The first woman president of Cosatu, Zingiswa Losi, said despite women being in leadership positions, they continue to be underrepresented in the workplace.
aid 72% of the teachers employed by the department of basic education were women and only 37% of the school principals were women.
“This suggests a glass ceiling ... We need to ensure we look at challenges which find that women can't break through those ceilings. We have enabling legislation [to make sure there is equality in the workplace] and there is no shortage of women. “That ceiling includes those patriarchal, gender and paternal ideologies and the generalising tendencies. Leaders must ensure they use their positions to dismantle these barriers as they have a critical role to play in debunking long-held stereotypes about women leaders.
“We need to challenge the enforcement policies — we know we are not meeting our targets in terms of the employment equity acts.” She said education was a powerful tool in advancing equality and empowerment but the first hurdle was access — getting girls to school. Solomon said there were four areas where Sadtu needed to intervene. She listed these as:— There's a need to review textbooks and identify bias stereotypes and if the curriculum promotes negative language. — The role teachers play in their attitudes towards women is critical.
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