Gender Issues

THE GENDER POLICY STATEMENT (1999)
It deals with specific issues of gender equality in the justice system. It will help us to ensure that the gender equality objectives articulated in Jusstice Vision 2000 are implemented effectively. It should therefore be read and implemented concurrently with Justice Vision 2000....more

POLICIES & LEGAL FRAMEWORK

• CEDAW [Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women], 1981
• Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, 1995
• Commonwealth Gender Plan of Action 2005 -2015 (Basis for the Gender Justice Conferences)
• African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, 1981
• AU Solemn Declaration on Gender Equality in Africa, 2004
• SADC Declaration on Gender and Development, 1980
• An Addendum to the 1997 Declaration on Gender and Development, 1998
• Guidelines for the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act for the Magistrate, 2008

PUBLISHED MATERIAL

• Gender Mainstreaming - Vol 01 Assessment Report
• Gender Mainstreaming - Vol 02 Implementation Guidelines
• Gender Mainstreaming - Vol 03 Reporting Protocol
• Gender Mainstreaming - Vol 04 Needs Assessment Report
• Gender Mainstreaming - Vol 05 Budget Analysis and Assessment Instrument
• Gender Mainstreaming - Vol 06 Budgeting Guidelines
• Women and the Law in South Africa - Gender Equality Jurisprudence in Landmark Court Decisions

ARTICLES

• Ukuthwala (Let’s protect our children), Justice Today 2009, Vol 5
• The Law Week of the University of Limpopo, School of Law, has by now become a regular item on the annual agenda of lawyers in South Africa and Southern Africa...read more

CONTACTS

• Joyce Maluleke, Director, Tel: 012 315 1671,
  E-mail: JMaluleke@justice.gov.za
• Ntibidi Rampete, Deputy Director, Tel: 012 315 1670,
  E-mail: NRampete@justice.gov.za

LINKS

• UCT
• University of Pretoria
• CALS (Centre for Applied Legal Studies)
• The Constitutional Court
• The Supreme Court of Appeal
• SALRC
• Women's Legal Centre