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Pretoria, 8 February 2011- Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Marius Fransman will today address a group of Women in Empowerment Network, where he will reflect on the empowerment of women in Africa. The meeting to be held at the Victoria & Alfred Hotel in Cape Town takes place within the context of South Africa's role as appointed by the African Union to lead the continent's drive towards infrastructure development.

Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women Initiative Records More than 1 Million Actions

25 November, New York – More than 1 million actions have been registered with the Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women initiative of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, part of UN Women). The online effort (saynotoviolence.org) was launched one year ago to provide a platform for individuals, civil society groups and governments to showcase and record their activities on the issue. It is a direct contribution to the UN Secretary-General’s campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women.

The milestone registration of actions coincides with today’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. “I am thrilled that Say NO – UNiTE has surpassed 1 million actions,” said UN Women Executive Director Michelle Bachelet. “I signed on to Say NO as President of Chile, knowing that public commitments like this go a long way. Say NO – UNiTE is proof that there is a global groundswell for ending violence against women.”

Struggle of women relived – 54 years on

Pretoria, August 20 2010 - They were mostly only in their early 20s when 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings on August 9 1956 in protest of the pass laws that were inflicted on them. While many South African women - young and old - enjoy the freedoms that came after that historic march - Bertha Gxowa and Joyce Seroke will forever remember the struggles they were faced with those many years ago.

For Gxowa, who was merely 22 at the time, it was not about attaining freedom for herself, but it was about unshackling the thousands of South African women from the chains of apartheid. Gxowa was one of the 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings.

Launch: Skills Revolution on South African women

Johannesburg, November 5 2010- The National Convener of Progressive Women’s Movement of South Africa (PWMSA), Ms Baleka Mbete and her steering committee in collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is organizing a briefing session where PWMSA will announce the results of a study that it commissioned, which assessed the impact of the ‘Skills Revolution’ on South African women.

Gender violence hinders equality - Mkhize

December 9, 2009

Bizana - Correctional Services Deputy Minister Hlengiwe Mkhize has warned that gender violence poses a serious threat to equality and to the broader development of women.

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Say NO – UNiTE to End Violence against Women Initiative Records More than 1 Million Actions

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