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See also Policies above.
South Africa. Department of Women, Children and persons with Disabilities. Gender-Based Violence & Femicide resources
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South Africa. Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Invitation for public comments on the draft Regulations, Directives and Tariff under the Domestic Violence Act, 1998 (Act No. 116 of 1998), 22 June 2022.
South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. South Africa's response to the request of the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences dated 6 November 2020 concerning the collection of information prevention activities, including through the collection of data on femicide or gender related killings of women Pretoria: Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, November 2020.
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Government's Emergency Response Action Plan (ERAP) on Gender-based Violence and Femicide:Commission for Gender Equality Review of Implementation, 2020. Pretoria: Commission for Gender Equality, 2020.
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Report on consultative hearings on the state of shelters in South Africa, 2020. Pretoria: Commission for Gender Equality, 2020.
South Africa. Department of Social Development. South African Integrated Programme of Action Addressing Violence Against Women, Children, and LGBTIQ persons (2019 – 2024) Draft 8: 17 October 2018. Pretoria: Department of Social Development, 2018.
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Global study on homicide: gender-related killing of women and girls, 2018. Vienna: UNODC, November 2018.
United Nations Development Programme South Africa. Applying behavioural insights to encourage bystander actions against gender-intimate partner violence. [Pretoria] : UNDP South Africa, 2017?
South Africa. Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities. Stop violence against women in South Africa: know your epidemic, know your response. Pretoria: Department of Women, Children and People with Disabilities, 2013? (no title page or cover.)
South Africa. Civilian Secretariat for Police Service. Towards safe, violence-free communities for women and girls in South Africa: working together to improve police responses: a dialogue between government and civil society, 22-23 August 2013.
South Africa. Department of Social Development. Gender-Based Violence
South Africa. Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Programme to Support Pro-Poor Policy Development. Strengthening government’s implementation of violence against women and children (VAWC) interventions (Policy brief)
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South Africa. Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Department of Social Development, KPMG. Report on Diagnostic Review of the State Response to Violence against Women and Children. March 2016.
South Africa. Presidential Summit against Gender-Based Violence & Femicide (2018 : Pretoria). Declaration
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Investigative report: state of shelters in South Africa. Pretoria: Commission for Gender Equality, 2019?
South Africa. Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Diagnostic Review of the State Response to Violence Against Women & Children. Pretoria: Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, 2017?
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Policing Violence against Women: Assessing Local Police Station Interventions (Policy Brief 18, July 2017)
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Fighting Fire With(out) Fire: Assessing the Work of Police Stations in Combating Violence against Women, 2016.
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Painting over Old Cracks: Assessing Current Programmes to Combat Gender-Based Violence, 2015. Pretoria: Commission for Gender Equality, 2015.
South Africa. Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation. Strengthening government’s implementation of violence against women and children (VAWC) interventions. Pretoria: Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (Policy brief series). 2017?
South Africa. Department of Social Development. South African Integrated Programme of Action addressing violence against women and children (2013-2018). Pretoria: Department of Social Development, 2014.
South Africa. Department of Social Development & UNICEF. Towards a more comprehensive of the direct and indirect determinants of violence against women and children in South Africa, with a view to enhancing violence prevention: final report. Rondebosch: Safety and Violence Initiative, University of Cape Town, December 2016.
South African Human Rights Commission. Research brief: unpacking the gaps and challenges in addressing gender-based violence in South Africa. Pretoria: South African Human Rights Commission, April 2018.
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South Africa. Parilament. Joint Monitoring Committee on the Improvement of Quality of Life and Status of Women. Report on Violence against Women, May 2002.
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Levendale, C. Towards women's economic empowerment: an overview of challenges, achievements, legislative mechanisms and programmes. Paper presented at the International Women's Conference, August 2017. Cape Town: Parliament of South Africa, 2017.
Maja, Botshabelo., and Nakanyane, Sabata. Women in the South African Labour Market, 1995-2005. Pretoria: Chief Directorate of Communication, Dept. of Labour, 2006. Shelf no. G 68 A.LABO.06.WOME
Oladele, O. I., and M. Mudhara. Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas through Water Use Security and Agricultural Skills Training for Gender Equity and Poverty Reduction in KwaZulu-Natal and North West Province : Report to the Water Research Commission. Gezina [South Africa: Water Research Commission, 2016. Shelf no. G 68 JWRC 2176/1/16
South Africa. Department of Trade and Industry. Women Economic Empowerment. (Archived version.)
South Africa. Department of Trade and Industry. Towards an enabling environment for women economic empowerment in South Africa: a status quo report, 31 May 2011. Pretoria: Department of Trade and Industry, November 2011.
South Africa. Department of Women. The status of women in the South African economy. Pretoria: Department of Women, August 2015. Shelf no. G 68 E.WOME.15.STAT
South Africa. Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities. Draft communication strategy: accelerating socio-economic empowerment of women. Pretoria: Department of Women, Children and Persons with Disabilities, January 2016.
South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. A gender analysis of government’s incentives schemes administered by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). Research report prepared for the Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities by the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town. December 2018.
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South Africa. Parliament. Women's Parliament 2020. (Includes video.)
South Africa. Commission on Gender Equality. Bound by Duty to Care: Assessing Correctional Service Centres on the Health and Welfare Services for Female Offenders, 2018. Pretoria: Commission on Gender Equality, 2019.
Budlender, Debbie. Gender Equality and Social Dialogue in South Africa. Geneva: Industrial and Employment Relations Department and Bureau for Gender Equality, International Labour Office, January 2011 (Working paper 2/2011)
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Mogorosi, T. Engendering the National development plan and gender responsive budgeting. Paper presented at the Women's Roundtable: Accelerating Women's Empowerment and Development, through Engendering the National Development Plan and Financing for Gender Equality, 1-2 September 2015. Cape Town: Parliament, 2015.
