SADC Gender Protocol 2018 Barometer

This book consists of the Southern African Development Community's (SADC) Protocol on Gender and Development Barometer, reporting on progress related to the protocol, a subregional instrument that brings together existing African and global commitments to gender-equality and enhances this through a legally binding protocol. It uses the SADC Gender and Development Index, consisting of 36 indicators, and the Citizen Score Card, which scores governments on 40 key provisions of the protocol, to assess the region's performance in achieving an equal society, in the areas of constitutional and legal rights; gender and governance; education and training; productive resources and employment and economic empowerment; gender-based violence; sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV, and AIDS; peace building and conflict resolution; media, information, and communication; gender, climate change, and sustainable development; and implementation of the protocol. Distributed by African Books Collective. Annotation ©2018 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Colleen Lowe Morna (South Africa) is CEO of Gender Links. A South African born in Zimbabwe, Colleen began her career as a journalist specialising in economic and development reporting including as Africa Editor of the New Delhi-based Women's Feature Service. She joined the Commonwealth Secretariat as a senior researcher on the Africa desk in 1991, and later served as Chief Programme Officer of the Commonwealth Observer Mission to South Africa. Colleen subsequently served as founding CEO of the South African Commission on Gender Equality. A trainer, researcher and writer, Colleen has written extensively on gender issues in Southern Africa. She holds a BA degree in International Relations from Princeton University; Masters in Journalism from Columbia University and certificate in executive management from the London Business School. She has received awards from the Woodrow Wilson School of International Relations; the News women's Club of New York and the Mail and Guardian newspaper in South Africa. In 2007, South Africa's Media Magazine named Colleen runner up in the Media Woman of the Year Award. In 2013, CEO magazine named Colleen the "most influential woman" in South Africa and Africa as a whole in the civil society category. A year later the University of Johannesburg awarded Colleen honorary membership of the Golden Key Association that recognises excellence in academia and public service. Colleen has served as editor-in-chief of all nine Barometers.

Danny Glenwright (Canada) is the executive director of Action Against Hunger Canada, an international humanitarian and development organisation specialised in fighting hunger and its underlying causes.

Lucia Makamure (Zimbabwe) is the Alliance and Partnerships Manager at Gender Links.