REPORT ON GOVERNMENT’S EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTION PLAN AGAINST GBV
Access the CGE’s report on government’s implementation of its Emergency Report Action Plan to combat gender-based violence.
MATRIMONIAL PROPERTY
VICTORY FOR WOMEN
CGE Helps Women Gain Property Rights
Earlier in April the Constitutional Court delivered a ruling that confirmed Section 21 (2)(a) of the Matrimonial Property Act 88 of 1984 to be unconstitutional and invalid to the extent that it maintains and perpetuates discrimination.
The Section made all marriages of Black couples, entered into under the Black Administration Act 38 before 1988, automatically out of community of property. The Commission for Gender Equality and an impoverished female complainant from KwaZulu Natal (Mrs Agnes Sithole), who stood to lose her property in a battle with her estranged husband, had jointly argued to the Constitutional Court that the Section maintains gender discrimination against Black women, and that its provisions infringe on their rights to property ownership in marriages.
The Constitutional Court judgment is a landmark ruling that frees affected Black women from oppressive apartheid laws, and empowers them through gender equality.
WORRYING STATE OF SHELTERS
IN SOUTH AFRICA
More needs to be done to improve shelters for GBV survivors and children.
During hearings and investigation into state of shelters in South Africa, the Commission for Gender Equality found that many shelters in provinces are inadequately resourced.
Welcome to the Commission for Gender Equality
Established in terms of Section 187 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa in order to promote respect for gender equality and the protection, development and attainment of gender equality.
The CGE shall advance promote and protect gender equality in South Africa through undertaking research, public education, policy development, legislative initiatives, effective monitoring and litigation.
Vision:
A society free from all forms of gender oppression and inequality.
Mission:
To promote, protect, monitor and evaluate gender equality through research, public education, policy development, legislative initiatives, effective monitoring and litigation.
WHAT WE DO
The CGE embarks on research,
public education, policy development
and legislative initiatives.
Complaints
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Departments
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