Equal opportunities for women
- Authors: Federation of Unions of South Africa
- Date: 1995
- Subjects: FEDUSA
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110109 , vital:33224
- Description: Over the last thirty years, there has been considerable evolution in the thinking about gender equality issues and the actions needed to achieve real changes in the position of women vis-a-vis men. Prior to the 1970s, women were defined mainly in terms of their conventional reproductive roles, and efforts to improve women's welfare focussed on such programmes as literacy courses, home economics, child care and family planning. Though no doubt valuable, such welfare and family-oriented programmes had the effect of reinforcing women's traditional role in the family. Since the 1970s, there has been a shift to the division of labour based on sex, and the impact of development and modernization strategies on women. It is important to understand that improvements in women's status require analysis of the relations between men and women, as well as the concurrence and cooperation of men. As illustrated in the Beijing document: "Achieving gender equality and empowerment of women requires redressing inequalities between women and men and girls and boys and ensuring their equal rights, responsibilities, opportunities and possibilities. Gender equality implies that women's as well as men's needs, interests, concerns, experiences and priorities are an integral dimension of the design, implementation, national monitoring and follow-up and evaluation, including at the international level, of all actions in all areas."
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FEDUSA and the Parliamentary Process
- Authors: Federation of Unions of South Africa
- Subjects: FEDUSA
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/110121 , vital:33230
- Description: The FEDUSA Parliamentary Office provides legislative support to the affiliate members in the form of outputs ranging from publishing National Executive Reports, preparing and presenting oral and written submissions to the parliamentary portfolio committees in National Parliament as well as the publishing of a parliamentary affiliate newsletter on newsworthy issues being discussed in Parliament. A Bill Profile which serves as a reference document includes profiles of all legislation tabled in National Parliament, as well as monitoring and tracking progress through Parliament. The Bill Profile is an interactive service available through electronic media to all affiliate members.
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Moving forward
- Authors: FEDUSA
- Subjects: FEDUSA
- Language: English
- Type: text
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/175625 , vital:42600
- Description: The democratic South Africa was birthed through negotiation and dialogue, and a range of socio-economic policy matters continue to be determined on this basis. Social dialogue that focuses on policy, legislation and generally advancing the best interests of society takes place between organised labour, business and government on regular basis in a range of statutory and non-statutory tripartite forums.
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