Twenty-six awards were presented to entrants in eight different categories Centres of Excellence, Leadership, Institutional, Women Empowerment, Sixteen Days, Support, Response and Prevention. Zambia took home six awards or special commendations; the most of any country.
Zimbabwes Lucia Mkandhla won in the Leadership category for her impressive work with the countrys Women in Local Government Forum. A second top prize went to Zimbabwe in the Institutional category. Josephine Ncube won for her work in gender mainstreaming in the Harare City Council.
Summit delegates came from Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Madagascar, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe. Female entrants won 18 awards or commendations and male participants won eight from a field of candidates and projects which judges called innovative and groundbreaking.
The awards recognised local government Centres of Excellence, councils which have mainstreamed gender throughout their work. Madagascars Eva Robert Monique Ravaloriaka won in this category for her work introducing a comprehensive council-wide gender action plan to reduce institutional violence against women.
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