28 March - Gender - COSATU hosts 3rd National Gender Policy Conference

In today's show we spoke to Elma Geswindt - Western Cape Gender Co-ordinator for the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). She joined us on the line to talk about their 3^rd National Gender Policy Conference that’s taking place in Rietvlei, Pretoria. Representatives from all affiliates of COSATU, other federations, all alliance partners, civil society groupings, domestic worker, sex workers as well as NGOs are in attendance. “Fight Inequalities, Promote Decent Work and Build Economic Alternatives for the Total Emancipation of Women” is the theme for this year’s conference. The discussion include amongst others, issues on the following Sex Workers, Domestic Workers, Maternity Protection, Gender and Politics, National Gender Machinery and Bargaining Agenda for Gender (BAG). The conference is held to evaluate the federation’s progress on gender issues and discuss draft resolutions to be tabled at the National Congress and also to map the way forward on how to take forward the gender struggles in the trade union movement and society as whole. For more information you can contact Cosatu on (021) 448 0045 or visit the website http://www.cosatu.org.za/