL officers

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DAY TWO: WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH 2013 8.00 – 8.30 Delegates arrival and registration 8.30 – 10.30 PLENARY: Venue: Boipuso Hall, Gaborone 8.30 – 9.00 Ice breaker Ms Keabonye Ntsabane, GL Coordinator CHAIR BOCONGO Mrs. Bagaisi Mabilo, Executive Secretary 9.00 – 10.00 Panel - Economic empowerment and ending gender violence I story Neo Motlhoki The role of local government Keabonye Ntsabane Gender Links Country Manager Financing women’s economic empowerment Women’s Affairs Department GBV Baseline research presentation Keabonye Ntsabane GL Country manager 10.00 – 10.30 Discussion 10.30 – 11.00 TEA

PARALLEL EDUCATION AND ECONOMIC MEDIA LOCAL GVT SESSIONS DEVELOPMENT VENUE ROOM 1 ROOM 2 ROOM 3 CHAIR Mrs Mguni Mrs Shonga Women’s Affairs Department RAPPORTEUR GL intern GL intern GL intern JUDGES Mr. Greg Kelebonye Dr. Jankey Mrs Molokomme Dr. Gilika Patricia Kole Mrs Elizabeth Motshubi Doreen Mooketsi Charity Kgotlafela Mrs Norah Motlhabane Presentations 11.00 – 13.00 Alliance TV CLIMATE CHANGE 1. Kasane youth project 1. BTV – Mammusi Siska 1. Lobatse Town Council 2. YWCA 2. BTV – Pricillar Matara 2. Chobe District Council Local government Print CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL RIGHTS 1. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 1 1. BOPA/Daily News – Segametsi Kebonang 1. Re a Nyalana 2. Lobatse Town Council 2. Sunday Standard/ TheTelegraph – Ruth Kedikilwe 3. City of Francistown 3. Mmegi/The Monitor – Baboki Kayawe 4. Selebi Phikwe Town Council 2 5. BOPA – Thamani Shabani 6. North West District Council 7. Serowe Administrative Authority

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13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH 14.00 – 15.00 Feedback and learning – Improving case studies, evaluation and learning journey Judges Judges Judges GL officers GL officers GL officers 15.00 – 15.15 Vote of Thanks Anna Sebopelo 15.15 – 15.30 Announcements and Tea 15.30 – 16.00

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SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS “2015, Yes we Must! The SADC Gender Protocol @ Work” RECOGNITION AND AWARDS CEREMONY PROGRAMME 27 March 2013, 18.00 – 24.00 Boipuso Hall, Gaborone

Time Activity Who Director of programmes: Greg Kelebonye 18.00 for 18.30 Arrival 18.30 – 18.40 Musical item Botswana Police Band 18.40 – 18.50 Official welcome Keabonye Ntsabane, GL Coordinator, Botswana 18.50 – 19.00 Starters 19.00 – 19.15 Musical item Botswana Police Band Recognition ceremony 19.15 – 19.30 Local Government COEs Botswana Association of Local Authorities  Serowe Administrative Authority  Boteti Sub District Council  Bobirwa Sub District Council  Tonota Sub District Council  Mahalapye Sub District Council  Tutume Sub District Council Media COEs Beata Kasale, GL Media Facilitator  Duma Fm  Gabz Fm  Mmegi  Sunday Standard  The Echo  The Voice  Yarona 19.30 – 20.00 Dinner / Musical item Botswana Police Band 20.00 – 20.20 Statement Hon. Edwin Batshu, Minister of Labour and Home Affairs Awards presentation, Kubi Rama, Chief of Operations, GL 20.20 – 20.30 Feedback from the judges Mme Immelda Molokomme 20.30 - 21.30 GBV and conflict resolution Hon Rev Cllr Mpho Moruakgomo and  Gamodubu Child Care Trust - Don't turn a blind eye Anna Sebopelo, Coordinator, Gender  Kweneng District Gender Committee - Thursdays in Black Sector, BOCONGO Education and economic development  Kasane Out of School Youth Training Programme

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Time Activity Who  City of Francistown - Botswana Homeless and Poor People's Federation

