The recently held Gender Policy Summit was to draft a new policy that will address issues such as promoting equal representation and empowerment, providing measures to empower women and to eliminate discrimination, as well as providing measures for monitoring and evaluating gender equality to name a few.
“Gender inequality is not only a women and children issue, but a societal issue,” said mayor Clr Mondli Gungubele during the summit.
Gungubele applauded the city for the great work being done in terms of gender mainstreaming.
“Our Mayoral Committee is 50 per cent male and 50 per cent female. The establishment of a Gender Forum that consists of departmental representatives to oversee gender-related issues in the city is also counted as an achievement among others,” said Gungubele.
Mayoral spokesperson, Zweli Dlamini, says the Ekurhuleni ultimately wants to come up with a gender policy that is in line with the national and provincial government policies.
“We want to create an enabling environment to empower women and promote gender equality among its employees, communities and stakeholders, through the improvement of socio-economic conditions for women and ensuring progression to decision making structures within the organisation,” said Dlamini.
