10. Melania Mandeya, Zimbabwe

ZIMBABWELOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDSDATE:23-25 APRIL 2012

VENUE: KOPANOMG HOTEL SOUTH AFRICA“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END VIOLENCE AND

EMPOWER WOMEN”

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Welcome to Chegutu Municipality

POLICY FRAMEWORK

• October 2011. Council crafted and adopted the gender policy with the help of Gender Links

• ZILGA GENDER POLICY –ZIM LOCAL GVT. ASOC.

• RESULT BASED MANAGEMENT – MIN. OF LOCAL GVT.

• RESULT BASED FINANCING- MIN.OF HEALTH-MDGs 5

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Chegutu Municipality

GOVERNANCERepresentation

• women are 2/ 15 councillors.

• None of them hold a position

• There is a huge gap, however.

• 2006 marked the paradigm shift to gender mainstreaming in Council as the first ever female senior manager was recruited giving a 1/ 4 males

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Governance

There is a registered Residents’ Trust Board followed by ward committees. Council maintains a profile register for all stakeholders with whom consultations are regularly made


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Participation• The two women councillors dominate

the chairing of all consultative meetings in the wards as a way of bridging the gap.

• They make one stop shop to address gender issues of 50/50 HIV/AIDS & GBV awareness.

• Both men and women are informed of the gender imbalance in the council as displayed during introductions & are urged to take courage and address the

position in the forthcoming elections.

Cont.• The women councillors, gender champion

and the female A/District Administrator initiated the urban farming policy that benefited 200 women.Beneficiaries grow ground cover such as legumes, cowpeas that are recommended for good health They feed on the farm produce as well as cash up from selling surplus produce.

Legumes waste provides soil nutrients

Public participation

GOOD GOVERNANCE

POLITICIANS

NGOs AND LOCAL

LEADERSHIP

MEDIA

COUNCIL

COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS

MAINSTREAMING GENDER INTO EXISTING PROGRAMMES

• Only 25% women are in council employment

• There is a gender gap.

• Council is addressing the gap through the job regrading exercise done in preparation for appropriate professional expertise placement.

• It is council policy that a clause that states equal opportunities for men and women is placed on every advert.

• Currently council take more women from students on attachment NS

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• There is training and development in progress. Women in lower ranks are trained to become drivers.


all employees have equal training and

development opportunities.

Three women in lower ranks are studying for

their first degrees one graduated and has been

elevated to the post of Admin. Officer

The other two have been transferred to

Engineering services department

Men are now doing the ushering service which

were previously dominated by women.


Gloria is going for a class 2 driver’s licence from the tractor.

The two ladies are into furniture and herbal manufacturing ventures


• in partnership with ISLO an NGO, council trained 40/50 women beneficiaries of a pro poor project as builders and carpenters and they built their own houses. men

Procurement• Tenders are publicised, both women and men are

given equal opportunity to compete at the same level.

• There is council policy that all uniforms are supplied by Chegutu clothing factories dominated by women.

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Climate change and sustainable development

Every Head of department spear heads the council priority areas in line with policies in place. Tangible results are;-

• Installation of a 300 000 dollar dedicated power line

- upgrading of the water treatment plant which provides portable water to stakeholders

- -Completion of a sewer treatment plant that render services to 800 households that did not have water for 10 years.

• -Free health services that will ensure zero maternal mortality rate through the (RBF) project

• The construction and completion of a state of the art primary school in the middle of pro-poor housing schemes.


• Below, the town clerk gives cleanup volunteers accolade and Encourages them to pass on the sense of responsibility and ownership.


open spaces have been turned into venue for weddings & other events.

300 trees were planted with the help of Nyaradzo funeral services under the go green

Youths take care of planted trees.

Land and housing• A draft housing policy is now circulating

within all council departments for in put. Its targeted at correcting the gender gap on property ownership.

• Women are considered in their individual capacity.

• Joint ownership is inscribed in the policy regardless of marital status.

• Title deeds have family security close inscribed for protection from selfish siblings after parents die


Land and housing• 12/20 women benefited factory

shells given at no cost on B.O.T. a promotion of small to medium enterprises to incubate and graduate to higher Industry levels of economy.

Dodhill nurseries national supplier of go green products ,owned by a woman, employees 75% women

Land and housing women benefited 320/600 stands allocated at no cost to co-operatives to service and construct own houses – Pro-poor projectCouncil donated land for a school in same the high density areaThe woman in the picture is a beneficiary and her children also benefit from the primary school.

The school enrols less privileged children. Catholic sisters subsidise the school requirements for the children. Poverty is no barrier

Water and sanitationThe Engineer visited Japan on a learning expedition of the new technological water and sewer reticulation services.

Town Clerk and the Chamber Secretary visited Ghana and Sweden on a programme for community engagement of Stakeholder participation in policy formulation, implementation and review (STRAP)

Gender based planning is the requisite for a council to be selected on such programs

• There are 24 boreholes in the 12 wards as water source back-up. At first the committees were chaired by men, but due to rampant vandalism experienced,

• Council resolved that the ward committees be taken up by women who are more caring.


Water and sanitation improved the livelihoods of 800 households that did not have tape water and sanitation services for 10 years. -clean environment and empowered community

Environmental health There are 6 community based workers on council

pay roll who monitor TB patients and possible victims.

