Malawi
  • Poverty alleviation and empowerment of women
  • The girl-child
  • Violence against women
  • Peace.
Research is ongoing to investigate gender influence on decision-making. The findings of this survey will contribute towards the development of advocacy materials.

Malawi president Bakili Muluzi launched the Platform for Action for the advancement of women in Malawi on 8 March 1997 in Blantyre. He said government would act against sex discrimination in the job market and against traditional customs that victimise women.

President Muluzi said he would support women in their quest for equal pay for equal work and help to combat violence and sexual harassment against women.

The President also stated that in recognition of the fact that education was one of the keys to development and the greatest gender equaliser, his government introduced free primary education to improve the enrolment of girls in the country's primary schools.

He pointed out that free secondary education for girls had also been introduced in order to close the enrolment gender gap at the secondary education level.

Mauritius
  • Integration of gender issues into the mainstream of government and private sector
  • Improvement of health services provided to women and the girl-child
  • Women and violence: the enactment of a domestic violence bill
  • Women and education: devising policies to allow girls to take up technical subjects hitherto accessible only to males.
Mozambique
  • Poverty and employment
  • Health
  • Education and training for women
    and girls
  • Women's rights and violence
  • Agriculture
  • Media
  • Institutional mechanisms for the
    advancement of women.
Introduction [] SADC Gender Monitor
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