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Zeenat Sujee | How education and support can break the cycle and combat teenage pregnancy in South Africa
PUBLISHED BY: WRITTEN BY: Daily Maverick Zeenat Sujee ‘Child and teenage pregnancy has a ripple effect on young girls and their futures within society. Some of these girls are forced to drop out of school, which in turn increases the cycle of poverty as well as the stigmatisation that comes Continue Reading
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OPINION | Access to reading materials for the blind in president’s hands
What better way to celebrate World Book & Copyright Day on April 23 than to sign bill that opens access to more books for visually impaired?
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In the mission to eradicate pit toilets, this new progress monitor democratises data for Limpopo schools
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : Daily MaverickDemichelle Petherbridge For years it has been almost impossible for civil society to know whether the removal of pit toilets and other inadequate sanitation would ever be prioritised by the Limpopo education department – while pupils faced the daily risk of injury and Continue Reading
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The poor should not bear the burden of Eskom’s financial woes
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : News24 | City PressMatshidiso Lencoasa READ ARTICLE HERE Related posts: Parents should be cautious when opting for homeschooling FIRST PUBLISHED ON : WRITTEN BY : News24 – CityPress… Schools feeding programme: Please save the children! FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : News24 | City Continue Reading
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The Patent Amendments Bill: The negative impact of half a decade of delays
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : News24Umunyana Rugege and Baone Twala Currently, South Africa’s compulsory licensing laws are so stringent that they make it very difficult to use compulsory licensing and require law reform to make them useful and accessible, writes Baone Twala and Umunyana Rugege. During his Budget Vote speech Continue Reading
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OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT | Marrakesh treaty: 10 year wait for SA’s blind people for ratification
FIRST PUBLISHED ON : WRITTEN BY : News24Blind SA and SECTION27 SECTION27, Blind SA together with thirteen other endorsing organisations have written an open letter to the President and four ministries asking that the Marrakesh Treaty, which facilitates access to published works for those who are blind or visually impaired, Continue Reading
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Worrying lack of urgency as Gauteng Health sits on money earmarked to outsource urgent cancer treatment
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : SpotlightKhanyisa Mapipa It is almost three months since – partly through the efforts of SECTION27 and Cancer Alliance – money was made available to the Gauteng Health Department to outsource radiation oncology services and address surgical backlogs in the province. In our article dated Continue Reading
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Part of child protection is allowing kids to be themselves when it comes to gender
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : SpotlightKholofelo Mphahlele South Africa is observing Child Protection Week from 29 May to 5 June to shine a spotlight on the rights of children as enshrined in the Constitution and the Children’s Act. The campaign aims to ensure the rights, safety, and well-being of Continue Reading
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Girls keep shining despite outdated, patriarchal barriers to education
FIRST PUBLISHED ON : WRITTEN BY : News24 – CityPressFaranaaz Veriava And Sasha Stevenson Read Article Here Related posts: A long overdue transformation to the basic education sector FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : News24 | City PressZeenat… Worrying lack of urgency as Gauteng Health sits on money earmarked to Continue Reading
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Social Justice magazine examines the impact being made at all levels
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : Sunday Times LiveKhanyisa Mapipa In this issue of Social Justice, we find out what high-profile activists such as Thuli Madonsela, the Centre for Social Justice director at Stellenbosch University and the Law Trust Research Chair professor in Social Justice, Lawson Naidoo, who heads up Continue Reading
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UN General Comment provides a normative framework for climate justice for South Africa’s children
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : Daily MaverickFaranaaz Veriava GC26 adopts an approach that is child-centred and identifies several different rights in the Convention of the Rights of the Child that are indivisible and interdependent and which the full enjoyment thereof is dependent on a healthy environment. The existential threat Continue Reading
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We are short-changing women with budget cuts, corruption, and underspending in health
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : SpotlightMatshidiso Lencoasa It is often said that when you educate a girl; you educate a nation. The same rings true for investing in women’s health, which ultimately benefits our entire country. The World Economic Forum has described women’s health as the cornerstone of economies Continue Reading
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There are many avenues to address gender inequality – the Budget is one
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : Daily MaverickMatshidiso Lencoasa A gender-responsive Budget could be a meaningful way for the country to wield the power of fiscal policy to redress gender inequity. ith fewer than seven years to go to achieve the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030, our country continues to Continue Reading
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This court case will literally determine whether some people get to breathe
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : SpotlightAneesa Adams In a pivotal case for access to affordable medicines in South Africa, the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Doctors Without Borders (MSF) Southern Africa – represented by SECTION27 – earlier this year came together to help champion access to lifesaving new cystic Continue Reading
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Schools feeding programme: Please save the children!
FIRST PUBLISHED ON :WRITTEN BY : News24 | City PressMatshidiso Lencoasa The reinforcement of homeschooling regulations through the Basic Education Law Amendment (BELA), which is currently before lawmakers, is a welcome development. This regulatory framework ensures that learners are safeguarded and their fundamental right to basic education is firmly established. Continue Reading