This week on Womanity – Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to South Africa’s Deputy Minister of Public Service and Administration – Dr. Chana Pilane-Majake through a gender lens. Dr. Pilane-Majake discusses the inclusion of gender focal points in every office of government to mainstream gender and the importance of cascading this philosophy into business to attain their commitment for gender transformation. We reflect on some landmark cases during Dr. Chana Pilane-Majake’s term as CEO with the Gender Equality Commission, encompassing feminization of poverty, primogeniture and the right for women to receive inheritance, engagements with advertising authority standards on the portrayal of women in the media, and other work that contributes to improving the lives of women in South Africa.  Dr. Chana Pilane-Majake highlights the need to create or resuscitate national gender instruments to advance the status of women. Tune in for more… 

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