GENDER POLICIES
IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
AND BEYOND
A selected bibliography 2000
Chapter 9- South Africa
Government of South Africa, Ministry of Welfare and Population Development
A Green Paper for Public Discussion: Population Policy for South Africa
Pretoria, South Africa: Ministry of Welfare and
Population Development, 1995

This Green Paper is intended to open up debate about how population issues relate to development issues in South Africa. The Ministry of Welfare and Population Development would like to stimulate debate on this issue and to get feedback from members of the public and politicians on how to approach population issues in South Africa

Keywords: Population; Economic Development
Source: Green Paper, The Ministry of Welfare and Population Development, Private Bag X90, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.

Meer, Shamim (Ed.)
Women, Land and Authority: Perspectives from South Africa
Claremont, South Africa: David Phillip Publishers, 1997

The book reveals the circumstances of tenure and rights of access to land in a changing South Africa, from the perspective of women. Through surveys and case studies, it explores women's attitudes to land and related resources, and examines conditions of housing, labour and their subsistence.

Keywords: Land; Equal Rights
Source: David Philip Publishers Ltd., 208 Werdmuller Centre, Claremont 7700, South Africa.

The National Institute for Public Law and Research (NIPILAR)/ Community Law Centre
The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)
South Africa: NIPILAR, 1995

The book assists individuals and communities adversely affected by apartheid laws, policies and practices. Recognising that women and children suffered tremendously under the apartheid regime, the Community Law Centre established a women and child rights that are common in South Africa.

Keywords: Women; Discrimination; South Africa
Source: NIPILAR, Community Law Centre, Sammy Marks Square Offices, 4th Floor, 330 Church Street, Pretoria, P.O. Box 4520, Pretoria 0001, South Africa.
South African Law Commission
South Africa Law Commission: 1997 Annual Report
Pretoria, South Africa: South African Law Commission, 1997

With a view to extending the basis for consultation and involving interested parties and the community at an earlier stage in the process of law reform, the commission has embarked upon a working method in terms of which, in appropriate cases, shorter documents in the form of issue papers - which precede the publication of discussion papers, are compiled for general information and comment. Seven papers were issued during the year under review.

Keywords: Law; Policy
Source: South African Law Commission, P Bag X668, Pretoria 0001, SA.

The Transvaal Rural Action Committee (TRAC)
The Rural Women's Movement: Holding the Knife on the Edge
Johannesburg, South Africa: The Transvaal Rural Action Committee, January 1994

The TRAC was formed in 1983 by Black Sash to resist forced removals and incorporations into Bantustans. This book details the services it offered such as legal, advocacy, and organization-building in the fight against these policies.

Keywords: Advocacy; Communication
Source: TRAC, P. O. Box 2827, Johannesburg 2000, South Africa.

Women's Energy Group; ANC; Ministry of Local Government, Gender Task Force
Report on The Women and Energy Workshop
Cape Town, South Africa: Women's Energy Group, 1994

This is a report on the proceedings of a workshop held by the Women's Energy Group on Women and Energy. The objectives of the workshop were to create linkages within the three areas of knowledge on women and energy: energy needs as seen by women themselves; energy resources in the country; the technologies and institutions which make the energy available and to develop strategies for women's participation in energy sector restructuring and delivery at all levels: policy-making, planning, implementation, use and evaluation of the sector

Keywords: Women; Energy
Source: Ministry of Local Government, P. Bag X645, 0001 Pretoria, South Africa.
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