This week on Womanity – Women in Unity, Dr. Amaleya Goneos-Malka talks to South Africa’s Deputy Minister Trade and Industry Nomalungelo Gina. We discuss some of the Department’s programmes to counter high levels of unemployment in South Africa, to promote inclusive economic opportunities and cross-border participation in the continent – facilitated by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement. We highlight policies that enable economic empowerment for women across the work spectrum and note several social policies for example interventions that help formalise stokvels. We contrast the comparatively low representation of women in upper echelons of the private sector with government, as well as the selection of a limited number of women for board seats. Tune in for more…

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