Climate change and sustainable development  Making Lobatse Green  Chobe - Paper making and wood painting Sexual and reproductive rights, Health, HIV and AIDS  Stepping stones - Men's Care Father's Group Constitutional and legal rights  No award Media – print John Warner, Public Affairs Officer,  Ruth Kedikilwe United States Embassy and Mme Media – radio Mareledi Segotso, Deputy Resident  Tabitha Gombalume Representative, UNFPA Media – TV  Mammusi Siska Media – COE  Sunday Standard Local government – Leadership Hon. Edwin Batshu, Minister of  Anna Mogapi Labour and Home Affairs and Mme Best improved performance Valencia Mogegeh, Director,  Selebi Phikwe Town Council Women’s Affairs Department Best overall performance  Lobatse Town Council 21.30 – 21.40 Vote of thanks Mme Ludo Matshameko, Deputy Executive Secretary, BALA 21.40 onwards Dessert and dance

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ANNEX C: MEDIA LOG

Date of interview/ Name of media Print, radio, TV Article title/ Title of show Web address (for Entered on back article online article) end form

29 th March 2013 Radio Botswana 1 Radio Summit awards by the Minister www.gov.bw No

30th March 2013 Radio Botswana 2 Radio Feedback on the summit www.gov.bw yes

05th April 2013 The Voice Print Activists donated funds during Thevoicebw.com yes Newspaper summit to GBV survivor

12th April 2013 Botswana TV BTV Breakfast Show - Issues www.gov.bw yes Television raised during the summit and way forward

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ANNEX D - EVALUATION 1 - SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE COUNTRY SADC GENDER PROTOCOL SUMMIT AND AWARDS

Categories Strengths Weaknesses Solutions Communication BALA and Gender Links were As partners we have other Strengthen the communication able to conduct meetings commitments and other workshops where feel it lacked by organizing together on the preparations planned not everybody was able to the evaluation with all stakeholders for the summit. Through this participate in task force meetings as BALA selected member of the scheduled staff to be part of the task force Time  Both partners were able to  The intended dates changed to  To always find out the best agree on the changed dates to accommodate the presence of timing for the event be suitable for both parties the councils, When the date  Asses what other activities are changed most of the councils planned with the councils the had already scheduled their main stakeholders in this activities and that led to other project councils not able to make it Transportation  All delegates managed to  There were no weaknesses  Do better than before transport themselves Participation  Most of the councils were able  We need to inform the  The management of the to participate even though participants as early as the ministry is still supportive to there were some not able to beginning of the year although gender mainstreaming to the participate. it was not so bad realizing the extent that they can avail funds limited budget we have allow participants to take part in the gender summit.  There is also political will on the part of the Ministry of Local Government & Rural Development Registration  Registration was taken care off  One of the flaws of this  In future perhaps registration by the team. The process of arrangement is when people online might be more effective registration was done enter the conference hall in large since it also provides the event systematically when numbers at the same time, this organisers the exact number of

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Categories Strengths Weaknesses Solutions participants entered the might be overwhelming to the people attending and hence conference hall. people doing registering. help in logistical arrangements

Voting processes   Summit in general  It went well and there was  Presenters felt that it was a short  Preparations to be started improvement as compared to notice they need to be informed earlier like 6 months before last year. A good number a year earlier to prepare attended and if it was for free submission we could have exceeded the number of participants Team work  We were able to coordinate  We do not plan for our activities  To plan summit together with preparations together together and our schedule are stakeholders different Management  BALA management were very  Both partners we are thin on the  Increase more manpower supportive and that led to the ground therefore we need to well-coordinated summit include more volunteers to assist including speakers in the management of the summit Finance  Both BALA, WAD and Gender  There was no weakness as such  A need to fundraise in time not Links raised financial resources but need to raise more wait for the summit to take towards the summit, councils place were able to pay for their accommodation and traveling. We were able to raise funds in country Logistics In general logistics went well  Approaching or sending of  Need to do better in the near most speakers were there and invitations to our clients need to future bookings, entertainment were be well coordinated and more taken care off. consultation and follow-ups

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ANNEX E – Analysis of summit evaluation form

