DA calls on Government to act on Commission for Gender Equality’s recommendations Dear MyPE The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the release of the Commission for Gender Equality’s (CGE) investigation report into the forced sterilisation of women living with HIV/Aids in South Africa. The report was presented to the portfolio committee on women, youth, and persons with disabilities today. The report, which investigated 48 complaints across 15 hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng, found … [Read more...] about Forced sterilisation
Nazley Sharif
NYDA to tackle scourge of suicides at Universities
Dear MyPE The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has agreed to implement the Democratic Alliance (DA)’s proposal to focus on young people’s mental health challenges. In a recent Portfolio Committee on Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, the DA made a request that the NYDA implement programmes at Universities and other institutions of higher learning to curb the rise in suicide deaths on our campuses. Suicide has increasingly been on the rise among young people across the … [Read more...] about NYDA to tackle scourge of suicides at Universities

