Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

The economic empowerment of women is one of the pillars of our National Strategic Plan of Gender-Based Violence and Femicide. By improving the economic circumstances of women, we are reducing their vulnerability to abuse and violence.   #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhJuna — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

It is therefore abundantly clear that the economic empowerment of women is not a technical exercise, achieved merely by improving policy and introducing progressive programmes. #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

It is equally disturbing that of the reasons given by children aged 7 to 18 years for not attending school, 17% of females cited family commitments, while only 0.3% of males did. #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhJuna — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

42% of children in South Africa live only with their mother, compared to four per cent who live only with their father. The great divide in parental responsibility translates into a great divide in economic opportunity and circumstance.   #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

These disparities are not only the product of a profoundly imbalanced economy; they also arise from – and contribute to – gender inequality in society. #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

The unemployment rate among women is nearly 37%, compared to 32% among men.   In 2018, women’s median monthly earnings were 76% of those of men. #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

In addition to being underrepresented in almost every part of the economy outside community, social services, domestic and informal work, women are virtually absent as owners in key industries like steel, energy, mining and agriculture. https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

The empowerment of women is therefore an integral part of our effort to achieve inclusive growth, create jobs and expand economic opportunities for all.   It is a task that requires dedicated and unrelenting attention. https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We have made progress in several areas, not least in the provision of health care, education and essential services and infrastructure to the poor. But we have not fundamentally transformed patterns of ownership, control and benefit in our economy.   https://t.co/h3q1LhJuna — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Since the dawn of our democracy, we have worked to transform our society, to bridge the material divides between black and white, between men and women, between boys and girls, between urban and rural.   #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

The Women Economic Assembly is a multi-stakeholder initiative to advance women’s economic empowerment and inclusion.   #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

for as long as they face discrimination in the workplace, for as long as women confront these and other challenges, our vision of an equal and just society will remain elusive. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

For as long as women shoulder the greatest burden of poverty, for as long as they are more likely to be unemployed, for as long as they are paid less than their male counterparts, for as long as they struggle to start businesses, https://t.co/h3q1LhJuna — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We have come together to give effect to one of the founding provisions of our Constitution: that our nation should be founded on human dignity, the achievement of equality and the advancement of human rights and freedoms. #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhJuna — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We convene today to inaugurate the Women Economic Assembly.   Through this initiative, we are embarking together on a journey to reshape our economy and to change the lives, the opportunities & the prospects of millions of South African women. #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhrTvC — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Women Economic Assembly #WECONA2021 https://t.co/h3q1LhJuna — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

RT @PresidencyZA: Message by President @CyrilRamaphosa at the 21st reimagined National Teaching Awards Ceremony, Emperors Palace Conference… — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

And together we will provide the young people of this country with the skills, knowledge and outlook that will enable them to grow and thrive in a new world of opportunity. #NTA2021 https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Together, we confronted the devastation of the worst pandemic in more than a century.   Together, we have built a single unified education system for all South Africans, with greater access and steadily improving outcomes.   #NTA2021 https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Through solidarity, mutual respect and partnership, we have been able to overcome the most difficult challenges.   Together, we ended apartheid and established a united, democratic nation. https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

I wish to acknowledge and thank all the stakeholders in the education sector, including the teacher unions and school governing bodies, who are working with us to build a resilient education system for equitable and sustainable development. https://t.co/mKYtDDndCd — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We remember other teachers who became liberation icons, like ZK Matthews, Chief Albert Luthuli, Govan Mbeki, Nokutela Mdima Dube, Oliver Tambo, Robert Sobukwe and many more. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

These include Charlotte Maxeke, a qualified teacher and liberation stalwart, to whom we have dedicated 2021 as the 150th anniversary of her birth. — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

You are following in the footsteps of many great freedom fighters who took up the teaching profession in the firm belief that education was the surest path to liberation. https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Let me conclude by congratulating all the teachers who were nominated and finalists in the prestigious National Teaching Awards. https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

Together, we have a responsibility to develop a new generation of patriotic citizens, young people who are conscious of their responsibility to build a better society. https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

This work should align with initiatives like the SA Youth pathway management network, the Presidential Employment Stimulus and the #YES initiative, which support young people in their efforts to find pathways into the economy.   #NTA2021 https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

We must ensure that every school-leaver has the confidence, the capabilities and the opportunities to study further, find employment or gain work experience. https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

That places a great responsibility on teachers and education officials – and indeed on all of us – to ensure that our schools, colleges, universities and other training institutions are producing the skills and capabilities that our country needs. https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org

Cyril Ramaphosa 🇿🇦 @CyrilRamaphosa

As a nation, our most pressing challenge right now is youth unemployment.   Some of the young work-seekers are not well educated and do not possess sufficient skills and previous work experience demanded by employers in the labour market. #NTA2021 https://t.co/mKYtDDEOtL — PolitiTweet.org