SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS
28 – 30 MARCH 2011
KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG,
LEADERSHIP

SOUTH AFRICA
“365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER
VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015”

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 WHAT ROLE HAS THE LEADER PLAYED
IN CHAMPIONING GENDER AND GBV
ACTIVITIES?
• I plan and organize gender
workshops in the community, at
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my work place and in small

Christian communities.

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 HOW HAS THE LEADER INFLUENCED
THE LEVEL OF BUY IN AND
INVOLVEMENT OF MANAGEMENT?
• I have been interacting with
workers and management at my
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work place. At Church level I

interact with other interfaith
denominations even youths in
small Christian communities.

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 IS THE LEADER KNOWN WITHIN THE
INSTITUTION, COMMUNITY, ETC FOR
ADVOCATING FOR ISSUES OF GENDER
AND GBV?
• Yes, I am well known within the community
for my involvement in Church activities for
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example: I conduct workshops and train

women in various skills. I am also a Union
leader at Luanshya Municipal Council, I am
a vice chairperson of Zambia Union of Local
Authority workers (ZULAWU).

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 WHAT TIMES DOES THE LEADER
DEVOTE TO THIS WORK? IS IT PAID OR
VOLUNTARY?
• I do it during working hours or
after work on voluntary basis.
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 HOW HAS THE LEADER HELPED TO
POPULARISE GENDER AND GBV
ACTIVITIES AND INITIATIVES IN THE
WORKPLACE?
• Through meetings and workshops.
Even at my own time I visit
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families who have sick family

members in hospitals and in
homes in my community.

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 WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?
HOW IS THIS LINKED TO PERSONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE LEADER?
• Women in the community and at my workplace
are now ready for projects to empower
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themselves. At Luanshya Municipal Council we

have introduced, the commemoration of
International Women’s Day and all women and
some men participate.
• We have also formed a club called Tandizo-
meaning ‘Helping’. The club involves both male
and female workers who contribute monies
monthly to help their families when they are sick
and when they have funerals.

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 SHORT STORY OR ANECDOTE THAT
ILLUSTRATES THE PASSION OF THE
LEADER
• I have among others helped a widow of Mikomfwa
in Luanshya who was a victim of property
grabbing which left the family suffering. I helped
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the widow, Ms Safi Kakompe, with some money

to start a business and as at now she is able to
take her children to school and sustain the family
through the same business.

• END OF PRESENTATION: THANK YOU

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 ANY QUESTIONS?
LEADERSHIP

Contact : Theresa Lesa

Library Assistant
Luanshya Municipal Council
P.O Box 90140
Mobile +260 963 387 331.

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