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also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: By occupation: South African This category exists only as a container for other categories of South African women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
The minister of women, youth and persons with disabilities is the minister of the South African government with political responsibility for South Africa's Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Between 2014 and 2024, the ministry was located in the Presidency, making its holders ministers in the presidency.
And a 1988 South Africa Demographic and Health Survey found that 35% of all teenagers had either been pregnant or had given birth by the age of 19. [35] Types of contraceptives used by South African women are racially stratified with South African women of color predominantly utilizing contraceptive injections. [36]
Rachel Simons, trade unionist and member of the South African Communist Party, Frances Baard, of the African Food and Canning Workers Union, and Florence Matomela, president of the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) in the Eastern Cape, organized an informal gathering of women at the Port Elizabeth Annual Trades and Labour council conference. [4]
Feminism in South Africa concerns the organised efforts to improve the rights of the girls and women of South Africa. These efforts are largely linked to issues of feminism and gender equality on one hand, and racial equality and the political freedoms of African and other non-White South African ethnic groups on the other.
The Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill (WEGE) aimed to promote equality between men and women in South Africa. The bill was passed in 2013, and allowed for the implementation of measures to increase equality, such as designing programs to ensure women held fifty percent representation in decision-making structures. [ 1 ]
Sexual assault and rape can be a barrier to education for women in South Africa. [13] The effects of poverty and sexual health such as HIV and aids can lead to further economic hardship for women in South Africa. In 2017, 26% of women were estimated to be living with HIV, compared to around 15% of men. [14]
Women's sports clubs and teams in South Africa (5 C, 1 P) Pages in category "Women's organisations based in South Africa" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.