Child and forced marriage as violation of women's rights, and responses by member states in Southern African Development Community

Agenda ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Symphorosa Rembe ◽  
Owence Chabaya ◽  
Newman Wadesango ◽  
Patricia Muhuro
Keyword(s):  
Women's Rights ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Forced Marriage ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development

scholarly journals Perceived Adverse Effects of Separating Government Institutions for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation Within the Southern African Development Community Member States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Livhuwani D. Nemakonde ◽  
Dewald Van Niekerk ◽  
Per Becker ◽  
Sizwile Khoza
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Risk Reduction ◽  
Climate Change Adaptation ◽  
Disaster Risk Reduction ◽  
Disaster Risk ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Community Member ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development ◽  
Government Institutions

Abstract Integration of disaster risk reduction (DRR) and climate change adaptation (CCA) is widely recognized as a solution for reducing the risk and impacts of disasters. However, successful integration seems elusive, and the two goals continue to function in isolation and in parallel. This article provides empirical insights into the perceived effects of separating government institutions for DRR and CCA within the Southern African Development Community member states. A mixed method research design was applied to the study. A total of 40 respondents from Botswana, Eswatini (until April 2018 Swaziland), Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe participated in face-to-face interviews or an online survey. Five major effects of separating the organizations for DRR and CCA that impede efforts to reduce disaster risk coherently were identified: duplication of services, polarization of interventions, incoherent policies, competition for the same resources, and territorial contests. Given the continued fragmentation of institutions for DRR and CCA, highlighting these effects is important to emphasize the need for integrated approaches towards the reduction of disaster risk.

scholarly journals COVID-19 AND REGIONALISM IN AFRICA: THE SOUTHERN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY (SADC) RESPONSE

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-130
Author(s):  
Chilaka Chigozie ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Deleterious Effect ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Economic Activities ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development ◽  
Tourism Education ◽  
The Impact

This paper x-rayed COVID-19 and regionalism in Africa focusing on the response of the Sothern African Development Community (SADC). It tried to examine the trend of COVID-19 on the SADC sub-region; the impact of COVID-19 on the sub-region and responses by SADC member states. The paper notes that COVID-19 pandemic has had a deleterious effect on SADC member states with many lives lost and more still recovering from the virus. The pandemic no doubt has impacted considerably on economic activities such as tourism, education, aviation, and other major sectors of the region’s economy. It may be too early to know the full impact of COVID-19 on the SADC sub-region. To date the experience of member states are varied. While the SADC member states have responded well to the pandemic, member states should among others prioritize testing for persons exhibiting symptoms, including health workers and others who are in the line of the fight against COVID-19 and monitor ongoing services rendered by health workers in other to identify gaps to be filled.

The Controversial Role of Litigation in the Struggle to Revive Individual Access to the Tribunal of the Southern African Development Community

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-33
Author(s):  
Erika de Wet
Keyword(s):  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Advisory Opinion ◽  
Member States ◽  
High Court ◽  
African Development ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Category ◽  
African Charter

The article examines four categories of litigation that were undertaken in the wake of the suspension of the SADC Tribunal. The first category of proceedings concerned a claim and request for an advisory opinion under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter); the second related to arbitration proceedings based on the SADC Protocol on Finance and Investment (FIP); the third focussed on proceedings regarding the potential unconstitutionality of a government’s participation in the suspension of the SADC Tribunal; while the fourth concerned conflicts between the SADC and employees before the Botswana High Court. In analysing these proceedings, the article assesses whether litigation thus far undertaken is likely to increase pressure on SADC member states to reinstate some form of individual complaints procedure before the SADC Tribunal.

Protecting Women’s Rights and Ensuring Gender Equality

De Jure ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra Valcheva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Gender Equality ◽  
Women's Rights ◽  
International Community ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
The Eu

In recent decades, the international community and the European Union have paid increasing attention to ensuring a sufficiently good level of protection of women’s rights. To achieve this level, international and European bodies and institutions should draw up and adopt various acts and instruments aimed at ensuring the fundamental principle of gender equality. For example, in European Union law, the principle of equality between men and women is reflected in Articles 2 and 3 (3) of the Treaty on European Union (TEU). These provisions explicitly state that the EU is based on certain values, including equality, and specifically promote equality between men and women. The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) also provides for a separate provision which entrusts the Community with the task, in all its activities, of striving to eliminate inequalities and to promote equality between men and women (Article 8 of the TFEU). Next, Article 21 of the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights prohibits all forms of discrimination, including on the grounds of sex. In addition to the provisions of primary law, the EU seeks to ensure the principle under analysis by adopting strategies and programs of different scope and content. The Member States of the European Union, including the Republic of Bulgaria, also actively promote respect for the principle of gender equality. Explicit guarantees for its provision are contained in the legislation of the Member States, including at the constitutional level. Despite the measures taken on a global, European and national scale, the unequal treatment of women around the world persists. Most often, differences in the treatment of men and women are observed in the social sphere, employment and pay, healthcare, access to education, political, economic and social activities. The existence of these differences leads to the conclusion that it is necessary for the international community, the European Union and its Member States to adopt and implement even more targeted actions, policies and measures to ensure adequate protection of women’s rights.

The Short Happy Life of the SADC Tribunal: the Perils of Regional Integration in Southern Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-32
Author(s):  
Mwiza Jo Nkhata
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Regional Integration ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Member States ◽  
African Development ◽  
Happy Life

AbstractUnder the Treaty Establishing the Southern African Development Community (the Treaty) one of the institutions of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) was the Southern African Development Community Tribunal (the Tribunal). The Tribunal was established as the sole judicial organ of SADC. The Tribunal was established as part of the reorganisation of regional integration efforts within Southern Africa. The global atmosphere prevailing at the time the Tribunal was established, together with the lofty statements in the SADC’s founding instruments, suggest that there was a regional commitment to the ideals of human rights, rule of law and democracy among SADC member States. The Tribunal’s life, however, was short-lived. This paper analyses the prospects and lessons for regional integration within the SADC region from the perspective of the disbanding of the Tribunal and attempts to decipher the implications of the disbanding for regional integration in Southern Africa.

scholarly journals Combating Human Trafficking in the Southern African Development Community: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities

2020 ◽  
Vol 42 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Human Trafficking ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Southern African Development Community ◽  
Trafficking In Persons ◽  
Member States ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
African Development ◽  
Women And Children ◽  
The United Nations

As is the case the world over, human trafficking remains a serious issue of concern amongst the Southern African Development Community (SADC) member states. At a time when most of the SADC states are confronted with slow economic growth, poverty and limited economic opportunities, several people continue to be forcibly or deceptively recruited and transported across borders for various purposes that include sexual exploitation, forced labour, slavery and/or removal of organs. This is despite the fact that most SADC countries are signatories to the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons of 2000, especially Women and Children (the Palermo Protocol) which supplement the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC). However, SADC member states have been implementing a sundry of strategies in the form of policies, legislations, regional interventions and plans of action such as the 10 Year SADC Strategic Plan of Action on Combating Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (2009-2019), in order to combat human trafficking in the region. With the use of primary and secondary data sources, this paper sought to evaluate the anti-trafficking strategies that have been implemented so far by SADC member states at national and regional level. It further identifies the challenges being encountered, as well as opportunities presented within the regional and global networks for fighting human trafficking. On the strength of the research findings, appropriate suggestions are made to enhance the success of strategies being implemented in the SADC region in particular, and other parts of Africa in general.

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