ANCWL to hold provincial gender meetings ahead of national summit

ANC Women's League secretary-general Meokgo Matuba. Picture: Facebook

ANC Women's League secretary-general Meokgo Matuba. Picture: Facebook

Published Aug 29, 2018

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Johannesburg - The women's wing of the African National Congress said it would hold consultative meetings on gender-based violence across all of South Africa's provinces on Wednesday to ensure an all-inclusive mandate ahead of a national gender summit next month.

President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the summit to be convened by his office on September 31, in which all stakeholders will be represented.

The aim of these provincial meetings is to collect input from ordinary women which will be incorporated into submissions to next month's summit, ANC Women's League (ANCWL) secretary-general Meokgo Matuba said.

"Part of the submissions will be the memorandum which was handed to the ANC and other institutions of power such as Parliament, courts and government departments by the ANCWL YWD (young women's desk), Matuba said.

She said the conversations with women would take place in each province at institutions of higher learning to highlight gender-based violence and a culture of rape which are on the rise, affecting female students among others.

“All sectors of women, ordinary women and women organisations are invited to attend in the province of their location,” Matuba added.

African News Agency/ANA

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