SA women as champions of change - Tapa blanda

The publication of this book forms part of a civil society programme of action for the African Women's Decade, co-ordinated by South African Women in Dialogue (SAWID). It reports on the main issues facing South African Women, namely: Poverty eradication in the context of gender Early childhood development (ECD) in the context of gender Violence against women Co-ordination of civil society initiatives A fifth theme which cuts across all the others is employment creation.

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu is the executive director of the economic performance and development research program at the Human Sciences Research Council. Her work has appeared in numerous international journals. Vasu Reddy is the executive director in the human and social development research program at the Human Sciences Research Council. He is the lead editor of From Social Silence to Social Science: Same-Sex Sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa and the coauthor of The Country We Want to Live In: Hate Crimes and Homophobia in the Lives of Black Lesbian South Africans.