Door to door visits are done and brought for health care attention.

Disaggregated statistics of ailments are reported on a monthly basis.

The mortality of people living with HIV/AIDs is reduced because of they survive like others.

Statistics show that from 2011 to date Chegutu has been 99% free from cholera.

Mr Peter Morrison country Director for UNICEF witness the world habitat day at Chegutu.

Environmental health

Council involves all schools in the urban

area.

They too adopted the GBV action Plan

and dance to the slogan during16 days of

activism.

SLOGAN “ CHEGUTU”

no Violence no abuse

report abusers

A five year old sister reported the abuse of

her two brothers at a church shrine, the

perpetrator was apprehended.

CHEGUTU HIGH SCHOOL

Won the Environmental Management

Agency Prize for keeping the

environment clean

HIV/AIDS and CARE

Sister –in-charge agreed work plan

NGO (RBF)AGREEMENT WITH COUNCIL

15 COMMUNITY MEMBER COMMITTEE

MONITOR CENTRE DEVELOPEMENTS

FREE HEALTH SERVICE CARE TO COMMUNITY

ZERO MORTALITY ON MATERNAL DEATHS

PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACHIEVED-MDG 5


HIV/AIDS and CAREGBV NETWORKS

BATSIRANAI

TSUNGIRIRAI

POPULATION SERVICES

ZNP+

ZIMBABWE REPUBLIC POICE

JUSTICE FOR CHILDREN TRUST

CORD AID HEALTH PROMOTOR

RESILT BASED FINANCING .COMUNITY AND COUNCIL

BENEFITS

72 YOUTHS TRAINED BY PARTNERS FOR WARD CARE

WORK


Social development

• Community has shifted interest to out door events,

• open spaces are now being utilised. Council provides the package inclusive of decor services to users.


GENDER SPECIFIC PROGRAMMESGBV flagship plan

Council is at category 1

To provide

1. adequate portable water & sanitation services,

2. a safe environment for rate payers- increase street lighting.

3. Adequate shelter for community and manage waste collection.

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EMPLOYMENT PRACTISES AND ENVIROMENT Recruitment and Selection

• Gives equal employment opportunities to both men and women

• Every advert has a clause that encourages both men and women to apply.

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Working conditions and environment

• Both men and women enjoy equal salaries, wages and benefits in terms of the grades.

• Breast feeding mothers are given breastfeeding hours a day for 3months can be extended depending on the health of both the mother and baby.

• Men are given time off to attend to PMTCT with partner


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Capacity buildingTraining and development policy caters for group and

individual training needs.

Below all stakeholders attend RBM capacity building workshop.

GENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM Monitoring and evaluation

community

Management meetings

Committee meetings

Full council

make resolutions

Implementation

Operatives

Supervisors

Heads of departments

All heads of departments have gender based work plans,

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GENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMBUDGETS

• Training and Development US$ 45 000.

• annual budget for human resource reforms. US$ 36 000

• Electricity upgrading US$300 000

• sewer treatment plant

• Zebakwe Trust injected US$ 28 000

• and Council injected US$ 18 000.

• clean up awareness campaigns US$ 5 000

• - seasonal food for work program. US$ 10 000

• Commemoration of women special days US$ 2 000

• Women in Local Get Forum (WILGF US$ 1 000

• Maternity and paternity leave

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GENDER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMGender CHAMPION

• Senior managers are gender agents at department level .

• Gender champion is Melania Mandeya - PROFILE [email protected]

• 2002 – 2005 Provincial Internal Audit Team Leader, ward councillor and a member of the WLGF EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE instrumental in the formulation of the gender tool kit for women aspiring to join the political arena at the same studying for degree in Bsc in counselling.

• 2006- to date- joined Chegutu council, as the Director of housing and Community services . Influenced the intake of students on attachment to be 50/50 every year it is now a council policy.

• 2010 Appointed Member of the Local Government Board that approves appointments and dismissal of senior management personnel in all local authorities in Zimbabwe.

• Have so far influenced the employment of 4 women in decision making posts with local authorities in Zimbabwe.

• Studying for a Master of Science Degree in Strategic Management to ensure gender issues are tackled from a transformational dimension and graduating this year 2012.


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STRENGHTS

Community involvement

Transparency & accountability

Result motivated

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CHALLENGES

Marginalised community

Inactive industry

Urban expansion due to urban

migration

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LESSONS LEARNED

• no part is greater than the whole- Gender based Planning is whole

• There are Financial and Other Rewards for Good Performance

• that community involvement is productive and it promotes transparency& accountability which is key to good governance

• That the population monitor developments in their environment; play policing role to projects, get sense of responsibility and ownership.

• every worker at the organisation is equally important

• Result Based Management means involvement of the user of product

• Local authorities should be client oriented than dictatorship

• Management should be transformational and respond to the client’s needs.

• SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICABILITY IS ASSURED

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NEXT STEPS

Complete outstanding stages with gender links

Increase gender awareness programs to quarterly

Service more land to accommodate the growing need for shelter in Chegutu

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ANY QUESTIONS ?thank you

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10. Melania Mandeya, Zimbabwe