tailieunhanh - Local Government, Gender and Integrated Development Planning

Since 1994, local government in South Africa has become more important than ever before. It has been described as the 'hands and feet' of government, and is expected to play a key role in development. | Local Government Gender and Integrated Development Planning Alison Todes Pearl Sithole Amanda Williamson Free download from HSRC PRESS Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa First published 2007 ISBN 978-0-7969-2197-0 2007 Human Sciences Research Council Copyedited by Laurie Rose-Innes Typeset by Janco Yspeert Cover design by Jaco Erasmus Cover photo by Thomas Ferreira Print management by Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS Tel 44 0 20 724o 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 bookstore Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Call toll-free 800 888 4741 Fax 1 312 337 5985 CONTENTS Free download from Tables and figures iv Acknowledgements v Abbreviations and acronyms vi Chapter I Introduction I Introduction and purpose 1 Target group 2 Structure 3 Chapter 2 Background 4 The decentralisation debate 4 Decentralisation and the IDP process 4 The research process 5 eThekweni municipality 7 Msinga municipality 7 Hibiscus Coast municipality 7 Chapter 3 The national and provincial study National gender policy 9 IDPs and gender 11 The limits of implementation 14 Conclusion 16 Chapter 4 The municipal case studies 17 Women s voices and the place of gender in the municipality 17 IDPs and gender 21 Gender within projects 24 To sum up 33 Chapter 5 Future directions 34 Top-down approaches 34 Bottom-up approaches voice 35 Bottom-up approaches IDPs 36 Bottom-up approaches projects 38 A differentiated approach 39 References 41