Articles about South African Government
Lovelife to sign two MOUs with the GMDC
03 February 12
Lovelife, the largest national HIV prevention initiative for young people in South Africa will soon sign two MOUs with the GMDC. The first MOU will be for the gender and media literacy course that is being extended to loveLife staff. [read more]
Lovelife to soon partner with the GMDC
15 November 11 | (1) Comment
LoveLife is South Africa's largest national HIV prevention initiative for young people. LoveLife combines a sustained high-powered campaign with nationwide community-level outreach and support programmes to promote healthy, HIV-free living among South African teens. The organisation will soon sign an MOU with the... [read more]
South Africa: Finding gender in the new Economic Growth Path
04 October 11
The World Bank together with South African government and women business leaders convened a meeting in Sandton on 24 August 2011 aimed at coordinating a gender response to South Africa's new economic growth path.
The National Growth plan outlines five job drivers [read more]
South Africa: Women demand more climate action
04 October 11
A two-day environmental conference ended in Pretoria on 4 September with a call by delegates for the South African government to move urgently towards the implementation of policies that would ensure more participation of women on issues of climate change adaptation and mitigation. [read more]
Hate crimes
11 May 11
As the region moves towards halving gender based violence by 2015, reports on the ground tell a different story. Gender based violence continues to take gruesome turns and twists - child prostitution, human trafficking, passion crimes, hate crimes, the list is endless. In protest to hate crimes Gender Links recently... [read more]
Tracking the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development
10 May 11
Regional relevance: Regional
Welcome to the 16th edition of Roadmap to Equality! tracking progress toward the implementation and ratification of the SADC Protocol on Gender and Development.
In South Africa the countdown to the local government elections on 18 May is heating up, with all political leaders calling for people to come out in... [read more]
Attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: relations with gender, race and religion among university students
20 April 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
This study posits that although the South African government has shown an unprecedented commitment to acknowledging and upholding the human rights of lesbians and gay men, negative attitudes exist towards lesbians and gay men in university communities. A survey of 880 heterosexual students (356 men and 524 women) in... [read more]
SA Human Rights Day: A female citizen asks: are my rights a priority?
17 March 11
Regional relevance: South Africa
We have just celebrated the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day and are about to observe South Africa’s Human Rights Day on 21 March: what do I, female citizen X, have to celebrate in 2011?
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CSW 2011: Discussing the SADC Gender Protocol with the South Africa Delegation in the Big Apple
03 March 11
Governments do not like civil society. From my experience working in the South African civil society gender sector, this is what I had been led to believe from several sources. Governments do not listen to civil society and civil society, as representatives of ‘the people' are never included in consultations on... [read more]
Southern Africa: Difference does not equal insanity
03 February 11
Regional relevance: Regional
Question one: how many people do you know who are transsexual, transgendered or intersex? Question two: how many times have you come across the voices of such people when you hear about gender-based violence? Question three: what exactly does gender mean? [read more]
