Since the advent of democracy, SA has made great strides in the quest for gender equality. We boast among the largest contingent of women in parliament and in cabinet, and women are increasingly at the helm of companies.
Yet, to say that SA has achieved equality would be a fallacy. As we celebrate women, we are also called to acknowledge and reflect on the difficulties they continue to face. Negative perceptions and harmful stereotypes of women still persist in our homes and workspaces.
The confluence of factors that have entrenched this inequality include uneven access to education, lack of opportunity, legal hurdles, job segregation, poor medical care and access to infrastructure, lack of representation, lack of bodily autonomy, stifled religious freedoms, biases and persistent societal mindsets.
As society has demonstrated, the implications of failing to do so are dire. Gender-based violence is so prevalent in SA that we have been compared to a war-torn nation due to the horrific stories that continue to make headlines. We have to tackle gender inequality head-on at an individual level, an institutional level, a national level and an international level.
We have four broad overarching initiatives. Firstly, we actively promote the implementation of gender agenda initiatives and support and prevention programmes.We have launched institutional forums – including the Men’s Forum – to challenge these imbalances. We boast a WomenThirdly, we address how gender-based violence intersects with other aspects of identity, including race, sexual orientation and social class.
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