30 September 2002
Luanda — The Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) plans to fit 30 per cent of women into political and decision-making structures until 2005.
This was said Sunday by the co-ordinator of the regional sector on Gender, Christine Warioba, who added that South Africa and the Mauritius are the SADC countries with most percentage of women holding political posts. .
She said the Heads of States have signed a declaration on gender and development in September 1998 in Blantyre (Malawi), that exhorts member countries to eradicate violence against woman and children. .
The declaration also recommends the promotion of full access of women to productive resources and its control, with a view to reduce their level of poverty. .
The reformulation of legislations and constitutions, as well as changes in social behaviours that discriminate women are also contained in the document, she added.
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