Gender Budgeting Initiatives at Mvurwi Town Council in Zimbabwe

SADC PROTOCOL@WORK SUMMITS AND AWARDS 2022 GRB INSTITUTIONAL COE Template (ZIMBABWE, MVURWI TOWN COUNCIL) PRESENTED BY LOVENESS MBEWE Please use your background photos to make your presentation unique. Quotes and any other visuals make your presentation more engaging! .

OVERVIEW COUNTRY COUNCIL GENDER CHAMPION GENDER FOCAL PERSON Latest score (year) ZIMBABWE MVURWI TOWN COUNCIL MS VIOLET KUTA MS LOVENESS MBEWE 2018 Expenditure % GRB Income Budget Women Men Total % Women 33% Council Management Council staff overall Population served Key characteristics 1 2 3 2 3 5 40 17 77 94 18 15645 with a population growth of 2% Of the total population 53% are women and 47% men (2022 census)

I. POLICY FRAMEWORK Photo of the Gender Policy Mvurwi Town Council Gender Policy, National Gender Policy, Constitution of Zimbabwe, National Strategy 1, SADC Protocol on Gender and Development CEDAW SDGs, are the gender provisions that guides council. Development Council has a gender policy and highlight equal pay for equal work which influences how the budget is computed. We are looking forward to address issues of Gender budgeting when reviewing our policy

II. THE BUDGET PROCESS Detail Evidence Photos or video of budget consultation Council carried out consultation meetings which were inclusive youths.elderly. We also did budget reviews and feedback meetings. i.e women,men, Council had consultations for specific areas and categories for example by location,women s needs, business community during the budget consultation process e.g., civic engagements, online consultations, etc.) Besides boards,notifying community leaders,women leaders and public residential areas no one is left behind , every resident including the hearing and visually impaired knew about meetings. We even used the strategy of starting consultations with major stakeholders and then to the specific ares around the town normal invitations on notice announcements in

II. THE BUDGET PROCESS Detail Evidence Council distributed invitations through public notices where meeting schedules were displayed, communication through community leaders E.g.,women leaders consulted during the day to avoid inconviniences and proposing best time for them. Did the council make use of technology to broaden your reach? Currently we do not have special technology to broaden our reach and our advantage is the current size of the town and we are able to reach out the whole area physically and technology is welcome since it eases communication.

II. THE BUDGET PROCESS Does the council have sex/age/PLWD statistics on those who participated in the consultations? refer to consultation registers and populate table below Con sult atio n Women Tot al Men Tot al % Wo me n Age Age - 15 15- 35 36- 59 60+ PW D - 15 15- 35 36- 59 60+ PW D 9 135 280 11 5 440 7 60 55 3 3 128 % 2 31 64 3 1 100 % 5 47 43 2 2 100 % Voice and Choice! Empower Women, End Violence .

III. REVENUE Internal funding includes billable items, licences, non-billable items. External funding includes devolution and roads grant Gender was considered through user charges tariff proposals on budgeting of revenue Tariff affordability and cost recovery and project proposals Currently we do not have external finance targeted at gender SOURCES OF REVENUE Internal External 28% 72%

IV. EXPENDITURE Insert Pie Chart/Table Total Earnings Analyze the council budget categorise expenditure Gender Management System; employment equity-related expenditure; gender-specific programmes mainstream programmes. and into 21% Salaries; Women Men and 79% What % does each constitute?

