South Africa

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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 […]

South Africa Country Report In Southern African countries the prevalence of different types of violence against women is persistently high despite efforts by government and civil society. The objective of Partnerships for Prevention of Violence against Women and Girls in Southern Africa is to strengthen co-operation between government, NGOs and the private sector. It recognises […]

I was married for 18 years. My first child was born in 1991 and the second one in 1995. I stayed with my in-laws from 1988 until 1998. I was treated like a child, and my husband would give his mother money to buy me clothes. I never knew even a mare R50 from my […]