SA: Nokuzola Tolashe: Address by Deputy Minister, Debate on the State of the Nation Address (13/02/2024) polity.org.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from polity.org.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
1. Despite making commitments to act on recommendations from its third UPR cycle, South Africa has not adopted significant measures to implement many of these recommendations. The government struggled to tackle xenophobia and the ongoing threat of violence against foreign nationals. Despite making commitments to act to prevent, investigate and prosecute cases of violence against persons based on sexual orientation and gender identity, violence and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people persist. Violence against women, including rape and gender-based violence (GBV), remains very high. The government has also made scant progress in realizing the right to education for an estimated half-a-million children with disabilities and excluded most students with disabilities during Covid-19 related school closures.
The South African government has taken important steps but did not provide adequate funding for shelters and other services for gender-based violence survivors during the Covid-19 pandemic.
More support needed for shelters fighting the GBV pandemic iol.co.za - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iol.co.za Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.