IV. EXPENDITURE Type of Expenditure Amount Proportion (%) Gender Management System (GMS) 1300 0 Employment expenditure (Human Capital Expenditure) 1200 0 Employment equity related expenditure 300 0 Gender Specific Programming 2000 0 Mainstream Programmes 3542703 99 Other 1000 0 Total 3548503 100

IV. EXPENDITURE- GMS Council has a Gender Management System? (E.g., Gender Committee, Gender Focal Person, Gender Champion). GMS activities budgeted for (E.g., Committee meetings, Hub/ spoke activities, exhibitions, Training, Policy formulation, Exchange visits, Office equipment and stationery, other activities.We still need to improve and have the activities outlined in the budget through their expenditure lines These budgets are found in the Social Services,Governance and Adiministration,Public lighting and Safety, Roads and Water and Sanitation

IV. Gender Specific expenditure Christmas cheer fund, distribution of sanitary pads to the girl child Social services, and they are visible Council allocates 5% of its social services for gender specific programmes During consultations women, men and youths propose projects to be included in the budget Women are venturing in business, educating and behavior change Outputs are measured through the end result project, Outcomes are measured through problem solving and Impact measured through improvement in the living standards

IV. EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE Women Men Total % women Mana gers Staff Total Mana gers Staff Total Mana gers Staff Total Full Time 3 8 11 6 23 29 40 8 20 28 Part time 0 4 4 0 25 25 29 0 14 14 Casual 0 2 2 0 23 23 25 0 8 8 Total 3 14 17 6 71 77 94 3 15 18 What proportion of the work force do women comprise overall? -18% What is the percentage of women in management? -3% What percentage do women comprise of the full time , part time and casual, labour force?-28%,14% and 8%

IV. EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURE- Gender Wage Gap Analysis Women Women- Total earned earned Women average Men-no Men total earned Average earnings Full Time 11 4449 404 29 8269 251 Part Time 4 750 188 25 4690 188 Casual 2 375 188 23 4315 188 Total 17 5757 919 77 20457 797 What is the gender wage gap?= (Average earnings of Men - Average earnings of Women)/ Average earnings of Women-0.1327 What does the wage gap reflect with regard to 1) the different levels occupied by women and men in the Council 2) the different types of work that they do? women are better positions than men What plans does the Council have in place to close the gender wage gap?

V. EXPENDITURE- GENDER IN MAINSTREAM BUDGET Programmes Amount % budget 5% Governance & Administration 1103254 18 6% 18% Water Sanitation & Hygiene 2586784 43 28% Social Services 1692657 28 Roads 366807 6 43% Public Safety & Security 268607 4 Governance & Administration Natural Resources & Conservation 0 0 Water Sanitation & Hygiene Social Services Roads Public Safety & Security Total 6018109 100

VI. BUDGET CROSS SUBSIDISATION ANALYSIS Income (A) % of total budget Expenditure (B) % of total budget Surplus/Defi cit Governance & Administratio n 1702007 28 1702000 28 7 Water, Sanitation & Hygiene 1378878 22 1378000 22 878 Social Services 2301900 38 2301000 38 900 Roads 318202 5 318000 5 202 Public Safety and Security 317098 5 317000 5 98 Natural Resources & Conservation Mgt 0 0 0 0 0 Total 6018086 100 6016000 100 2085

VI. BUDGET CROSS SUBSIDISATION ANALYSIS Governance and Administration generate more income and expenditure Solid waste and Waste water management, and Roads (i.e. they are being subsidised). Nature of activities being subsidised these are refuse collection and sewerage management, roads and funding source Licence, non-billable Currently there is no specific guide on cross-subsidisation but objectives are towards service delivery Gender considerations are moderate depending on urgence of circumstances Percentage of allocations are less than 10% Voice and Choice! Empower Women, End Violence .

VII. CONCLUSIONS AND NEXT STEPS Mvurwi Town Council as a young council has a lot of potential in terms of gender equality and women s empowerment, since it is enjoying the influx of tobacco companies through the local development and council budget is influenced to embark on creation of working space, taking into consideration economically empowering women in business and those not formally employed. Council is looking into the future with great enthusiasm with regards to gender budgeting as from the 2023 budget we intend to revitalise our budget allocations to strengthen gender sensitivity and equity within our residence and to consult the stakeholders on the way forward in terms of projects needs and the resultant impact to the general populace. The much needed gender budget needs to have a calendar of events, coordination, spearheading programmes and budget implementation and execution which leaves no one behind. Voice and Choice! Empower Women, End Violence .