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The Progressive City Women Want February 15 - 16 Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe
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Urban Thinkers Campus Partner Organizations
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Table of Contents Urban Thinkers Campus in figures.............................................................................................................................................. 4 Introduction to the Urban Thinkers Campus............................................................................................................................... 5 The City We Need principle(s) addressed.................................................................................................................................. 6 Matrix of linkages - TCWN 1.0 vs. new recommendations....................................................................................................... 6 Key outcomes of the UTC........................................................................................................................................................... 7 Key recommendations................................................................................................................................................................ 9 Key actors................................................................................................................................................................................... 9 Outstanding issues................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Urban solutions......................................................................................................................................................................... 10 Speakers................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 List of organizations present................................................................................................................................................... 12
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Urban Thinkers Campus in figures
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COUNTRIES REPRESENTED
PARTICIPANTS
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CONSTITUENT GROUPS REPRESENTED
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ORGANIZATIONS
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Introduction to UTC
Ray of Hope Zimbabwe (ROHZ), in partnership with the Huairou Commis-
Organizations. This diversity represents the culture of inclusion cultivated
sion, convened the Chitungwiza Urban Thinkers Campus on the 16th and
by Ray of Hope in addressing development issues.
17th of February 2016 at Global Kingdom Ministries Hall in Seke South Unit A, Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. Welcome and opening remarks were giv-
ROHZ is grateful to the Chitungwiza Residents and Rate Payers
en by Shorai Chitongo, National Coordinator of ROHZ. She explained that
Association, Chitungwiza Junior Council, Chitungwiza Children’s
the Urban Thinkers Campus is an initiative of UN-Habitat’s World Urban
Parliament, ActionAid International, Say What, Battle Front Women
Campaign, conceived as an open space for critical exchange on urbaniza-
and Women of Spirit who partnered and presented papers on the socio-
tion as an opportunity that can lead to positive urban transformations, as
economic challenges of Chitungwiza and who proposed innovative
well as a platform to build consensus between partners engaged in ad-
solutions.
dressing urbanization challenges and proposing solutions to urban futures. The outcome of the Chitungwiza Urban Thinkers Campus will contribute
The Campus was next divided into 9 Strategic Sector Based Sessions,
to the New Urban Agenda which will be delivered at the United Nations
attended by at least 10 Participants and chaired by a strategic partner:
Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in October 2016.
1. Water Resource Development and Management 2. City Health
Chitungwiza Urban Thinkers Campus ran under the theme: The Progressive
3. Housing and Social Services
City Women Want. Its principle objective was to open up a forum of
4. Industrialization
dialoguing, debating and exchanging information on urbanization best
5. Education and Human Skills Development
practices as well as developing a Collective Developmental Road Map for
6. Accountability and Governance
the City of Chitungwiza. Delegates to the Campus included professionals,
7. Gender and Urbanization
researchers, and academic institutions, Residence Associations, Urban
8. Energy, Roads and Transport Network
Councils, Government, Community Based Organizations, Donors, and a
9. Business and Investments
cross-section of representatives from Civil Society and Non-Governmental
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The Sector-Based Strategic Actions Plans were developed within these Stakeholders Consultations. The various Sector Based Strategic Action Plans will be further consolidated into the Urban We Want Strategic
The City We Need principle(s) addressed
Action Plan. This Plan will serve as a major poverty reduction tool which will stimulate positive and sustainable growth going forward. The Campus 1. The city we need is socially inclusive
Framework will help guard against:
2. The city we need is well planned, walkable and transit-friendly • Jobless growth (growth without expanding employment opportunities)
3. The city we need is a regenerative city
• Ruthless Growth (growth associated with inequalities and poverty)
4. The city we need is economically vibrant and inclusive
• Voiceless Growth (growth without extending democracy and
6. The city we need is a safe city 7. The city we need is a healthy city
empowerment) • Rootless Growth (growth that withers cultural identity)
8. The city we need is affordable and equitable
• Futureless Growth (growth that squanders resources needed by future generations)
Matrix of linkages - TCWN 1.0 vs. new recommendations The City We Need Principles
New Recommendations
1. The city we need is socially inclusive
