The Mpumalanga office of the Commission for Gender Equality invited stakeholders to a women empowerment session.
The purpose of the engagement was to reaffirm and recommit stakeholders to the achievement of gender equality.
The commission believes that if it continues to forge partnerships with various stakeholders in different sectors to address inequalities, total attainment of gender equality can be achieved.
On Wednesday, June 28 Commissioner Lindiwe Ntuli-Tloubatla said that economic redress is needed for women in the agriculture and housing sectors.
“The economic advancement of previously disadvantaged women is critical and should start in agriculture and housing because these two sectors impact heavily on rural women’s daily lives,” said Ntuli-Tloubatla, who was addressing among others representatives from the banking sector, provincial government, and civil society organisations.
“CGE is committed to the attainment of gender equality, and we want to see the skilling and empowerment of women to ensure sustainable economic redress,” said Ntuli-Tloubatla.
CGE’s Mpumalanga Provincial Manager, Moltah Mavuso, said the engagement with provincial partners was necessary to reaffirm and recommit to gender equality and women empowerment in the province, “The persistence of inequalities in our society is compounded by patriarchy. We need to work together and ensure the realisation of gender transformation. We are looking forward to building long-term partnerships so that we can together fight against gender inequality and be part of the solutions,” Mavuso concluded.
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