“Increasing women parliamentarians’ participation in portfolio committees in South Africa’s legislatures.”
August 22, 2022
Traditional Leadership & Governance – Workshop
August 31, 2022
Almost two decades into the 21st century, women are still not accorded a place of prominence in politics, particularly in Africa. However, South Africa has made notable progress, and has arguably one of the most gender-diverse parliaments in the world, ranking number three in Africa and tenth globally. However, it still falls short of achieving gender equality. In response to breaking this indifference, DDP aims at mobilizing, training, and nurturing women interested in politics so that they can participate actively and confidently in the political arena to influence politics in South Africa.
In alignment with this concern, the Democracy Development Program, (under the women in politics program) has themed the year 2022 as the year of Enhancing Active Participation and Gender Equality Practices for Women in South Africa. Under this banner, we have conducted several activities ranging from capacity-building workshops for the members of the KwaZulu Natal Legislature’s Multipart Women’s Caucus, community dialogues in different municipalities in the KZN region as well as the Women’s conference which rounds of the conversation from the various engagements.
5 Community dialogues were completed in these municipalities:
- Ulundi Municipality
- Impendle Municipality
- Buhlebezwe Municipality
- Ethekwini Municipality
- Msunduzi Municipality
DDP Women’s month campaign
We have also profiled 5 prolific women doing fantastic work in different communities in the KZN region, their communities, and their constituencies.
Thobeka Khubisa: Founder and CEO of the Thobeka Khubisa Foundation
Dr. Zama Dlamini – Academic Researcher UKZN
Nontobeko Mkhize -NAFCOC KZN Chair
Phakamile Mazibuko – Founder and CEO of the Phakamile Mazibuko Foundation
