Black women top SA's jobs list
Bushbuckridge - Government is continuing to give preference to women - especially black women - when hiring officials or awarding tenders, said Mpumalanga premier Thabang Makwetla.
Addressing provincial celebrations of Women's Day at the Thulamahashe stadium in Bushbuckridge over the weekend, he said more women were participating in local, provincial and national government than ever before.
"Improving the representation of women at every level of government is an important part of transforming the public service," he said.
Four of Mpumalanga's ten members of the executive council are women, and six of the ten HODs in the province are women, he said.
"There is also a growing representation of women at senior public service management level, while the number of women members of the legislature, mayors and other representatives of local government has also increased significantly," he said.
He said there are plans to employ more women to head hospitals, and more executive and senior managers and educators.
But while there have been great advances made towards gender equality and equity since 1994, women continue to be significantly excluded from the economic mainstream, he said.
He said women continue to make up the majority of the unemployed, and remain vulnerable to sexual assault and other abuse at home, work, in their communities and at school.
He said The Men for Change programme encouraged men to respect women and children and learn to deal with their anger, and he welcomed the creation of the Progressive Women's Movement of South Africa (PWMSA) in Bloemfontein last week.
"We are determined to ensure that all women's rights to equality become a living reality, including the opportunity to influence government programmes and mainstream gender issues," he said.
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