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DENOSA educator’s 5-day training course at the DENOSA Head Offices in Pretoria. Photo: DENOSA/ Facebook.

DENOSA reflects on treatment of women on Women’s Month

The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) has reflected on how Women’s Month turned out for women in SA

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DENOSA educator’s 5-day training course at the DENOSA Head Offices in Pretoria. Photo: DENOSA/ Facebook.


The Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA) has reflected on how Women’s Month turned out for women this year.

DENOSA BELIEVES MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE

“As this year’s Women’s Month draws nearer to its sunset, the Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa’s (DENOSA) Gender structure in KwaZulu-Natal has noted with great sadness how Women’s emancipation is far from being realised when they continue to be on the receiving end of the social ills and getting killed brutally in the manner that they are,” the chairperson of DENOSA Gender structure in KwaZulu-Natal, Khumbuzile Kobo reflected.

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Khumbuzile said the structure calls for the immediate intervention of the Department of Social Development as many factors that lead to the victimisation of women are as a result of problems that are within the scope of work of the department.

In the words of former President Jacob Zuma, ‘Women have for decades played a critical role in the struggle for our liberation. They have also contributed immensely to the process of building a united, democratic, non-racial, non-sexist and prosperous South Africa.’

“With that in mind, we applaud each and every woman for their contribution in ensuring that we bear the fruits from the trees they planted and would like to encourage everyone in their corner to make a difference for a better future and to raise their voice in the face of injustice against women.”

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DENOSA educator’s 5-day training course at the DENOSA Head Offices in Pretoria. Photo: DENOSA/ Facebook.

THE LIST OF STRUGGLES FACED BY FEMALES TABLED

She added: “In as much as we’ve observed the progress in our struggle, we cannot evade the fact that there’s still more that needs to be done as there are still challenges that women are facing such as:

  • Violence and discrimination
  • Poor access to the justice system
  • High rate of poverty and unemployment as compared to men
  • Inequality between men and women
  • Sexual abuse
  • High rate of death of women in the hands of men
  • High HIV rate among young girls
  • Less representation of women in corporate sector
  • Less representation of women in leadership positions etc.

With the above challenges still persistent, the DENOSA KZN Gender structure calls for the following interventions:

  • An urgent need for women empowerment.
  • Legislations to promote gender equity.
  • Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women
  • Increased number of women in leadership positions that also includes parliament.
  • Effective justice system.

On the unending scourge of Gender-Based Violence, history has proven that men play a huge role in this type of violence as perpetrators and sometimes leading to femicide.

“We therefore see the urgent need for liberation of men through ideological and political programmes that DENOSA will design to empower men in this regard.
In KwaZulu-Natal, we are saddened by the recent brutal murder of our colleague in the month of August which is the women’s month. She was working as a phlebotomist at GJ Crookes Hospital,” she lamented.

“We call for a proper plan to deal with social ills from the Department of Social Development,” said Khumbuzile.

“We can’t have women living in fear for their lives. Abuse of drugs is also a dominating factor that needs urgent attention. We need a drugs-free society,” she stressed.