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Southern Africa
Within this sub-region, PeaceWomen is currently monitoring 6 countries (Angola, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe). Southern Africa is home to countries of medium (Gabon 93) to the lowest (Zimbabwe 169) levels of human development, in addition to post-conflicts countries. According to the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI,) countries in Southern Africa rank from 8 (Lesotho) to 106 (Zambia).
For information on National Action Plans in the region for SCR 1325, please click here.
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News
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May 17, 2013 (Aljazeera)
SOUTH AFRICA and MALAWI: Africa's Women of Power Across the world, women make up about half the population yet they never come close to holding 50 percent of the positions of power in any government. -
March 29, 2013 (allAfrica)
ANGOLA: Angola Defence Minister Praises Women's Role, Determination Angola's National Defence minister, Cândido Van-Dúnem, on Thursday here praised the determination and role played by women in face of the difficulties of life, especially Angolan women, who have given their best to the promotion of unity and wellbeing of the family and society. -
March 8, 2013 (Washington Post )
SOUTH AFRICA: 3 Women Killed a Day in World's Worst Gender Violence Reeva Steenkamp, the model and law graduate shot and killed by Oscar Pistorius, was statistically just one of three women killed on Valentine's Day by an intimate partner, according to a study on violence against women that damns South Africa as having “the highest rate ever reported in research anywhere in the world.” -
February 25, 2013 (allAfrica)
SOUTH AFRICA: 57,000 South Africans Call on President Zuma to Pledge R10 Billion to End Violence Against Women in SA Budget In a protest action organised by Avaaz.org and Sonke Gender Justice Network, gender equality activists from across Cape Town will gather outside the Houses of Parliament to call on the South African Government to commit to one billion rand a year to fund effective strategies to prevent violence against women, including a grassroots public education campaign to end the cycle of violence against women. -
February 6, 2013 (BBC News)
SOUTH AFRICA: South African Gang-Rape Murder Angers ANC Women The death of a 17-year-old girl in South Africa after she was gang raped has been condemned by female politicians of the governing party.
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Resources
- REPORT: "If You Come Back We Will Kill You": Sexual Violence and other Abuses against Congolese Migrants during Expulsions from Angola, Human Rights Watch, May 20, 2012 | Download PDF
- SWAZILAND: Cabinet Has Approved the Following, Swazi Observer, 5 October 2011
- Women and Law Enforcement in Zimbabwe, An African Democracy Institute and the Research and Advocacy Unit, March 1, 2011 | Download PDF
- Bombshells with Black Faces: Examining the Intersection between Terrorism, State Failure, and Sexual Gender Based Violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tiffiany Howard, 1st of January 2011
- Zimbabwe: African 'Tradition' And Women's Oppression , Government of Zimbabwe, December 8, 2010
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Initiatives
- BLOG: ZIMBABWE: Women's Vote Critical in Any Election, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , February 25th, 2013
- BLOG: South Africa, Will the Pistorius Case Change South Africa?, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , February 16, 2013
- SOUTH AFRICA: Women's Day - Justice Department Continues to Fail Survivors of Sexual Violence, Statements, , 9th of Agust 2012
- Gender Activism Website Provides Much-Needed Platform for Zimbabweans Globally, Online Dialogues & Blogs, , 1st of August 2012
- AFRICA: Religious Leaders Pledge Support in Fight Against Domestic Violence, Training & Workshops, , 26th of July 2012
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Organizations
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Southern African Women's Peace Forum
(SAWPF)
The Southern African Women's Peace Forum is a newly established, international non-governmental organisation dedicated to achieving the full, equal and effective participation of women in formal and informal peace processes in Southern Africa. The aims of the SAWPF include monitoring and promoting the implementation of regional, continental and international commitments relating to women, peace and security such as the African Union's Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa and UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security. For more information about the aims of the SAWPF - Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Project (WLSA)
- Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation (CADRE)
- Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR)
- African Gender Institute, University of Cape Town
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