• Promote equal opportunity for men and women as the City of Chitungwiza continues to grow by ensuring gender balance in every sector • Establish a Gender Department and Gender Fund for the city • City of Chitungwiza should carry out gender analysis and identify gender gaps before drafting gender policies and engage in on-going gender budgeting
2. The city we need is well planned, walkable and transit-friendly
• Ensure transparency and feedback by those entrusted in conducting City business and finances by establishing good governance institutions • Improve the Infrastructure in the City of Chitungwiza by investing in modern infrastructure
3. The city we need is a regenerative city
• Invest in thermal and solar energy to overcome current unstable energy supply in form of electricity
4. The city we need is economically vibrant and inclusivev
• Expand industrial activity and performance in Chitungwiza by establishing new industrial areas as well as expanding the current industries • Invest in the future economic expansion of the city by promoting education for all and imparting life survival skills to children; invest in education and vocational skills institutions • Promote the economic viability of the City of Chitungwiza by expanding income sources for the city authority and indigenous people
6. The city we need is safe
• City of Chitungwiza should strengthen campaigns raising awareness on domestic violence and other violence against women
7. The city we need is a healthy city
• Improve residential and industrial access to clean water by investing in new water sources to complement existing Harare supplies, investing in new waste water treatment facilities, and upgrading the existing waste water treatment plants • Improve easy access to affordable health services to residents both in terms of quality and quantity health services by expanding and developing new public health institutions
8. The city we need is affordable and equitable
• Improve access to decent and affordable housing and social services by pursuing vertical and horizontal expansion of the city
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Key outcomes of the UTC
Status of Women in Chitungwiza Clara Makwara of Jambanja Environmental Sanitation Initiative (JESI) presented the Status of Women in Chitungwiza, noting that women in
The idea of the Campus was to engage in planning debates, where ideas
Chitungwiza were facing a multi-sectoral challenges requiring urgent
are shared on cross-cutting issues in the community and where partici-
attention. Some of the Challenges she noted includes:
pants can contribute meaningfully to social and economic empowerment and gender-responsive urban poverty reduction within Chitungwiza. Participants worked to create concrete recommendations as well as a timeframed Strategic Action Oriented Plans/Road Map. This Map will serve as a tool to complement advocacy and lobbying activities as united group of grassroots women and Chitungwiza stakeholders on the move. Stakehold-
• Women are walking long distance up to 5km in search of water as the water challenge in Chitungwiza has turned out to be a women centered crisis. • Increased cases of sexual assaults and raping of women on their way to far away water sources
ers, academic institutions and researchers presented on different urban-
• Increasing feminized poverty
ization concepts and best practices. Each presentation was followed by a
• Lack of job opportunities for women
general discussion, question and answer session. The presentations and
• Lack of cheap funding for women entrepreneurs
some key recommendations are outlined below:
• Poor health and sanitation services available for women • Increasing cases of domestic violence leading to death and permanent injuries in some instances
Current Socio-economic Situation in Chitungwiza Chitungwiza Residents and Rate Payers Associations represented by Mr.
• High child mortality rate due to poor and deteriorating facilities in health institutions
Admire Taderera, Chairperson, presented the Current Socio-economic Situation in Chitungwiza. He pointed out that Chitungwiza as a City in Zimbabwe is facing the following critical socio-economic challenges requiring urgent collective solutions:
Recommendations to address these challenges include: • The City of Chitungwiza should set up a standalone Gender Department
• High unemployment levels estimated to around 80%.
and establish a Gender Fund
• Low productivity estimated to be around 10% • Unstable electricity supply
• City of Chitungwiza should carry out gender analysis and identify gen-
• Persistent water shortage
der gaps before drafting gender policies, as well as engage in on-going
• Poor deteriorating infrastructure
gender budgeting
• Declining food security • Increasing transitional sex due to high poverty levels estimated to be
• Women should be integrated into water development processes
around 70% • Poor quality and quantity health services
• Strengthen domestic violence awareness campaigns in the city
• High cost of education • City of Chitungwiza needs to invest in others clean energy sources such as solar energy
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Child Friendly Urbanization
• Lack of Vocational training centres for out of school youth
The Junior Mayor of Chitungwiza His Worship Poseidon Tsautsau spoke
• Lack of special facilities of disabled children in schools
on Child Friendly Urbanization. In his presentation, the Junior Mayor of
• Poor and compromised access to justice by abused children
Chitungwiza highlighted some of the challenges faced by children living in
• Lack of identity by children born in poor families who cannot afford
Chitungwiza that needs to be considered by the Campus: • Orphanhood - it was estimated that almost half the child populations are orphans due to the AIDS Epidemic.
hospital bills
Strategic Actions recommended to address these challenges: • Urgent need for the Allocation of resources towards the creation of a
• Children in Chitungwiza are affected and infected by HIV and AIDS
Child Rights and Welfare Structure that priorities, advocates, co-ordi-
• Children dropping out of school due to increasing child poverty
nates and protects the rights and welfare of children.
