South Africa

Opportunity announcement date: Tuesday, 21 January 2020 Opportunity closing date: Friday, 21 February 2020 South African Women’s Rights organisations are invited to apply for funding under the Government of Canada Women Voice and Leadership-South Africa Fund (WVL SA). The initiative arises from Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (FIAP) addressing six main elements: i) promoting gender equality and the empowerment of […]

By Colleen Lowe Morna Cape Town, 11 February:  Thirty years since Nelson Mandela walked out of jail, South Africa is still the most unequal country in the world and the gender pay gap shows little sign of abating. These are the findings of the Inequality Trends Report launched by Statistics South Africa and several partners […]

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Assessing progress on the implementation of the National Action Plan 2007 – 2011 and assessing the efforts, activities and strategies put in place to deal with the high level of crimes against women and children.

The Commission for Gender Equality reported on the implementation of CEDAW to the people of South Africa and the international community. The report covers the period 1998-2008.

This report is an evaluation of how much progress has been made at national level following the adoption of the Beijing Platform of Action.

International IDEA Conference Booklet and Programme – a Round table on Perspectives on Democratic Accountability in South Africa

The intended outcomes of the ASRH&R framework strategy will benefit the adolescent population of the country as well as family and service providers.

This booklet is a summary of the key findings of a study on teen pregnancy. The findings are congruent with past and current literature on teen pregnancies in South Africa, but also bring new dimensions to the discourse.  

South Africa has 46% women in the House of Assembly and provincial legislatures and 50% women in cabinet. All the speakers in national and provincial legislatures are women. Women voters predominate. However, the goal of women leaders of political parties is elusive and only six of 48 political parties are led by women. There has […]