Invitation to Hearings on gender transformation at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges

As part of its Constitutional mandate, the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) will conduct investigative hearings into the state of gender transformation at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Colleges. CGE is concerned with the lack of a proper understanding of gender dynamics accompanied by a slow pace of transformation within the higher education sector.

The CGE has noted low levels of compliance with relevant labour legislation aimed at transformation, more especially, the Employment Equity Act (EEA), Basic Condition of Employment Act (BCEA), Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act (PEPUDA) and applicable common law developments.

It is anticipated that the hearings will enable the Commission to get better understanding of the internal policies, programmes and strategies put in place by these TVET Colleges to promote and advance gender transformation and women empowernment.

Source: Government of South Africa