• Children living in the streets
• Establish more vocational training institutions
• Lack of social safety nets for children living with disability, orphans and
• Engage Children in Decision and Budget making
other vulnerable groups
• Tax incentives to companies that supports children in needy
• Increasing cases of Child Abuse particularly Sexual Abuse
• Set up a Child Development Levy/Fund
• High Cases of Malnutrition in Schools
• Education should be affordable
• Lack of recreational facilities, Art, Sports and Culture Centres • Lack of E-Learning Facilities in schools
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Key recommendations
• Overcrowding – Developing a low cost housing program for poor
Recommendations touched upon eradicating feminized urban poverty, food security, employment opportunities, city health, clean energy, water supply, waste management, entrepreneurship, education and skills
• Declining Food Security – Improve residents’ buying power and incomes
development, domestic violence, industrialization and infrastructure.
• High unemployment levels estimated at 80 percent – Support the • Need to ensure gender mainstreaming – Establish a Gender Depart-
growth of small to medium enterprises to increase job opportunities
ment and Gender Fund for the city; City of Chitungwiza should carry out gender analysis and identify gender gaps before drafting gender policies,
• Very low industrial productivity – Develop road and railway and
engage in on-going gender budgeting, and strengthen campaigns raising
other conducive infrastructure that attract major investors and compa-
awareness on domestic violence and other violence against women
nies, offer investment incentives and reduce the cost of doing business in Chitungwiza
• Lack of social safety nets for orphans and other vulnerable children – Establish an Orphanhood Levy (Fund)
• Limited Vocational Skills Development Centers - Establish 23 Ward-Based Vocational Centres to equip residents with life skills in-
• Unaffordable School Fees – Establish an Education Assistance Fund
cluding entrepreneurship skills
that will help children from poor backgrounds
• Unstable energy supply in form of electricity – Invest in thermal • Poor health Services – Expand and develop new public health insti-
and solar energy
tutions (1 hospital and 19 ward clinics)
• HIV and AIDS estimated at 20% for the adult Population – Improve access to ARVs and HIV/AIDS awareness raising
Participants identified with Ray of Hope’s approach to sensitizing and equipping women with transformational information on their rights. In doing so, they create grassroots-based advocacy and lobbying platforms
• Severe water shortage – Construct 2 dams in Muda and Nyatsime and
for grassroots and rural women to speak for themselves, stand up for
2 Water Treatment Plants, integrate women into the planning process
their rights, defend their rights, demand their rights and negotiate for their rights whenever such actions are deemed necessary. Women
• Cholera and typhoid outbreaks – Constant supply of clean affordable water and hygiene awareness campaigns
should be provided with better opportunities, choices and options to develop themselves in a progressive city. This is critical to increase their bargaining power within the home and legitimize their control over key
• Sewage overflow in streets – Expand the sewer system in line with the increasing population
urban economic sectors such as business, entrepreneurship, housing, industry, transport and technology amongst others. Along these lines, a key recommendation from the Campus was the need to further empower grassroots women to stand up and contribute to urban decision-making platforms which concern them, their families, and their Cities.
Key actors Key actors have been identified in the Strategic Action Plan (“Urban Solutions” section)
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Outstanding issues
The issue of sustainable urbanization financing was postponed to future forums.
It came out of the Chitungwiza Urban Thinkers Campus that research needs to be undertaken to ascertain the impact of urbanization on sur-
The campus also recommended that a comprehensive research be un-
rounding rural land distribution system, agriculture, food security and
dertaken to ascertain the impact of urbanization on climate change and
wildlife. It is also imperative to undertake a comprehensive study on the
resilience building.
impact of urbanization on culture and local believe systems. The campus considered the disaster preparedness and risk reduction as critical issues requiring future considerations.