South Africa. Financial and Fiscal Commission. Strengthening gender equality and women empowerment through gender-responsive budgeting in the public sector. Midrand: Financial and Fiscal Commission, 2021 (Policy brief)
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South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. Framework on gender-responsive planning, budgeting, monitoring, evaluation and auditing. Pretoria: Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, December 2018.
Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities.
Commission for Gender Equality (CGE)
Commission for Gender Equality. Gender mainstreaming
Parliament. Joint Committee on Monitoring Improvement of Quality of Life and Status of Women
Parliament. National Assembly. Portfolio Committee: Women in the Presidency
Parliament. National Council of Provinces. Select Committee: Women, Children and People with Disabilities
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South Africa. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, 2020 to 2025: South Africa. Pretoria: Department of International Relations and Cooperation, 2020.
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South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. The Implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action in South Africa. Braamfontein, South Africa: Commission for Gender Equality, 2014. Shelf no. G 68 E.GEND.14.IMPL
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Report to the CEDAW Committee on South Africa’s Implementation of CEDAW, 1998-2008. Braamfontein, South Africa: Commission for Gender Equality, 2010. Shelf no. G 68 E.GEND.10.REPO
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. South Africa’s Compliance with the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Braamfontein, South Africa: Commission for Gender Equality, 2010. Shelf no. G 68 E.GEND.10.SOUT
South Africa. Department of Welfare. Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women : First South African Report. Pretoria: Dept. of Welfare, 1997. Shelf no. G 68 E.WELF.97.CONV
South Africa. Department of Welfare. Report on the South African Government’s Commitments Arising Out of the Fourth UN Women’s Conference, Beijing, 1995. Pretoria: The Dept., 1996. Shelf no. G 68 E.WELF.96.REPO
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South Africa. Department of Women. South Africa's Beijing +20 report: progress made on the implementation of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the Outcomes Document of the 23rd Special session of the General Assembly in 2000.
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South Africa. Presidency. South African CEDAW Report : Progress Made on the Implementation of the Convention for the Period 1998 to 2008. Pretoria: The Presidency, 2008. Shelf no. G 68 E.PRES.08.SOUT
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South Africa. Parliament. Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation. Report of the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education, Science and Innovation on the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) Report on Gender Transformation Investigations in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges, dated 15 June 2022.
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Progress report on gender transformation investigations in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, 2022. Johannesburg: Commission for Gender Equality, 2022.
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Progress report on gender transformation investigations in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges, 2021. Johannesburg: Commission for Gender Equality, 2021
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Report on gender transformation: investigations in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) colleges. Johannesburg: Commission for Gender Equality, 2021.
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MDG 3. Promote gender equality and empower women.
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National Council on Gender-Based Violence and Femicide Bill (B31-2022). Currently with Parliament.
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Legal resource book on gender equality, 2017/2018.
We have print copies of Acts. The easiest source of online versions is: Laws of South Africa: Consolidated Legislation (University of Pretoria)
Key Acts:
Commission for Gender Equality Act No. 39 of 1996
Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act No. 108 of 1996. Chapter 2, Bill of Rights
Domestic Violence Act No. 116 of 1998
Employment Equity Act No. 55 of 1998
Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act No. 4 of 2000
Bill:
The Women Empowerment and Gender Equality Bill (B50-2013) was discussed and adopted in the Parliamentary Committee process, but "The Bill, which would have obliged companies to progressively achieve 50% representation for women in the top levels of management, has been withdrawn to allow for further consultation." Bill history.
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South Africa. Department of Health. National Contraception Clinical Guidelines. 2012.
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3rd National Men's Parliament, 19 November 2023.
Declaration of the Gender Responsive Planning and Budgeting Summit (29-30 November 2018 :Gauteng)
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Overview of Women's Charter Review Conference. Cape Town: Parliament, Research Unit, 12 September 2018.
South Africa. Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities. South Africa’s Report on the Implementation of Agreed Conclusions on ‘Women’s Empowerment and the Link to Sustainable Development”. Pretoria: Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, September 2020.
SDG 5. Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls.
Statistics South Africa. Sustainable Development Goals
Statistics South Africa. Sustainable Development Goals: indicator baseline report 2017: South Africa.
Statistics South Africa. Sustainable Development Goals Country Report 2019
South Africa. Department of Human Settlements. National Women in Human Settlements Programme: Framework for the Empowerment and Participation of Women in Human Settlements Delivery. Pretoria: Department of Human Settlements, 2009?
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South Africa. Department of Justice and Constitutional Development. Gender Mainstreaming Documents. Pretoria: Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, 2004. Volume 1, Assessment Report, Volume 2, Implementation Guidelines, Volume 3, Reporting Protocol, Volume 4, Needs Assessment Report, Volume 5, Budget Analysis and Assessment Instrument, Volume 6, Budgeting Guidelines.
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South Africa. Department of Public Service and Administration. Report on the 2020/2021 implementation of the Policy and Procedure on the Management of Sexual Harassment in the Public Service. Pretoria: Department of Public Service and Administration, [2021.]
South Africa. Department of Public Service and Administration. Gender mainstreaming in the public service: report. Pretoria: Department of Public Service and Administration, [2013?]
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South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Mainstreaming Gender in the Public Service: reviewing progress in the Departments of Police and Science & Technology. Pretoria: Commission for Gender Equality, 2013.
South Africa. Commission for Gender Equality. Beyond the Numbers: Mainstreaming Gender in the Public Service (assessing selected national and provincial departments). Pretoria: Commission for Gender Equality, 2014.