A petition signed by 43 Women’s Voice and Leadership partners as part of the #Vaccine Gender Justice campaign has been sent to President Cyril Ramaphosa.
South Africa’s gender inequalities mean that women are bearing the brunt of the Covid pandemic in terms of infections and deaths – but they may also be hindering the vaccination of women, according to women’s activist groups. They have called on the government to release statistics showing the gender breakdown of those who have received vaccinations so far. Gender Links coordinator Nomthandazo Mankazana said: “Many of the women we work with have been, or still...
They have called on the government to release statistics showing the gender breakdown of those who have received vaccinations so far. “We work with the people we educate and creating awareness on the importance of them having to take the vaccine,” she said.
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