Urban solutions Participants of the Chitungwiza Urban Thinkers Campus came together to propose the following 10-year Strategic Action Plan:
Objective
Activity
Sub Activities
Responsible Parties
Budget (Estimate)
Time Frame
Expected Outcomes
USD $ To improve residents’ and industrial access to clean water
Investing in New Water Sources to Complement Existing Harare Supplies
Investing in New Waste Water Treatment Facilities and Upgrading the Existing Waste Water Treatment Plants To improve easy access to affordable health services to residents both in terms of quality and quantity health services
Expanding and Developing New Public Health Institutions
To improve access to decent and affordable housing and social services
Vertical and horizontal expansion of the City
Constructing 2 Dams for the City of Chitungwiza in Manyame River, Nyatsime and Mupfure River Setting Up 3 Water Treatment Plants Drilling of 72 strategic reserve Boreholes Constructing 3 New Sewage Treatment Plants to cater for the increasing population
Residence
20m
10yrs
Consistent and affordable clean water supply
20m
10yrs
Quality and Quantity health services for all residence
20m
10yrs
Affordable Housing for all and better living standards
City Authority Government Civic Organizations NGOs and Donors
Refurbishing and expanding the Current Sewage Treatment Plants and piping
Construction of 24 Ward Clinic to complement the existing 5 District Council Clinics Constructing 1 more Central Hospital to easy pressure on the existing Chitungwiza Central Hospital
Residence City Authority Government
Re-equipping Chitungwiza Central Hospital
Civic Organizations
Setting up a Health Welfare Fund for Poor, Elderly, vulnerable Children and other vulnerable groups to ensure that everyone has easy and affordable health services
NGOs and Donors
Developing low cost housing for the poor and disadvantaged members of the society
Residence
Developing new Residential Areas Starting Housing Cooperatives Developing 5 new Dump Sites to cater for the increasing Population Acquiring 24 New Ward Based Solid Waste Collection Trucks
City Authority Government Civic Organizations NGOs and Donors
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Objective
Activity
Sub Activities
Responsible Parties
Budget (Estimate)
Time Frame
Expected Outcomes
USD $ To expand the Industrial Activity and performance in Chitungwiza
Establishing new Industrial Areas as well as expanding the current industries
Developing New Industrial Areas
Residence
Setting up a City Industrial Investment Vehicle
City Authority
Setting up an Industrial Credit Fund to ensure easy access to Funding for those running Sustainable Projects
Government
Expanding market and promoting consumption of local products To promote education for all and impart life survival skills to children
Invest in Education and Vocational Skills Institutions
Establish 12 New Primary and Secondary Schools in Chitungwiza Setting up a Local University Setting up 24 Ward Based Vocational Training Centers
50m
10yrs
Employment Creation
Civic Organizations
Competitiveness of local products
NGOs and Donors Residence
Increased Productivity
50m
10yrs
Knowledgeable and skilled personnel in Chitungwiza
1m
10yrs
Well informed and participating residents in City Decision Making Processes
City Authority Government Civic Organizations NGOs and Donors
To ensure transparency and Feedbacks by those entrusted in conducting City Business and Finances
Setting up Good Governance Institutions
Setting up and strengthening Ward Development Committees Initiating mandatory Monthly Ward Planning and Feedback Meetings Mandatory Yearly Auditing of Financial Books
Residence City Authority Government Civic Organizations
Accountable Leadership
NGOs and Donors To promote the equal opportunity to men and women as the City of Chitungwiza continue to grow
Ensuring Gender Balance in every sector
Setting up a standalone Gender Department in the City of Chitungwiza Mainstreaming Gender in every City Program Initiating Gender Budgeting Programs Setting up of City Gender Fund Setting up A City Gender Committee
To improve the Infrastructure in the City of Chitungwiza
Investing in Modern Infrastructure
Residence
5m
10yrs
City Authority
Child Friendly Budgets
Government Civic Organizations
Equality between men and women
NGOs and Donors
Initiating Clean Energy Programs
Residence
Setting up a Thermal Power Station
City Authority
Gender Friendly Budgets
100m
10yrs
Constant supply of affordable Electricity
Government Roads and Rail Way Development
Civic Organizations
Developing Home Industries
Residence
Business Investment Vehicle for the City Authority
City Authority
Conducive infrastructure for industry and commerce
NGOs and Donors To promote the economic viability of the City of Chitungwiza
Expanding income Sources for the City Authority and Indigenous People
Government Civic Organizations NGOs and Donors
50m
10yrs
Economic viability of the City Job Creation Increasing product output
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Speakers 1. Shorai Chitongo, Ray of Hope Zimbabwe 2. Regis Manjoro, Fatherhood Peace Project 3. Geraldine Nyaku, Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association 4. Faustina Chataika, SayWhat Organisation 5. Blessing Muyambo, Action Aid Zimbabwe 6. Pastor T.A Gomo, Battlefront Woman Zimbabwe 7. Pastor Crislet Chiwaya, Spirit Woman Organisation 8. Admire Taderera, Chitungwiza Residents and Ratepayers Association 9. Poseidon Tsautsau, Chitungwiza Junior Council 10. Janet Gondo, Chitungwiza Junior Parliament 11. Mavis Mazennge, Chitungwiza Ward Councillor
Number of organizations represented at UTC 1.
Ray of Hope Zimbabwe
2.
Chitungwiza Residents and Rate Payers Association
3.
Chitungwiza Junior Council
4.
Chitungwiza Junior Parliament
5.
ActionAid Zimbabwe
6.
Say What
7.
Battlefront Women
8.
Women of Spirit
9.
Jambanja Environmental Sanitation Initiative (JESI)
10. Fatherhood Peace Project 11. Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association 12. Instant Truth and Gender Justice Forum 13. Small to Medium Enterprises Forum 14. Entrepreneurs Empowerment Forum 15. Zimbabwe Network of People Living HIV and AIDS 16. Chitungwiza Resident’s Trust 17. Zimbabwe Community Health Intervention Research Project 18. Life Empowerment Support Organization 19. Ireland Hospices Caregivers
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