MEDIA STATEMENT: Pregnancy policy ignores learners’ right to basic education
The proposed Prevention and Management of Learner Pregnancy in Schools (Draft policy) fails to frame itself with the right of learners (including pregnant learners) to access basic education, and the state’s duty to protect
JOINT SECTION27 AND TREATMENT ACTION CAMPAIGN SUBMISSION ON THE CHOICE ON TERMINATION OF PREGNANCY AMENDMENT BILL, A PRIVATE MEMBERS BILL PROPOSED BY DUDLEY MP OF THE AFRICAN CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PARTY
In reality, the draft Bill aims to limit women’s ability to access safe abortions in health facilities around the country, thereby limiting, without justification, a woman’s constitutional right to equality; dignity; bodily and psychological integrity, which includes the right to make decisions concerning reproduction; privacy; and access to health care services, including reproductive health care.
Joint Submission on Inclusivity of SOGIESC in Schools
SECTION27), the Centre for Applied Legal Studies (CALS) and Centre for Child Law (CCL) welcomes the opportunity to make submissions on the Department of Basic Education’s (DBE) Draft Guidelines for the Socio-Educational Inclusion of Diverse Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, Expression and Sex Characteristics (SOGIESC) in schools.
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