Encourage girls to prioritise education: iLIVE
Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane. File photo.
Image by: THYS DULLAART
Image by: THYS DULLAART
As the world celebrates the 101st International Women’s Day, as women we must assess how far we have come in our battle for equality and development.
Yesterday (8 March), we celebrated this day with our sisters from the Southern African Development Community (SADC) sharing ideas that can help us face the past and better prepare for the future.
It is apparent, that even now in 2012, after many years our countries have attained independence and democracy, African women remain significantly marginalised. We remain the majority in the unemployment lines. We continue to bear the brunt of the worst of poverty; and our education standards are still not reflective of our majority status in many of our countries.
However, while there is still a lot of work to be done to empower women in the SADC region; the