SA: Women’s Day call for #Vaccine GenderJustice

Johannesburg, 9 August: Women’s rights organisations are calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa to provide sex disaggregated data on vaccine roll out in a campaign launched on Women’s Day.

A petition signed by 43 Women’s Voice and Leadership partners calls on the president to “provide sex disaggregated data on vaccine roll out and all COVID-19 statistics in line with the national gender policy, global and regional commitments to understanding the gendered impact of all government endeavours.”

The petition is part of the #VaccineGenderJustice campaign being spearheaded by the civil society organisations. South Africa one of the few countries in the world in which women constitute the majority of those infected and dying of the COVID-19 pandemic. This reflects the deep underlying gender inequalities that fuel the pandemic.

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The petition can be signed on the petitions platform of the community or by going to https://www.change.org/sexdisaggregatedCOVID-19data.