Eye on Gender

Eye on gender provides a snapshot on gender trends and events in the country:

• The United Nations has weighed in on gender-based violence and femicide in the country. It says the murder of women by their intimate partners is a global crisis that needs to be dealt with accordingly - see interview below with Dr Odusola, Resident Representative, UNDP South Africa.
• Address by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the joint sitting of parliament on the crisis of violence in South Africa - President's address here.
• Banyana Banyana players and their Bafana Bafana counterparts would for the first time earn the same amounts when they participate in the Fifa Women’s World Cup and in the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) respectively - article here.
• Volvo Cars introduces six months paid parental leave for EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) region - article here.

Gender Indices:

Find out how South Africa is performing on gender equality and women empowerment. 

• Social Institutions and Gender index (SIGI) 2019
• Global Gender Gap Report – World Economic Forum 2019
• The 2019 EM2030 SDG Gender Index
• African Gender and Development Index – UNECA 2018

Dr Ayodele Odusola speaks about Gender Based Violence