GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT continued Amend constitutions and legislation to provide for affirmative action measures; Document and disseminate best practices Exchange of best practices Enact laws and policies removing restrictions on womenís access to resources Legislative and policy reform Adoption of deliberate, positive measures; Adopt gender-responsive budgeting initiatives, and build capacity on gender responsive budgeting; Gender-responsive budgeting; Availability and dissemination of documented best practices Affirmative action legislation and constitutional provisions in place; Laws restricting access to resources by women repealed; enabling laws enacted; Gender budgeting initiatives established Programmes and projects on womenís economic empowerment developed and being implemented; Data in major sectors disaggregated according to sex available INDICATORS Secretariat Member States Member States Member States, NGOs and Research institutions Member States, Private sector, NGOs Member States, NGOs and Secretariat RESPONSIBILITY D E V E L O P M E N T Immediate and ongoing 2004 – 2005 Minimum 30% women in political and decision making positions by 2005 2005 – 2007 Immediate and ongoing Immediate and ongoing Immediate and ongoing TIME FRAMES A F R I C A N Accelerate the achievement of equality between women and men in political and decision making positions Develop programs and projects on the economic empowerment of women; Collect gender disaggregated statistics and other data Gender disaggregated data Womenís economic empowerment; MEASURES STRATEGIES S O U T H E R N Promote the achievement of gender equality in access to, and control of resources in the SADC region OBJECTIVES PRIORITY INTERVENTION AREA: Gender and Development GOAL: 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 1 0 0 C O M M U N I T Y