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From 2006 to 2008, the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD) and the
Africa Institute for South Africa (AISA) participated in the
Helsinki Process on Globalisation and Democracy, aimed at evolving
new solutions to global problems. Their contribution took the form
of exploring the nexus between poverty and development in the
Southern African Development Community (SADC). More specifically,
they have evolved a proposed new policy framework for achieving
sustainable development in the region, among others by achieving
the first Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of
people in the region living in poverty by 2015. In doing so, they
have sought to add an empowered African voice to the debates on
poverty in SADC and Africa; provide an Afro-centric analysis of
issues related to poverty and development; and provide
Africa-generated policy options for addressing poverty on the
continent, and specifically in SADC. The study finds that current
regional initiatives to address poverty will not result in the MDGs
being met by 2015. It calls for a change of paradigm in order to
achieve people-centred development that will strengthen the
political influence of the poor, with the state playing a central
role in shaping social and economic policy, and pursuing an active
developmental agenda. This volume is an important record of current
thinking by African analysts about development on their own
continent. It is hoped that it will enhance the understanding of
poverty and development of policy-makers in the region, and help
them to address the region's massive developmental challenges.
The rights of women are occupying an increasingly important place
in the global - and African - political discourse. African
governments have committed themselves to a growing number of
instruments for protecting and promoting the rights of women, yet
implementation continues to lag. In May 2005 the Institute for
Global Dialogue held a ground-breaking workshop at which analysts
and activists from numerous African countries surveyed gender
instruments applicable to Africa, identified factors influencing
their implementation, and evolved proposals for strengthening them.
The proceedings were encapsulated in a volume entitled Gender
instruments in Africa: Critical perspectives, future strategies
(IGD 2005). It provided a valuable guide to this emerging dimension
in African politics, and was well received throughout the
continent. Following the success of the first project, the IGD held
a second workshop in August 2007 aimed at deepening and
regionalising the debate on gender instruments and their
implementation. The amplified and expanded contributions appear in
this volume. It deals with the current status of women in Africa;
situates the gender debate in the broader context of regional
integration; and analyses the gender implications of HIV and AIDS;
the gender implications of climate change and food insecurity; the
feminisation of labour in SADC; and the role of women in
peacekeeping processes. It is hoped that this volume will help
policy-makers and others to improve gender instruments in Africa
and southern Africa in particular, and strengthen their
implementation.
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