Alison Todes, Pearl Sithole & Amanda Williamson Local Government, Gender and Integrated Development Planning Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182, Cape Town, 8000, South Africa www.hsrcpress.ac.za 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 www.compress.co.za Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel: +27 (0) 21 701 4477; Fax: +27 (0) 21 701 7302 www.oneworldbooks.com Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services (EDS) Tel: +44 (0) 20 7240 0856; Fax: +44 (0) 20 7379 0609 www.eurospangroup.com/bookstore Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group (IPG) Call toll-free: (800) 888 4741; Fax: +1 (312) 337 5985 www.ipgbook.com Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Tables and figures iv Acknowledgements v Abbreviations and acronyms vi ฀฀฀  Introduction and purpose 1 Target group 2 Structure 3 ฀฀฀  The decentralisation debate 4 Decentralisation and the IDP process 4 The research process 5 eThekweni municipality 7 Msinga municipality 7 Hibiscus Coast municipality 7 ฀฀฀฀฀฀฀  National gender policy 9 IDPs and gender 11 The limits of implementation 14 Conclusion 16 ฀฀฀฀฀฀  Women’s voices and the place of gender in the municipality 17 IDPs and gender 21 Gender within projects 24 To sum up 33 ฀฀฀฀  Top-down approaches 34 Bottom-up approaches: voice 35 Bottom-up approaches: IDPs 36 Bottom-up approaches: projects 38 A differentiated approach 39 ฀   Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za iv 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 ฀฀ Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za v 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  Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za vi 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 ฀฀ Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za . Alison Todes, Pearl Sithole & Amanda Williamson Local Government, Gender and Integrated Development Planning Free download from www.hsrcpress.ac.za Published. Deputy Minister of Provincial and Local Government, who closed the national workshop. Officials in national, provincial and local government, councillors, non-governmental