Imogen Vollenhoven
Deputy
Minister of Trade and Industry, Elizabeth Thabethe said women all over the
world are still subjected to discrimination, poverty, domestic violence, rape
and abuse.
Thabethe added that an intervention
including the strengthening of the Gender Machinery which is led by the
Ministry of Women, Children and People with disabilities is one of many
projects that government has in empowering women.
Departmental Spokesperson Sidwell Medupe
added that Deputy Minister said challenges that women all over the world are
facing can only be overcome and eradicated if the women themselves are prepared
to roll up their sleeves and confront them head on.
Medupe said Deputy Minister was speaking at
an international women’s day celebration that was hosted by the department of
trade and industry in Mumbai , India
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