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WINDHOEK-NAMIBIE, mardi, le août 17, 2021 – Le Forum parlementaire de la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe (FP SADC) organisera demain, mercredi, le 18 août 2021, le lancement des consultations des parties prenantes de la loi type de la SADC sur la violence basée sur le genre (loi type sur la VBG).

La loi type sur la VBG vise à guider les États membres de la SADC dans le développement de politiques et de lois efficaces sur la violence basée sur le genre. La loi type sur la VBG sera un instrument utile pour la SADC car elle encouragera, entre autres, les législatures nationales à promulguer des lois sur la VBG lorsqu'il n'en existe pas, ou lorsqu'il en existe mais qu'elles ne sont pas conformes à cette loi type, à revoir ces lois et à promulguer des lois pertinentes sur la VBG qui soient conformes à cette loi type ; elle fournira également un point de référence aux analystes politiques, aux législateurs et aux responsables d’exécution au niveau national quant aux meilleures pratiques en matière de promulgation et de traitement de la VBG.

Des personnalités éminentes ayant une longue expérience de la défense des droits des femmes et de l'égalité des sexes participeront à ce lancement. L'allocution principale sera prononcée par l'honorable présidente à la retraite Gotani Hara, du Malawi. L'honorable Tsepang Tsita-Mosena, un délégué du FP SADC du Lesotho, accueillera et fera des remarques introductives. La présidente du Caucus parlementaire régional des femmes du FP SADC, l'honorable Anne-Marie Mbilabangu, souhaitera la bienvenue aux invités, tandis que Caroline Peters, une avocate communautaire spécialisée dans la violence basée sur le genre, partagera ses expériences de défense des droits des personnes touchées par la violence basée sur le genre, et Mme Rouzeh Eghtessadi, spécialiste de la santé publique et directrice exécutive de SAfAIDS, prononcera le discours de clôture.

Les détails de la session sont les suivants :

Date : mercredi, le 18 août 2021 

Heure : 10 h à 12 h, heure de Johannesburg.

ACCÈS DES MÉDIAS : Les réunions du FP SADC sont ouvertes aux médias et les journalistes qui souhaitent les couvrir doivent s'inscrire sur le lien suivant : https://bit.ly/sadcgbv

La réunion sera diffusée en direct sur les plateformes de médias sociaux du Forum parlementaire de la SADC sur les liens ci-dessous et enregistrée pour une diffusion ultérieure sur la chaîne 408 de DSTV :

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WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA, Tuesday 17 August 2021 – The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) will tomorrow, Wednesday 18 August 2021, host the Launch for the SADC Model Law on Gender-based Violence (GBV Model Law) Stakeholder Consultations. 

The GBV Model Law seeks to guide SADC Member States in developing effective policies and efficacious Laws on gender-based violence. The GBV Model Law will be a useful tool to SADC as it will, amongst others, encourage national legislatures to enact GBV laws where none exist, or where they do exist but do not conform with this Model Law to review such laws and enact relevant GBV laws that conform with this Model Law. It will also provide a yardstick to National policy analysts, legislators, and implementers as to best practices in enacting and dealing with GBV.

The launch will feature eminent persons with a long history of advocating for women’s rights and gender equality. The Keynote Address will be delivered by the Retired Honourable Speaker Gotani Hara from Malawi. Honourable Tsepang Tsita-Mosena, a SADC-PF delegate from Lesotho, will welcome and give introductory remarks. SADC-PF Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus Chairperson Honourable Anne-Marie Mbilabangu will welcome the guests while Caroline Peters, a Gender-Based Violence Community advocate, will share experiences of advocating for the rights of people affected by GBV and Ms. Rouzeh Eghtessadi, a public health specialist and Executive Director at SAfAIDS, will deliver the closing remarks.  

Details of the session are as follows: 

Date: Wednesday, 18 August 2021  

Time: 10 am to 12 noon Johannesburg Time. 

MEDIA ACCESS: Meetings of the SADC-PF are open to the media and journalists who are interested in covering them must register on the following link: https://bit.ly/sadcgbv

The meeting will be live-streamed on the SADC-PF social media platforms on the links below and recorded for later broadcast on DSTV Channel 408: 

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Dear Colleagues/partners,

It is with delight that I release this statement to Member Parliaments and partners to commemorate International Youth Day 2021 under the theme of "Transforming Food Systems: Youth Innovation for Human and Planetary Health".

