24 October – Gender
Today we spoke to Noluthando Ntlokwana - an Attorney at the Women’s Legal Centre. She explained more about the Women’s right to access to land and housing. With the assistance of Women on Farms Project, the Women’s Legal Centre says it hopes to bring an equal pay claim on behalf of women farm workers who are not being paid equal pay for work of equal value. Research done showed that the average wage for women who work on farms in the Western Cape is R480 per month, while the average wage for men is R640 per month. The WLC developed a memorandum on behalf of Women on Farms Project, Centre for Rural Legal Studies and Lawyers for Human Rights advocating for amendments to the Extension of Tenure Security Act 62 of 1997. For more information you can contact their offices at (021) 421 1380 or visit their website at www.wlc.org.za
We were joined by the Women in Construction Award winner Sharon Isaacs who is the Managing Director and majority shareholder of Amabamba Fencing which was launched in 1996. Monday evening the Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Marius Fransman hosted the “Women in Construction” Awards. The initiative aims to provide opportunities to women who work in the male-dominated industry. For more information contact the Women in Construction Helpdesk on 0800 778 226 or visit www.capegateway.gov.za
John Mentiey Advocacy Co-ordinator from the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce or SWEAT also came in studio. We spoke about Male Sex workers. This is normally known as a women’s job but lately more and more men are seen in this field. SWEAT work with sex workers around health and human rights. They also lobby and advocate for the decriminalisation of adult sex work in South Africa. For more information you can contact their offices at (021) 448 7875 or visit their website at www.sweat.org.za
And our last interview was with Palesa Lebenya, Vuledzani Nemukula and Lebo Sekodu – Members of the South African Students Congress at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) – Cape Town Campus. We spoke about the Woman Emancipation Program. They told us more about the program, how are they empowering female students and who is eligible to join them. For more information you can contact their offices at (021) 460 3546 alternatively send them an e-mail to sasco_ct@cput.ac.za
We were joined by the Women in Construction Award winner Sharon Isaacs who is the Managing Director and majority shareholder of Amabamba Fencing which was launched in 1996. Monday evening the Western Cape Transport and Public Works MEC Marius Fransman hosted the “Women in Construction” Awards. The initiative aims to provide opportunities to women who work in the male-dominated industry. For more information contact the Women in Construction Helpdesk on 0800 778 226 or visit www.capegateway.gov.za
John Mentiey Advocacy Co-ordinator from the Sex Worker Education and Advocacy Taskforce or SWEAT also came in studio. We spoke about Male Sex workers. This is normally known as a women’s job but lately more and more men are seen in this field. SWEAT work with sex workers around health and human rights. They also lobby and advocate for the decriminalisation of adult sex work in South Africa. For more information you can contact their offices at (021) 448 7875 or visit their website at www.sweat.org.za
And our last interview was with Palesa Lebenya, Vuledzani Nemukula and Lebo Sekodu – Members of the South African Students Congress at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) – Cape Town Campus. We spoke about the Woman Emancipation Program. They told us more about the program, how are they empowering female students and who is eligible to join them. For more information you can contact their offices at (021) 460 3546 alternatively send them an e-mail to sasco_ct@cput.ac.za
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