What did you find innovative about the summit?  The summit was more innovate because there were lots of case sharing on GBV and that’s shows that people are now aware about GBV issue  Socialising , education on GBV  The project presentations as well as Gogontlejang Phaladi’s statement  Sharing of gender based violence stories by some council and survivor of gender based violence  Presenters designed very good slides  Learning and sharing of ideas on different projects geared towards  Most presenters are conversant enough about GBV and participate in these issues with passion  It was my first time to attend the summit and I have learnt a lot and gained experience  The addressees were very articulate in their presentations  I found that gender equality in most companies is still an issue  The change of scope of judging not voting allowed from audience  Educating  This is a great development which needs first priority in our daily issues  Has learnt many things which I wasn’t aware of  None  I have find out that there is a room for change if we can collaborate , because a lot of information about gender issues were shared  The summit targeted all groups once without separating them  Projects, information ideas about how often organisation are tackling issues of gender  Engaging both males and females equally in gender issues  Bring along GBV victims to share their experiences  The summit included men on gender issues and it was very interesting to see men being vocal on issues of gender based violence ,it shows that men are coming on board  Making and creating an opportunity for stakeholders participation across the board  Every thing was stunning particularly briefing by Ms Kubi Rama of Gender Links

What do you think could have been done better?  The summit could be arranged in such a way that we can also listen to other presenters ,eg media but we could have not time for that as the presenters were on the same time  Trained the presenters before presenting because some of them are very slow  Add extra time for presenters since the slides information needed is quiet lengthy  Designing of templates a month in advance  Session should not run parallel because we want to learn more from other sessions  The podium needed to be prepared by an ergonomically aware personnel  General logistics

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 Micro phones were not provided therefore voices of presenters were not audible  To give us time to prepare for projects and do best presentations  People should have prepared well for presentations  More media especially Botswana television  Inviting many youth  Could have put it much in the public so that people can be able to know so that they come and get educated  Invitation to be done in advance so that preparation can be done  The presentation time should be extended at least to 15 minutes  The time was limited, too much work and little time  Next time the time of presentations should be done justice and at least 20 minutes  Organisation and time keeping  Not to have parallel ,but to make sure that we are all able to attend those sessions  Everything was done  We could have heard clips on GBV ,radio/ DVDs  The summit could have been done in week form in order to have access to all presentations  There is need to reach out to Chief Executives of both government ,parastatal and private sector to create an understanding what the summit is all about  Accommodation, some of us were struggling with accommodation , next time this should be arranged as it is crucial and impact on our arriving here in time

Please list at least three things you learned from the summit  Presentations ,timing ,project knowledge to as to do a good presentation  I have learnt about gender protocol targets  Appreciation of different types of projects  Efforts made by different stakeholders to fight GBV  GBV cases,paper can be turned into ornaments, NGOs are helping to bridge the gap of unemployment  Local Economic Development  The issue of GBV is being addressed country wide, it is reaching out to all and Local authority should be reinforce, training and implementation to combat GBV  Men need to be involved more on this issues  I have learnt that men and women as from bible are equal and everyone should be given the right to freedom  Policy implementation, economic empowerment ,structure for presentation  Constitutional legal rights, climate change, GBV  A detailed information about gender issues, policies that could be implemented  To do your work with confidence, more information on GBV eceived, duties for different organisations  Life changes emotionally, mentally,and spiritually  Women anger against men  I have learnt that violence is there and you should meet with others to share ideas

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 I have learnt that affirmative action is a very effective approach, in some of the district they have a very long way to go concerning gender biases eg Kgatleng District  Children have to be educated at an early age about gender so that the girl child can also understand that they are capable of becoming engineers and doctors  Making the voice of women heard and represented in positions of power  Dealing with issues of HIV/AIDS ,gender violence, gender mainstreaming, sexual, climate and environment etc  Protocol and perception of people about the gender issues  It is important that people are made aware that those we trust are the ones who defile our children, that some people commit brutal killings called passion killing  SADC gender protocol at work  One must have passion and should further chase the dreams  Education campaigns need to be extended to all villages  Gender Based Violence need a holistic approach in all areas to achieve our goals, I have learnt that GBV is prevalent especially in rural areas  This is not all about competition but learning and sharing experiences and how to address gender issues  Statement by Gender Affairs Department  Male involvement in prevention of GBV  That there is need to work together collaborate in order to achieve our goals as beefed by the SADC Protocol ending 2015, presentation from stepping stones men care program was marvellous

