The Commission for Gender Equality launches its three reports
BRAAMFONTEIN – CGE intends to face challenges for gender equality in the country
The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) said it intends to take South Africans into confidence regarding challenges facing the fight for gender equality.
The commission has launched its three reports at Braamfontein on 22 October.
The reports include Women Participation and Representation in South Africa’s 2014 Elections, Mainstreaming Gender in the Public Service, and Women and Political Parties in South Africa.
The CGE chairperson, Commissioner Mfanozwelwe Shozi said there was a sharp decline in women’s representation among provincial premiers between 2009 and 2014.
He said that is a significant step backward given that there was an 11 per cent gain after the 2009 elections from 2004 when women premiers made up 44 per cent.
Shozi said currently there are only two female premiers in the country which is not enough.
According to the CGE spokesperson Javu Baloyi, these reports are being launched following a process of tabling them before the Portfolio Committee on Women in the Presidency.
Baloyi said these research reports contain findings and recommendations for policy makers and relevant stakeholders on the challenges of promoting gender equality, greater women’s participation and representation in politics and governance in general, and within political parties in particular.
“Through these reports, the Commission intends to take South Africans into confidence regarding the challenges facing the fight for gender equality and women’s empowerment in politics and government in general but also within political parties in particular,” said Baloyi.
Baloyi said this work is part of the Commission’s constitutional and legal mandate to monitor and evaluate the work of the state, private sector and civil society organisations (CSOs) in the implementation of policies, programmes and strategies to promote gender equality and transformation.
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