Women comprise most of South Africa’s population and almost 55% of registered voters for next week’s watershed general elections. Historically they have been discriminated against and remain at the bottom of society’s food chain.
TimesLIVE asked a few political parties why women should vote for them. [...]
'You can't see women in this election'
According to Nomboniso Gasa, a feminist researcher, one of the important things in judging where a party stands is where women feature in leadership positions.
“That’s more like a mechanical thing, and I think a lot of specially new political parties are not having women headlining, not just the ballot but a lot of issues.
“We are not seeing a lot of young women in particular who are articulating party positions.”
Read here the full article published by Times Live on 24 May 2024.
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