How will you apply this learning

 I am going to address WAR staff and tell them what I have learned from this summit  Lobbying and advocating for those victims who are affected by gender issues such as domestic violence, to ensure that gender protocol targets or issues are mainstreamed into council annual plan  By sensitising and educating council staff and councillors  Sharing with the colleagues  I am going to resuscitate the spirit of cooperation so that Gaborone City Council is brought on board so that we not only participate in the summit but take action on the action plan for GBV at our council  By applying what I have learnt from the summit to my working environment  Hold Kgotla meetings and if funds available to invite you to workshop youth and vulnerable groups in the area  Will teach other young people out there about gender based violence, and fully participate at the organisations that are aiming to building consensus  Infuse prevention of GBV into council presentations  Will go into the community and share with them what I have learnt  Should be addressed at least twice a year so that it will stick to people  Teaching others

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 When I get to the field I will also start some of the project because through presentations I have seen they are viable. I will also empower members of the community through group discussion, Kgotla meeting and house to house to educate them  Hold workshop and train other men  I will for the second time ,urge the council with a motion that to form a committee that will take care of gender issue  As a social worker, I have realised that much is not done in relation to GBV, But it is my duty from now on to extend the information I have learned and prepare a project for next year.

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ANNEX F – SPEECHES

WELCOME REMARKS BY THE COORDINATOR OF THE BALA GENDER COMMISSION, HON. CLLR ZUBEIDA RAPHAEL ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND NATIONAL GENDER SUMMIT FOR BOTSWANA (26TH MARCH 2013 FAIRGROUNDS, DITSHUPO HALL).

– Cllr. ZUBEIDA RAPHAEL, COORDINATOR OF BALA WOMEN COMISIION

Director of Ceremonies President of BALA Council Chairpersons and Mayors here present Director of Gender Affairs Department Head of SADC Gender Unit Council Secretaries and Town Clerks Heads of Government Departments Heads of Civil Society Organizations Members of the Media Industry Ladies and Gentlemen

It is with honour and privilege to be addressing you on the occasion of this very important ‘second national gender summit for Botswana’. Last year’s event, which was a first for us as a Country, was a remarkable success and therefore on the basis of the standard that we have set for ourselves, it will perhaps not be far-fetched to anticipate that this year’s will even be more of a resounding success. It is my hope that going forward, this event will continue to grow in leaps and bounds as it is through that growth that the stage will be set for exchange of lessons and good practices among gender stakeholders. Allow me Director of Ceremonies to say that the basis for my hope is that currently there are indications that there is commitment and political will to allow for that exchange of ideas and good practices. This is because we are noticing an encouraging sign through the work plans that are being developed in Councils that there is commitment towards mainstreaming Gender issues in Local Government. This commitment, that Local Government and Government in General has shown in Gender related matters, therefore also need to be commended.

If each and every one of us would take this seriously, at all levels including at family, schools, churches, workplaces and other spheres of public interactions, an impact would really be felt. This year’s theme ‘2015: YES WE MUST. SADC GENDER PROTOCOL @ WORK’ presupposes that the event will mainly be focused on issues arising from the protocol as member states implement it. Therefore as we prepare for the regional summit which would be held in Johannesburg in April, let us brace ourselves for possibilities of learning from other SADC Countries that are already implementing the protocol and see what lessons we could draw from their experiences. Ladies and Gentlemen with those few remarks you are all welcome to the ‘2013 second national gender summit for Botswana’. Thank you for you audience and I wish you all fruitful discussions and deliberations.

PULA!!!!!!!!! PULA!!!!!!!!! PULA!!!!!!!!

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REMARKS AT THE BOTSWANA GENDER SUMMIT PRESENTED BY THE HEAD OF SADC GENDER UNIT MAGDELINE MATHIBA -MADIBELA 26 March 2013, Gaborone, Botswana

Director of Ceremonies Honorable Distinguished Guests Members of the Diplomatic Corp Senior Government Officials Representatives of the United Nations Representatives from the Non-Governmental Organizations Distinguished Delegates The Media Ladies and Gentlemen

I am honored to present these remarks at this very important occasion.

Director of Ceremony Ladies and Gentlemen, Honorable Ministers

This is a crucial time for SADC as a region to consolidate efforts towards ensuring that the SADC Gender Commitments are implemented more expeditiously than ever before. Only two years before we reach 2015 the target for achieving the MDGS and also a crucial time the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. As we are aware the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development provides concrete, time-bound commitments, to achieve key strategic objectives and marks the end of an era of commitments- to- an era of implementation of gender targets within the SADC region. The SADC Protocol on Gender and Development provides a mechanism to: • monitor and evaluate the progress made by Member States towards the agreed goals and targets; • create a forum for involving stakeholders and sharing best practices in the implementation of the protocol; and, • deepen regional integration, sustainable development, and community building. The Protocol has officially entered into force.It is the most exciting time for SADC . It is also a time to reenergise and build momentum. It is important to advocate very strongly for the effective implementation of the Protocol, mobilise for more resources to implement it.

