GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT Member States Secretariat Member States Member States Member States and NGO’s Gender policies & functioning gender coordination structures in place in all Member States National gender policies harmonized and regional gender policy in place International and regional gender equality instruments ratified and reflected in national laws; Constitutional provisions in place, gender discriminatory laws repealed & empowering laws enacted; Institutions & mechanisms in place to enforce laws and deliver services Ongoing to 2010 2004 – 2005 2004 – 2007 2005 – 2007 Ongoing Develop and strengthen national gender policies and coordination machineries; Harmonise national gender policies and develop a regional gender policy; Ratify and domesticate international and regional instruments on gender equality; Audit and repeal gender discriminatory laws and outlaw violence against women; Amend laws and constitutions to provide for gender equality, Establish institutions to provide legal and other services National gender policy and institutional development; Gender policy harmonization Adherence to international and regional instruments on gender equality; Constitutional and Legislative reform; Establishment of institutions and enforcement mechanisms Accelerate the development and strengthening of an explicit policy and institutional framework for gender equality at national and regional levels; S O U T H E R N A F R I C A N Cultivate and promote a culture of gender equality in SADC, and respect for the Human Rights of Women RESPONSIBILITY INDICATORS TIME FRAMES ACTIVITIES STRATEGIES OBJECTIVES PRIORITY INTERVENTION AREA: Gender and Development AL: To facilitate the achievement of substantive equality between women and men in the SADC region, through mainstreaming gender into all national and regional policies, programmes and activities, and the adoption of positive measures to accelerate progress in this regard TABLE 4.4 9 8 D E V E L O P M E N T C O M M U N I T Y