THIRTY ANNUAL SOUTHERN AFRICA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND GENDER JUSTICE SUMMIT AND AWARDS 23 25 APRIL 2012 KOPANONG

G HOTEL, JOHANNESBOURG, SOUTH AFRICA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Name : RAKOTOMALALA First Name : Irma Haritiana Nationality : Malagasy Vice-President of the Special Delegation of the Urban Township of Morondava Menabe Region MADAGASCAR

A woman implied in her colleagues security for the best economic development

Menabe Region Social and economic general idea

West of Madagascar ; area : 48 860 km2 Inhabitants : more than 400 000 hab. (70 per cent women) Density : 8 inhab./km2 Migration place, rural economic activities diversified
Rice culture Reas, beans, sweet potatoes ) Maz, sorgho, lentil ) Prestige and wealth sign Staughtering only during funeral events Gifts for wedding

SOCIAL

Breeding

Social signifiance and basis for the regional economy

ECONOMICAL

Fishing Craft industry, Picking (honey, wild potato )

Rice field work Trade in market Oxen = peasantsbank

Menabe Region, red zone , because of insecurity (begining of year 2 000)

Insecurity

Breeding

Disruption of the socio-conomic system

Rural insecurity, danger for women and children in front of oxens robbers.

Women and children are afraid

Every night, they are hidden for the village in the forest No project and hard life for them

Women and children are in danger

Oxen and production in fall Drop of family income and malnutrition risk Husbandsmurder against oxens robbers Rape of girls or women Killing pregmant women to take the babys eyes for their local medicine to see but not seen Burming houses

Security, skate for Menabes economic

Consultation/Mobilization against this scourge

Effects Adjustement phase

Mid-term

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Impacts

Financial support some local organizations

Actors are responsible and organized : - Villages (Fokontany) and communes organize rounds regulary - Men more than 18 take part - Women take care the daily life - Gendarmes look after kalnessupervision Population round for his self- defense (Staff Area Menabe, Coach RRI, Elements gendarmes

Women and men together for the village self-defense (Kalny)

Periodical estimation
Villages (Fokontany) : every week

Rural Communes : every month

Districts : every half year

Acts effects
Districts (Manja) and Rural Communes (Malaimbandy, Befasy, Manambina, Isalo) become safe
Countrys school are opened Circulation of persons and products Opening of markets, places of exchange and social meeting Attnuation des disettes

Life becomes nowadays normal

Social

Economical

Increase of production Increase of family income New herd of oxen

Intersting womens contribution in peas production these last years

Security return : behaviour change

Peasants aware of precariousness of social and economical system of production

Recours to IMF (Financial Institution) to save and to borrow (CECAM, SOAHITA) Regular sale of big oxen

Women become members of associations working in market gardening, beekeeping of fish breeding. After women will be together in more important association (OPF) Remarkable women contribution in formations (institutional reinforcement, little project management in order to operate, in account operating )

Practise of several activities as breeding of goats, poultry and modern beekeeping and maket gardening

Financial management simplified

Deposition of financial management simplified

Morondavas town can supply in vegetables

Deposition of Morondavas town can supply in vegetables

The women are able to recover their lost oxen during insecurity moment and can get for themselves their oxen copy-books

Deposition of a woman who could buy zebu

The women can get their land-paper

SADC OBJECT

Number 11 and 20-25

Lessons can be taken

Men and women take part together

They dont wait for other people ,so everyone has advantages. Sharing informations on time, taking decision on time To estimate on time and application on time
This plan can be used in other countries, areas victims of robbery. It depends on what people live in their space.

THANK FOR YOUR ATTENTION