Local Government, Gender and Integrated Development Planning docx

Alison Todes, Pearl Sithole & Amanda Williamson
Local Government,
Gender and Integrated
Development Planning
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First published 2007
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Tables and figures iv
Acknowledgements v
Abbreviations and acronyms vi
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Introduction and purpose 1

Target group 2
Structure 3
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The decentralisation debate 4
Decentralisation and the IDP process 4
The research process 5
eThekweni municipality 7
Msinga municipality 7
Hibiscus Coast municipality 7
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National gender policy 9
IDPs and gender 11
The limits of implementation 14
Conclusion 16
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Women’s voices and the place of gender in the municipality 17
IDPs and gender 21
Gender within projects 24
To sum up 33
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Top-down approaches 34
Bottom-up approaches: voice 35
Bottom-up approaches: IDPs 36
Bottom-up approaches: projects 38
A differentiated approach 39
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Table 2.1: Structure of the research process 6

Table 5.1: Municipal type and future directions 39
Figure 2.1: Map of KwaZulu-Natal municipalities 8
Figure 3.1: The national gender machinery 10
Figure 3.2: Gender mainstreaming 11
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We would like to thank our sponsors for their contribution to the project. This publication
was produced with the aid of a grant from the International Development Research Centre
(IDRC), Ottawa, Canada. The IDRC funded the underlying research, and co-funded the
workshops and this publication. The European Union’s Conference, Workshop and Cultural
Initiative (CWCI) co-funded the publication and the workshops linked to it. The KwaZulu-
Natal Department of Local Government and Traditional Affairs funded the provincial
workshop, while the three municipalities provided venues for the workshops. The
Department of Provincial and Local Government was very supportive of our initiative, and
we were honoured by the presence of Nomatyala Hangana, Deputy Minister of Provincial
and Local Government, who closed the national workshop.
Officials in national, provincial and local government, councillors, non-governmental
organisations, community-based organisations, women’s rights advocates, academics and
people involved in projects gave much of their time to participate in our study and in the
workshops. We appreciate their contribution. We also wish to acknowledge the work of
Nelisiwe Mngadi, Fikile Ndlovu, Sindisiwe Dlomo, Khanyasile Madizika, Jabu Ntuli and
Zola Gasa, who assisted with the research and the workshops. Jennifer van Rensburg ably
organised the workshops and undertook the administration for this project.
Alison Todes, Urban, Rural and Economic Development, HSRC
Pearl Sithole, Democracy and Governance, HSRC
Amanda Williamson, School of Architecture and Planning, University of the Witwatersrand
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CBO community-based organisation
CGE Commission on Gender Equality
CMIP Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Programme
DPLG Department of Provincial and Local Government
DPW Department of Public Works
DWAF Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
EPWP Expanded Public Works Programme
IDP integrated development plan
MIG Municipal Infrastructure Grant
NGO non-governmental organisation
OSW Office on the Status of Women
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