Gender Machinery Needs Fixing
The creation of another structure in the form of a ministry to promote the rights of women, this time alongside other disempowered groups, is ill-considered. This is according to writer and political analyst, Christi Van der Westhuizen.
Van der Westhuizen argues that a more worthwhile effort would have been to fix the problems plaguing the existing gender structures, rather than creating a whole new bureaucracy.
She says a lot has been written about how the Commission on Gender Equality has been hobbled by perennial infighting, mediocre performance and ineffectualness so severe that its complete disappearance will go unnoticed.
Van der Westhuizen was commenting on the creation of the new ministry of women, youth, children and people with disabilities, which is headed by trade unionist, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya.
To read the article titled, “Fix the gender machine,” click here.
Van der Westhuizen argues that a more worthwhile effort would have been to fix the problems plaguing the existing gender structures, rather than creating a whole new bureaucracy.
She says a lot has been written about how the Commission on Gender Equality has been hobbled by perennial infighting, mediocre performance and ineffectualness so severe that its complete disappearance will go unnoticed.
Van der Westhuizen was commenting on the creation of the new ministry of women, youth, children and people with disabilities, which is headed by trade unionist, Noluthando Mayende-Sibiya.
To read the article titled, “Fix the gender machine,” click here.
Source:
<br /> Mail and Guardian
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