CHARTER ESTABLISHING SADC WOMEN IN SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION

PREAMBLE

WE, the representatives of the Governments of:

The Republic of Angola

The Republic of Botswana

The Democratic Republic of Congo

The Kingdom of Eswatini

The Kingdom of Lesotho

The Repubiic of Madagascar

The Republic of Malawi

The Republic of Mauritius

The Republic of Mozambique

The Republic of Namibia

The Republic of Seychelles

The Republic of South Africa

The United Republic of Tanzania

The Republic of Zambia

The Republic of Zimbabwe

ACKNOWLEDGING the January 2007 Summit Decision of the African Union (AU) Heads of State and Government emphasising the role of science and technology in Africa's development and calling for the building of constituencies for Science,

Technology and Innovation (STI) in AU Member States (Addis Ababa decision, Assembly/AU/Dec.161, VIII);