5 8 S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N D E V E L O P M E N T C O M M U N I T Y productive resources such as land, livestock, credit and development and implementation, gender capacity modern technology. In addition, women have limited building and training, and the collection of gender access to adequate health facilities, formal education and disaggregated data. employment, and are over represented in the informal • Adopt women's economic empowerment policies and sector where returns are extremely low and unreliable. strategies in order to address the inequalities in Finally, laws exist in most Member States that restrict access to, and control of resources; develop specific women's legal capacity, and have a direct bearing on programmes and put in place gender-responsive women's income earning capacities. budgeting initiatives. These gender gaps undermine the contribution of • Adopt deliberate and positive measures such as women who should instead be seen as a powerful affirmative action, with a view to accelerating gender resource for development. SADC's policies and strategies equality in political and decision- making positions; should therefore address these gender gaps in order to • Implement gender capacity building and training programmes at national and regional levels, and achieve its poverty reduction and eradication objectives disseminate best practices to ensure wide spread 4.4.2 Overall Goal To facilitate the achievement of substantive equality diffusion. • Eradication and reduction of all forms violence against women and children between women and men in the SADC region, through mainstreaming gender into all national and regional policies, programmes and activities, and the adoption of 4.4.5 TARGETS positive measures to accelerate progress in this regard. Target 1: Development and strengthening of national gender policies and institutional frameworks by end 4.4.3 Focus Areas of 2003, harmonization by the Secretariat and • Gender policy and institutional frameworks; middle of 2004. • Women's human and legal rights, including the Target 2: Signature, accession, and ratification by elimination of violence against women; Member States of international and regional human • Gender mainstreaming; rights instruments on gender equality by the middle • Access to, and control of resources; and of 2004, and incorporation by end of 2004; • Access to key political and decision making positions. Target 3: Repeal of gender discriminatory provisions development of a regional gender policy by the in Member States' constitutions, laws, policies and 4.4.4 Strategies any other sources by mid 2005, and enactment of • Accelerate the development of explicit gender by end 2005; policies, and establish and strengthen national Target 4: Establishment of enforcement mechanisms gender coordination machineries; harmonize them at and service delivery institutions by mid 2006. regional level, and develop a regional gender policy; Target 5: Adoption of gender responsive planning, Ratify international instruments on gender equality, budgeting and implementation processes, regular incorporate their provisions into national laws gender capacity building and training programmes; through constitutional and legislative reforms, and and mechanisms for the collection of gender set up appropriate enforcement mechanisms and disaggregated data by end 2006. • institutions to deliver necessary services. • Mainstream gender into all sectoral policies, programmes and activities at national and regional level through gender responsive planning, policy provisions guaranteeing substantive gender equality Target 6: Development, strengthening and implementation of specific programmes for the economic empowerment of women by end of 2007.