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SECOND ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL

GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE

SUMMIT AND AWARDS

28 30 MARCH 2011KOPANONG HOTEL, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH

AFRICA

365 DAYS OF LOCAL ACTION TO END GENDER

VIOLENCE: HALVE GENDER VIOLENCE BY 2015

CITY OF HARARE: ENG. PM. PFUKWA

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EMPOWERMENT


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SUMMARY

Welcome to City of Harare

Zimbabwe


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COUNCIL STRUCTURE

Town Clerk

ChamberSecretary

City TreasurerHarareWater

DirectorUrban

Planning

Director

EngineeringServices


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DEPARTMENT OF ENGINEERING SERVICES

TOWN CLERK

ROADS QUARRY FARMS PDU WORKSHOPS

DIRECTORENGINEERING SERVICES


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FARMS STRUCTURE

DEPARTMENT

OF ENGINEERINGSERVICES

CROWBOROUGH INGWE PENSION


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PURPOSE OF CATTLE FARMS

To handle treated sewer water inopen lands that irrigates pasturegrass.


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STATISTICS - WORKERS

124 Employees

300 Dependants


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CATTLE RANCHING

Beef masters

Current 5 000 - with 75% for breeding

Capacity 11 000



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Beef Cattle Ranching


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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYINGTHIS PROBLEM?

The farming community is alwayslooked down upon

Women are generally the marginalised

The breadwinners are husbandsPROJECTS

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HOW DID YOU GO ABOUT IDENTIFYINGTHIS PROBLEM?

Work in City of Harare Farms

Employed at lower levels that cannotafford decent life.

They are a closed community who live inisolation on the farms.


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FARM COMMUNITY


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IS THIS ISSUE IMPORTANT?

It addresses the issues of self reliance

poverty in the Farms Community

empowering the women.

Source of PPC for Farms and the

City of Harare.

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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSINGTHI S PROBLEM?

Women have been encouraged to start onprojects that can financially change their lives.

A Sewing Project was started and the specialitybeing City of Harare uniforms and protectiveclothing.

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LOOK WHAT HAS BEENDONATED!


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HOW ARE YOU GOING ABOUT ADDRESSINGTHI S PROBLEM?

City of Harare will purchase the uniformsand protective clothing from the projectinstead of purchasing from other

companies.

Can be expand to supply other

companies who need the goods madeby this group.

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WHAT IS THE TIME-FRAME FOR THEPROJECT?

The project is intended to be an on going business

It has kicked off using funds contributed by the localcommunity.

To grow faster they need support for two years.PROJECTS:WOMEN

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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? AREWOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

City of Harare is the key target.

Spouses of City of Harare Farm workers.

The City of Harare and the project members.

Women dominate the project membership

Most of the men are employees of City of Harare and areactually the sponsors of the project through their spouses.

This will operate as an independent group.

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ASSEMBLY LINE


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WHO IS THE KEY TARGET? WHO IS INVOLVED? AREWOMEN AND MEN EQUALLY INVOLVED?

Technical equipment/buildingmaintenance

Operation

Management/marketing/finance


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RESOURCEFULNESS: WHAT FINANCIAL, HUMANAND OTHER RESOURCES WERE MOBILISED?

THE FOLLOWING HAVE BEEN CONTRIBUTED BY THEWOMEN.

- 3X SEWING MACHINES SECOND HAND

- 1X OVERLOCKING MACHINE SECOND HAND

- 2X PAIRS OF HEAVY DUTY SCISSORS

- SEWING MATERIAL (CLOTH)/THREAD

- LABOUR

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STATE OF THE ART SEWING

MACHINE


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WOMEN AT WORK


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Elected their own chairperson and othercommittee members monitor the project andutilisation of their resources.

There is need to more training inmanagement/financial/company running.P

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To move to industrial factory shell

Office equipment

Machines and Equipment.


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Elected their own chairperson and othercommittee members monitor the projectand utilisation of their resources.


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Elected their own chairperson and othercommittee members monitor the project andutilisation of their resources.


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MONITORING AND EVALUATION

The Department of Engineering Servicesconstantly

monitors the project

Human Resources Department through

Social Worker monitors regularly.

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WHAT RESULTS HAVE BEEN ACHIEVED?

Took part in the Agricultural Show displays.

Displays of project items (protective clothing)were done at the 2010 Long Service AwardCeremony as a marketing strategy to the City ofHarare.

Samples of uniforms have since been supplied toCity of Harares purchasing department.Approaching the City Council to purchase fromthis group.P

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IMPACT (BASED ON THE SADC PROTOCOLTARGETS)

Alleviation of poverty through sales of items from theproject.

Empowerment of the disadvantaged members ofsociety through financial independence of women.

Empowering of a woman is empowering the wholefamily through education of their children and thewelfare of the family.P

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EFFECTIVENESS

It is effective. At the 2010 HarareAgricultural Show. Items ranging fromshirts, trousers, childrens dresses,

aprons and hats attracted 1st Prizes.

City of Harare has actually indicated theirdesire to purchase uniforms andprotective clothing from the project.

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SUSTAINABILITY AND REPLICATION

The demand of protective clothing is

monthly or annually.

Will expand to sell to other municipalities

Compete with other companies

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LESSONS LEARNED

That the disadvantaged members of the community

when empowered can grow out of poverty.

Women family contributions are immense andequally contribute to the countrys fiscas.

Formal education is not everything people can earna living through using own hands.

They are self driven.

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THE FACTORY AND FAN CLUB


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LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE

Expand sewing to Ingwe & Pension

Pre school/creche

Junior School

Clinic and the First Aiders training

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SAMPLES OF PPC PRODUCED

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ON BEHAHF OF CITY OF HARARE


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ON BEHAHF OF CITY OF HARARE

Director Engineering Services

Eng Phillip M. Pfukwa: THANKS YOU ALL


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