SADC 2020 Voice and Choice Barometer
This content presents the SADC 2020 Voice and Choice Barometer, highlighting important issues such as women's rights, sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and governance in the SADC region. The Barometer sends a strong message about the importance of women's rights in their entirety. It features various chapters addressing topics like HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence, economic justice, climate change, and more. The content includes images, data, and insights from experts and authors in the field.
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Appreciation, team work, dream work The Alliance The Barometer Team Dr T foreword Co editors, Danny Glenwright, Kubi Rama, Sifiso Dube Layout and infographics Debi Lee Proofing Shami Chigorimbo Website Simone Shall Chapter authors on the call Dialogues to December
The Barometer Journey 12th Edition
Lets tweet! #VoiceandChoice #SADCGenderBarometer2020 Chapters Relation to previous Barometer Chapters Comoros 1 Intro 2. Sexual and reproductive health 3. Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights 4. Safe abortion 5. HIV and AIDS 6. GBV 7. Harmful practices 8. Sexual Diversity 9. Economic justice 10. Climate change 11. Women s Political Participation 12. Gender and Media SRHR - Health Education Constitutional and legal Rights HIV and AIDS GBV Constitutional and legal rights New Economic Justice Climate Change Gender and Governance Gender and media The Barometer sends home the strong message that #VoiceandChoice is not just about bodily integrity, but women's rights in their totality. Dr T
The yardsticks for WR overall To SGDI CSC SRHR = 100 follow in Nov 2020 In this Barometer Focus SADC SRHR Strategy and Score card 12 out of 20 government indicators for which data available
The SRHR Mosaic yellow & red Angola Botswana Comoros DRC Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Seychelles South Africa Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe Green Yellow Red SADC SRHR scorecard Maternal mortality, institutional (to be complemented with population-based estimates or survey data, where available). Global target is 70. Neonatal mortality, institutional (to be complemented with population-based estimates or survey data, where available). Global target is 12 per 1000. Adolescent birth rate, 10 19 years of age. Existence of laws and policies that allow adolescents to access SRH services without third party authorisation. No data 458 2 4 10 0 241 144 273 473 437 544 335 349 61 289 195 53 119 524 213 21 3 8 5 0 29 25 32 29 17 35 21 22 9 28 16 9 11 21 23 86 5 4 7 0 151 46 70 124 77 93 110 133 26 149 64 62 68 118 120 6 0 10 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Unmet need for family planning (contraception). Percentage reduction in new HIV infections, females 15 24. 10 6 6 3 1 36 14 30 27 14 16 18 16 10 24 16 n/d 14 21 18 9 2 3 2 1.2 8.9 n/d 0.5 15.9 10.8 0.1 4.3 0.2 3 4.5 n/d 11.3 2.2 4.9 5.5 Mother to child transmission of HIV Percentage of condom use with last high-risk sex among adolescent girls and young Minimum legal age of consent to marriage, 18 years for all irrespective. 7.6 7 5 2 2 27.8 2.5 n/d 27 7.8 12.7 39.8 7.8 13.7 15 3.9 n/d 4.9 10.5 11.2 1 10 1 4 32 n/d n/d 25 54 76 5 50 n/d 42 66 n/d 61 30 41 67 5 5 6 0 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 3 2 3 2 1 3 1 2 Legal status of abortion 2 13 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 Proportion of ever-partnered girls and women (ages 15 and above) subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner, in the last 12 months. Percentage of annual budgets allocated to health sector (Abuja Declaration recommends 15%) 2 4 9 1 50 35 n/d 58 43 41 42 43 25 48 39 30 31 47 18 43 14.5 2 9 5 0 5.4 9.1 3.6 3.7 15.25 10.1 17.8 9.8 10 8.3 13.8 10 13.3 9.5 7.1
What the results show Top five indicators Bottom five indicators Indicators Gree n Proportion of ever- partnered girls and women (ages 15 and above) subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner, in the last 12 months. Maternal mortality Legal status of abortion Percentage of annual budgets allocated to health sector Percentage of condom use with last high-risk sex among adolescent girls and young women aged 15 24 years of age. Red Yello w No data % Green 13% Indicators Red Gree n Yello w No data % Green 56% 2 4 9 1 9 2 3 2 Percentage reduction in new HIV females 15 24. Mother to transmission of HIV Existence of laws and policies that adolescents to access SRH services without third authorisation. Unmet need for family planning (contraception). Minimum legal age of consent to marriage, 18 years for irrespective. infections, 7 5 2 2 44% child 6 10 38% 0 0 allow 2 2 2 4 10 13% 13% 13% party 13 1 5 9 6 6 3 1 38% 1 10 1 4 6% 6 4 6 38% all
By country % green SRHR scores 70% 58% 60% 50% 50% 40% 33% 33% 33% 33% 30% 25% 25% 25% 25% 25% 17% 17% 17% 20% 8% 10% 0% 0% Green
Sifiso Maternal, menstrual health Fourteen countries in SADC remain below the target of 70 deaths per 100 000 women. Six SADC countries (Lesotho, Mauritius, Seychelles, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe) have removed VAT from menstrual hygiene products and five (Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Seychelles, and Zambia) now provide free sanitary pads in schools.
Adolescent SRHR Shami 75 million learners 70% of students out of school due to COVID-19 The Tanzanian government about turn teenage pregnancies
Lynette Safe abortions 24% of all pregnancies in Southern Africa end in abortion. ICPD unsafe abortion represent one of nine essential elements SRHR service. Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho
Lynette HIV and AIDS 4.6% of the world's population, 45% of PLHIV New infections in young women declining; key populations up COVID-19 could lead to 500,000 HIV deaths
Kevin Gender Based Violence 20% surge in domestic violence cases. SA R1.6 billion shadow pandemic #FLM GBV Model law
Makanatsa Harmful practices Age of marriage (Tanzania, Mauritius) Marital rape Swaziland Emerging new harmful practices
Kubi Sexual diversity Decriminalisation Botswana high court ruling COVID-19 has exacerbated vulnerabilities in LGBTI communities, health care and violence.
What gives us hope yes we can! Sunrise Campaign Local Gvt checklist (Murehwa) SADC Protocol@Work Summits (1168; 280 SRHR)