The SADC region cannot afford to do business as usual. With the SADC Protocol in place, we must make visible changes in the lives of women and children in line with all the key provisions.

The SADC Gender Unit has developed the SADC Plan of Action on Gender and Development. It is expected that SADC Member States will use the regional plan of action as a basis for the development of National Plans of Action on Gender and Development.

Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates, SADC Secretariat continues to invest in prudent strategies in order to facilitate Member States to implement their gender commitments on the ground. Secretariat has developed tools, frameworks and plans of action, among others, to catalyse action at national level. Support through various initiatives is also in place to instigate more action towards implementation. Recent examples are the SADC Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit, the Gender Mainstreaming Strategy for Open and Distance Learning and up-coming guidelines for

43 mainstreaming gender in communicable diseases (HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis). Gender Mainstreaming toolkits and guidelines are important in our discourse as they make gender equality the centrepiece of organizational practice in the SADC region. Secretariat is convinced that these efforts are instrumental in ensuring that all SADC regional integration dispensation has a gender face!

Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates, Regarding Women in Political and Decision Making Positions in SADC, SADC Council of Ministers have adopted a SADC Framework for Achieving Gender Parity in Political and Decision Making Positions at all levels in 2008, soon after the signing of the Protocol. This tool is undergoing implementation at national level. SADC Secretariat encourages Member States to embrace it and use it as a planning guide towards the development of national plans. It is important to start strategising early before the next elections in order to realise results and the much needed increase of women representation in political and decision making positions. We can reverse the losses that we have recently witnessed if we apply our tools.

Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates, Gender based violence remains one of the key problems in the region. Incidences of violence are on the rise. Secretariat is coordinating two regional projects to support Member States: One is to assist Member States to develop Legislation to combat human Trafficking and the other is to develop a manual for law enforcement officers to effectively deal with violence against women, and also to train them. According to our Protocol, SADC Member States must reduce half of all incidences of GBV by 2015.

SADC is collaborating with UN Women to launch the Africa Unite to End Violence against Women Campaign. This is an excellent initiative to reinvigorate commitment, political will and raise awareness on this critical issue. This campaign will build on existing efforts by Member States to end violence against women and girls. In addition, this campaign will enhance collaboration between various partners at regional and national level.

Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates, Regional efforts on Women’s Economic Empowerment are in line with one of SADC’s main objectives, which is ‘to achieve development and economic growth, alleviate poverty, enhance the standard and quality of lives of the people of Southern Africa and support the socially disadvantaged through regional integration.’ SADC has developed the SADC Strategy for Women’s Economic Empowerment. In view of the current SADC economic integration agenda, more concrete efforts to strengthen the capacity of women to participate more effectively in the economic activities of our countries is essential. More sustainable and life changing interventions must be put in place at both national and regional levels.

Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates, Regarding Monitoring and Evaluation, the SADC Secretariat, with the support from the UN Economic Commission for Africa, Southern Africa Sub Regional Office of the African Centre for Gender and Social Development, has developed a Regional Gender Monitoring Tool (RGMT) to monitor progress in the implementation of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development. This RGMT provides for a framework for assessing progress being made in implementing the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development.

Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates I wish to re-iterate the importance of partnerships and collaboration between SADC, development partners, civil society and the private sector. I wish to recognise the SADC

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Gender Unit. These partnerships have benefited the cause for gender equality and women’s empowerment in the SADC region.

Director of Ceremonies, Distinguished delegates, We are in challenging times, where financial economic crisis, climate change, globalisation and other issues are affecting the world. We know that women always bear the greatest brunt of these impacts. That is why we cannot afford to do business as usual. More strategic and focused planning, implementation and monitoring efforts interventions are necessary. The challenges that we face now in the fight for gender equality needs more ‘organising’ than ever before! Efforts at regional level have a great impact on Member States, but specific national level activities are critical since that is where the women and girls are!! Our work must therefore make an impact in the lives of women and girls in our communities.

I thank you for you very much for your attention!

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