Statement from the Secretary General of the SADC PF on International Youth Day

Na 44ª Sessão da Assembleia Plenária realizada em Maputo, Moçambique, em 2018, o Grupo Regional das Mulheres Parlamentares (GRMP) do Fórum Parlamentar da Comunidade para o Desenvolvimento da África Austral (FP da SADC) patrocinou uma moção aprovada por unanimidade para se elaborar uma Lei Modelo sobre a Violência Baseada no Género a ser utilizada pelos Estados Membros da SADC com vista a evitar, abordar e erradicar várias formas de violência. Foi alcançado consenso entre as partes interessadas que trabalham nesta área no sentido de se avançar com a elaboração de uma Lei Modelo da SADC sobre a Violência Baseada no Género. É contra este pano de fundo que o Fórum Parlamentar da SADC irá lançar rondas de consultas às partes interessadas para se proceder à finalização do projecto de Lei Modelo sobre a Violência Baseada no Género

Objectivo da reunião:

  • Envolver e sensibilizar os meios de comunicação social sobre o projecto de Lei Modelo da SADC sobre a Violência Baseada no Género e processo de consultas às partes interessa

 

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APRESENTADOR / FACILITADOR

10h00 – 10h10

Palavras de Boas-vindas

Secretária-Geral do Fórum Parlamentar da Comunidade de Desenvolvimento da África Austral, Sra.  Boemo Sekgoma

10h20 – 10h30

Discurso principal sobre o Estado da Violência Baseada no Género na região da SADC

Sra. Pamela Dube, Activista dos Direitos Humanos, Comunicação Social e Género

10h30 – 11h15

Apresentação do Projecto de Lei Modelo da SAD sobre a Violência Baseada no Género

Especialista Técnica – Redactora de legislação

Sra. Eva Jhala

 

11h15 – 11h45

Plenária

Director de Cerimónias

11h45 -12h00

Observações Finais

Representante do Grupo de Trabalho do Fórum Parlamentar da SADC

 

Lors de la 44ème session de l'Assemblée plénière qui s'est tenue à Maputo, au Mozambique, en 2018, le Caucus parlementaire régional des femmes (RWPC) du Forum parlementaire de la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe (FP SADC) a parrainé une motion adoptée à l'unanimité visant à élaborer une loi type sur la violence basée sur le genre qui sera utilisée par les États membres de la SADC pour prévenir, traiter et éradiquer diverses formes de violence basée sur le genre. Un consensus a également été atteint par les parties prenantes travaillant dans ce domaine pour procéder à l'élaboration d'une loi type de la SADC sur la violence basée sur le genre. C'est dans ce contexte que le Forum parlementaire de la SADC lancera des séries de consultations des parties prenantes afin d'informer la finalisation du projet de loi type sur la VBG.

Objectif de la réunion :

  • Engager et sensibiliser les médias sur le projet de loi type de la SADC sur la violence basée sur le genre et le processus de consultation des parties prenantes.

 

HEURE

ÉLÉMENT

PRÉSENTATEUR/ANIMATEUR

10h00 – 10h10

Remarques de bienvenue

Mme Boemo Sekgoma - Secrétaire Générale du Forum parlementaire de la Communauté de développement de l'Afrique australe

10h20 – 10h30

Discours liminaire sur l'état de la violence basée sur le genre dans la région de la SADC.

Ms Pamela Dube, Militante des droits de l’homme, des medias et de genre  

10h30 – 11h15

Présentation du projet de loi type du FP SADC sur la violence basée sur le genre

Expert technique - Rédactrice législative

Mme Eva Jhala

 

11h15 – 11h45

Plénière 

Directeur des cérémonies

11h45 -12h00

Remarques de clôture

Représentant du Groupe de Travail Technique du FP SADC

 

At the 44th Plenary Assembly Session held in Maputo, Mozambique in 2018, the Regional Women’s Parliamentary Caucus (RWPC) of the Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC PF) sponsored a unanimously adopted motion to develop a Model Law on Gender-Based Violence to be utilised by SADC Member States to prevent, address and eradicate various forms of gender based-violence. Consensus was also reached by stakeholders working in this area to proceed with the development of a SADC Model Law on Gender-Based Violence. It is against this backdrop that the SADC PF will be launching rounds of stakeholder consultations to inform the finalisation of the draft Model Law on GBV.

