Women's emancipation must remain the focal point in the new South Africa, President Thabo Mbeki said on Friday.
Writing in his weekly newsletter on the African National Congress website ahead of Women's Day next Wednesday, Mbeki said South Africa could and should be proud of the progress made towards non-sexism during the first 12 years of liberation.
This includes legislation banning gender discrimination, improving the lot of women by providing clean water and electricity, women-targeted poverty-relief programmes, affirmative action programmes in favour of women, opening the doors for women to take their place in decision-making bodies of governance, and consistently addressing the crimes of gender violence.
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