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Nations Convention against Transnational
Organised Crime and its supplementing
protocol on traf cking in persons.
❖ All countries in the region have constitu-
tional provisions towards gender equality.
❖ All SADC Member States have national
gender policies or strategies and action
plans in place.
❖ T irteen Member States have established
Ministries Responsible for Gender or
Women’s Af airs that ensure enforcement of
the empowerment of women and gender
equality commitments.
❖ T e participation of women in politics and
decision-making has improved signif -
cantly, however progress has been inconsis-
tent across the region.
❖ Capacity-building on gender mainstream-
ing has been conducted for Member States
targeting Gender Focal Persons and the Re-
gional Women Parliamentary Caucus of the
SADC-PF, including provision of key tools
such as the 2008 Gender Mainstreaming
Resource Kit and the Regional Gender Re-
sponsive Budgeting Guidelines.
❖ Every year, progress on achievements, les-
sons and challenges on the gender parity
92 target and other gender equality indicators
is monitored and reviewed regularly, result-
ing in the production of the SADC Gender
and Development Monitor at two-year in-
tervals.
❖ T e Regional Multi-Dimensional Women’s
Economic Empowerment Programme
(2018 – 2030) was developed to promote
the economic empowerment of women and
gender-responsive development.
❖ SADC developed the Strategic Plan of Ac-
tion on combatting Traf cking in Persons,
especially Women and Children (2009-
2019). Fourteen Member States have devel-
oped TIP legislation, and a regional
database is operational.
❖ All Member States have legislation or re-
lated instruments necessary for combatting
GBV.
❖ T e SADC Regional Strategy and Frame-
work of Action on Addressing GBV (2018-
2030) was developed to guide the
coordinated response to GBV in the region.
A Regional Comprehensive Gender Based
Violence Study was conducted to provide
baseline data for implementation of the
strategy.
❖ T e SADC Women, Peace and Security
Strategy (2018-2022) has been developed
for implementation.