The South African Union Council of Independent Churches (SAUCIC) has raised concern over what it described as the continued exclusion of women from executive leadership roles.
In its Women’s Day statement, the union highlighted the daily struggles women faced due to deeply entrenched patriarchy, which it said fueled gender-based violence and femicide.
SAUCIC
On 9 August, the country marked Women’s Day by celebrating the progress made, while also acknowledging the ongoing challenges women face.
SAUCIC national spokesperson, Pastor Lesiba Kgwele, said that people need to come together to empower women and advance their role in leadership.
“The strength of our women lies in unity and their power to uplift one another in the face of male chauvinism as well as growing right-wing politics that seek to reverse the gains of our struggle for liberation and put women on the back burner of sustainable development. Executive leadership in the private and public sector, as well as political and governance levels, has excluded women because they have allowed themselves to be undermined and to be used as cannon fodder to advance male dominance.”
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