Gender Links, Southern Africa Gender Protocol Alliance and SAFAIDS will host their first discussion on the SADC Gender Protocol Barometer 2020 thematic areas. This discussion will focus on maternal and menstrual health.
Meeting: Maternal and Menstrual Health in Southern Africa
Date: 8 September 2020
Time: 11:00 – 13:00
Where: Cyber dialogue (Gender Links Zoom meeting)
To join the dialogue please sign up or login to the Southern Africa Gender Community (SGC). After logging in, click on the Cyber Dialogues icon. Click the “Join Meeting” button on the meeting details presented. Please note that only members of the SGC can join the Cyber Dialogue. So please register by signing up
- Read the Sexual Reproductive Health Chapter
- Listen to the Maternal and menstrual Health radio spot
- Read the Barometer Executive Summary in English, French and Portuguese.
- Read more on the Barometer here
For more information contact Sifisosami Dube on alliance@genderlinks.org.za
Follow the conversation on Facebook on @GenderLinks and twitter @GenderLinks
Moderators: Bonang Modise (BOCONGO) & Charmaine Picardo (SAfAIDS)
Draft Programme
| TIME | ITEM | WHO |
| 11.00 – 11.10 | Welcome and overview of dialogue | Bonang Modise (Moderator) |
| 11.10 – 11.15 | Introduction of panel | Charmaine Picardo (Moderator) |
| Maternal Health | ||
| 11.15 – 11.25 | Local government perspectives on maternal health in times of COVID – lessons from Eswatini | Thobile Jele – Lavumisa Town Board, Eswatini |
| 11.25 – 11.35 | Policy and legal framework of maternal health | Mpho Maema – Women Law Clinic, Lesotho |
| 11.35-11.45 | Teenage pregnancy and maternal health | Silvia Diwili – MovFemme, Mozambique |
| 11.45 – 11.55 | Are we there yet in achieving maternal health care in SADC? | Sifisosami Dube – Gender Links, South Africa |
| 11.55 – 12.05 | Drivers of maternal mortality | Edinah Masiyiwa – Women’s Action Group, Zimbabwe |
| Menstrual Health | ||
| 12.05 – 12.15 | Pink tax and menstrual health | Mpho Mayema |
| 12.15 – 12.25 | Beyond distribution of pads – where are we with the stigma/taboo issues , COVID-19 impact | Edinah Masiyiwa |
| 12.25 – 12.30 | Mapping of regional achievements on menstrual health and COVID-19 impact | Sifisosami Dube |
| 12.30 – 12.40 | The impact of COVID-19 on youth’s access to menstrual health | Silvia Diwili – MovFemme, Mozambique |
| 12.40 – 12.45 | Winning the battle and the war – local level interventions of menstrual health during COVID-19 | Thobile Jele |
| 12.45 – 12.55 | Q and A session | Bonang Modise and Charmaine Picardo |
| 12.55 – 13.00 | Next steps |
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