Meeting objective:

  • To engage and sensitize the media on the Draft SADC Model Law on Gender Based Violence and stakeholder consultations process

 

TIME

ITEM

PRESENTER / FACILITATOR

1000 – 1010 hrs

Welcome Remarks

Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum Secretary General Ms Boemo Sekgoma

1020 – 1030 hrs

Key note address on the State of Gender based Violence in SADC region

Ms Pamela Dube, Human Rights, Media and Gender Activist  

1030 - 1115hrs

Presentation of the Draft SADC PF Model Law on Gender Based Violence

Technical Expert – GBV Model Law drafter

Ms. Eva Jhala

 

1115 - 1145 hrs

Plenary  

Director of Ceremonies

1145 -1200 hrs

Closing Remarks

SADC PF Technical Working Group Representative

 

MEDIA ACCESS: Meetings of the SADC-PF are open to the media and journalists who are interested in covering them must register on the following link: 

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The meeting will be live streamed on the SADC-PF social media platforms on the links below and recorded for later broadcast on DSTV Channel 408: 

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8TH JULY 2021

9.30 AM TO 11.45 AM CAT

"THE ROLE OF PARLIAMENTARIANS IN ADVANCING THE RIGHTS TO BODILY AUTONOMY AND INTEGRITY FOR SRHR IN SADC REGION"

 

1.0 BACKGROUND

 

The SADC-PF and ARASA have a long-standing and effective collaboration, which has focused on supporting legislators in the SADC region to fulfil their role in addressing key and emerging HIV, Sexual and Reproductive Health and human rights challenges. This has included the development of the Resource Manual for SADC Parliamentarians on Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, HIV and Governance, adoption of the SADC-PF Key Populations Minimum Standards in 2018, the adoption of the motion on the criminalisation of HIV transmission, exposure and non-disclosuree and the adoption of Plenary Assembly Declaration to implement the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Resolution 60/2 'Women, the Girl Child and HIV and AIDS' in 2017.

WINDHOEK-NAMÍBIA, Quarta-feira, 07 de Julho de 2021 – As comissões permanentes do Fórum Parlamentar da Comunidade de Desenvolvimento da África Austral (FP-SADC) e o Grupo Regional da Mulher Parlamentar (RWPC) realizam amanhã, Quinta-feira, dia 08 de Julho, uma sessão subordinada ao lema «O Papel dos Parlamentares na Promoção dos Direitos à Autonomia e Integridade Corporal no âmbito da Saúde e Direitos Sexuais e Reprodutivos (SDSR) na SADC».

A sessão, que será orientada pela Aliança SIDA e Direitos para a África Austral (ARASA), tem como um dos propósitos identificar as principais prioridades regionais em termos de políticas para a protecção dos direitos à autonomia e integridade corporal, com uma atenção especial na saúde e direitos sexuais e reprodutivos, e na forma como os mecanismos internacionais podem ser alavancados no sentido de promover os referidos direitos.

WINDHOEK-NAMIBIA, Wednesday 07 July 2021 - The Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum's (SADC-PF) Standing Committee on Human and Social Development and Special Programs (HSD&SP) will, tomorrow Thursday 08 July, host a session on " The Role of Parliamentarians in Advancing the Rights to Bodily Autonomy and integrity for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) in SADC."

The purpose of the session, to be facilitated by the AIDS and Rights Alliance for Southern Africa (ARASA), is to amongst others identify key regional policy priorities for protection of the rights to bodily autonomy and integrity, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health and rights, and how the international mechanisms can be leveraged to advance these rights.

Dear Colleagues/partners, This is the second year that the SADC Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) is commemorating the International day of Parliamentarism pursuant to Resolution A/RES/72/278 of the UN General Assembly.

The SADC-PF is proud to celebrate this day together with its 15 Member Parliaments and commemorate the democratic values that underpin parliamentary work across the SADC region.

Statement of SG - International day of parliamentarism 2021

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