Declaration on Gender and Development

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The Declaration by Heads Of State Or Government Of The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is taken from the official SADC website section on Key SADC Documents and is a Declaration commits the SADC Leaders to, among other things:

  • Placing gender firmly on the agenda of the SADC Programme of Action and Community Building Initiative;
  • Ensuring the equal representation of women and men in the decision making of Member States and SADC structures at all levels, and the achievement of at least thirty
  • percent target of women in political and decision making structures by year 2005

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