Factsheets: Maputo Protocol Article 14 – SRHR in Southern Africa
SOAWR’s Southern African Cluster has produced informative Factsheets on different issues under Article 14 of the Maputo Protocol.
country: Namibia
SISTER NAMIBIA
Sister Namibia is a feminist organization based in Windhoek, Namibia that works towards a society in which all people have equal rights and opportunities. Our content promotes collective action by giving a loudspeaker to real people, by representing aspirational Afrofuturism and inclusive beauty, and by providing a safe refuge for collective delight. We answer the call for more responsible, activist driven media that leads bravely, and lobbies fearlessly, but over and above all else, is there to listen.
Namibia
2015 Public Procurement Act of 2015: Section 2(b) states that the Act’s objective is to promote the empowerment of women and other marginalised groups, and to provide preferential treatment in the allocation of procurement contracts[i] 2018 Revised National Resettlement Policy 2018-2027: mentions women as a previously disadvantaged group to be prioritised in landal location[ii] 2019 The gender equality ministry has partnered with UNWomen and the DeBeers Group to implement the programme for economic security for a period of three years (2017-2020). It aims to build the capacity of women micro-entrepreneurs through business and life skills training, as well as strengthening
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