Extend 50% representation to all sectors - Kaumba
Extend 50% representation to all sectors - KaumbaBy Masuzyo Chakwe
Thursday August 23, 2007 [06:55]
THE SADC declaration on 50 per cent on women representation in political and decision-making positions should cater for all sectors of the economy, Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) executive director Katembu Kaumba has said. Commenting on the upgrading of the SADC declaration on increasing women's representation in political and decision-making positions from 30 to 50 per cent, Kaumba said YWCA welcomed the move but it was the implementation strategy on how to put it into effect that mattered. She said talking about numbers was not enough.
"Is it going to be 50 per cent for urban women or will it be inclusive of rural women or is it just politics?" she asked.
Kaumba said it was important as a country to put in place a strategic process of making sure that it reached the 50 per cent target.
"It should look at all sectors of the economy, be it social, economic, political. It should cover all boundaries not just members of parliament. It should cover education where the number of female and male teachers employed should be even. Even the enrolment for girls and boys in schools should be even," Kaumba said.
The low female representation comes against a background of the 1997 SADC Declaration on Gender and Development in which member states committed to progressively increase the number of women in decision-making to 30 percent by 2005.
The 30 per cent target was later revised in line with an AU commitment to increasing female representation in decision-making positions to 50 per cent by 2015.
Last year's SADC summit held in Lesotho endorsed the process of drafting a SADC Gender Protocol and directed the SADC Secretariat to ensure wide consultations with member states.
This, the summit observed, would speed up activities towards the consideration of the protocol, which was to be presented to the just-ended summit in Lusaka.
The protocol was introduced at the Lusaka summit but leaders felt that each country needed more time to study it.
And Kaumba said she was concerned about the increase in cases of gender-based violence despite the awareness.
"Just yesterday (Tuesday) we had a woman who ran away because she was being battered and we have people passing through on a daily basis. Last week we had three women who passed through the drop in centre," said Kaumba.
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