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Care work and the family in capitalism
Why essential domestic labour remains largely uncompensated and gendered.
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4 months ago
An intersectional approach to addressing GBV
A conversation with Nomancotsho Pakade, Research Manager at the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation.
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4 months ago
Women’s Day through the eyes of Volunteer Food Handlers
The undervaluation of care work is used to justify precarious employment for women workers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
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4 months ago
The invisible struggles of women leaders
We advocate for transformative leadership to tackle systemic biases and entrenched masculine norms that marginalise women leaders.
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4 months ago
Unlocking the true value of women’s work in school nutrition
Recognising the work of the women who feed the learners in our communities is a powerful starting point in valuing care work in society.
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5 months ago
Using technology to amplify voices and effect change
Thabisile Miya, Coordinator at Amandla.mobi, shares her journey in digital activism, promoting economic justice, rights, and dignity for society’s most vulnerable.
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7 months ago
Valuing care work: What are the prospects for women in the National School Nutrition Programme?
Recognising Volunteer Food Handlers as deserving of decent work is an important starting point for establishing a society that truly values care work.
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9 months ago
Victory for retail union in Malawi negotiating parental rights
CIAWU secured four months of maternity leave and one month of paternity leave for non-birthing parents at Massmart.
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10 months ago
Access Granted – Volunteer Food Handlers secure UIF benefits in a successful campaign
A group of Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng demanded that schools and the labour department ensure timely access to their UIF benefits.
Unemployment Insurance Fund (UIF) Fact sheet
Everything a Volunteer Food Handler should know about UIF benefits.
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1 year ago
“All parents of whatever stripe”: LRS as amicus curiae in a landmark equal parental leave rights case
A change in the law on parental leave is imminent and likely to affect both maternity and paternity rights.
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1 year ago
Access denied | A woman worker’s struggle for social protection
This video shows the stark realities of Elizabeth and Lehlohonolo, two working-class people who face an extraordinary challenge – access to their UIF benefits.
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1 year ago
Exploring the experiences of migrant male domestic workers in South Africa
A study on the experiences of ten male domestic workers from Malawi and Zimbabwe highlights how these workers use their agency to improve their working conditions.
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1 year ago
VIDEO: A day in the life of Volunteer Food Handler
We learn about the issues facing the workers who prepare and serve meals to learners under the National School Nutrition Programme through the eyes of Khuli Gumede, a Volunteer Food Handler in Gauteng.
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1 year ago
Healthcare workers are at risk in a society that does not value the work of caring
Lessons you can learn from our multi-stakeholder initiative to reduce violence and change perceptions about the value of care work and health workers.
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2 years ago
Gender equality: What it is and how to achieve it
Learn what creating a culture of gender equality means for the Labour Research Service.
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2 years ago
Mapping the legal exclusion of domestic workers from labour law in Africa
An analysis of gaps in the regulation of domestic work in South Africa, Malawi, Mauritius, Lesotho, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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2 years ago
Volunteer Food Handlers advocate to have their jobs made visible, recognised, valued and remunerated
At a media conference on 29 March, food handlers spoke about their campaign for decent jobs for the more than 60,000 workers recruited by the National School Nutrition Programme to prepare and serve meals in schools countrywide.
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2 years ago
Building a campaign to recognise and value the work of Volunteer Food Handlers
The workers who cook meals for millions of learners across the country are classified as volunteers and paid a stipend. Recruiting workers as volunteers has become another way of pushing women into unrecognised and low-paid work.
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2 years ago
How trade unions can support volunteer food handlers
As key players in the school community and in government consultative spaces, trade union activists can help to make visible the work of volunteer food handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Proteins
The Power Up Nutrition Series comprises a set of eBooks exploring the links between food and nutrition. The eBooks can assist school communities and trade union activists looking to promote and support healthy nutrition and Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Salt – A thin line between the good and the bad
The Power Up Nutrition Series comprises a set of eBooks exploring the links between food and nutrition. The eBooks can assist school communities looking to promote and support healthy nutrition and Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
[PDF] Power Up Nutrition Series | Sugar – A sweet poison
The Power Up Nutrition Series comprises a set of eBooks exploring the links between food and nutrition. The eBooks can assist school communities looking to promote and support healthy nutrition and Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme.
[PDF] Volunteer Food Handlers: The hands and feet of the National School Nutrition Programme
The work of feeding millions of learners must be seen as work deserving of recognition, value and appropriate working conditions and salary.
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2 years ago
Community members rally to support volunteer food handlers and a return to traditional nutrition in schools
What will it take to create collaboration among community stakeholders to advocate for the recognition and valuing of the work of volunteer food handlers?
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2 years ago
Domestic workers demand better access to social protection
Domestic workers’ organisations have ramped up advocacy for access to UIF and COIDA so that all workers are covered for future crises.
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3 years ago
Why it is necessary to support the National School Nutrition Programme and the work of the Volunteer Food Handlers
The National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) is a government programme that alleviates poverty and ensures that children have the right to nutritious food that supports their ability to learn.
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3 years ago
Promoting the value of care work for a just and sustainable society
Advocacy by a group of Volunteer Food Handlers in Gauteng for recognition and rights as workers under the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP) can potentially catalyse a national movement and positively impact the lives of the women who cook and serve food to learners.
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3 years ago
How does the family and school community value the role of volunteer food handlers in meeting the immediate need of feeding school children?
Devalued, invisible, exploited and undermined, volunteer food handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme seek to be recognised and valued as workers.
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3 years ago
What will it take to create pathways to women’s economic autonomy, resilience and stability?
It’s time to Power Up! We need to build women’s voice and leadership and strengthen women-led movements to shift power and advance the rights of all women.
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3 years ago
The role of Volunteer Food Handlers in the National School Nutrition Programme
Through discussing issues close to their hearts, volunteer food handlers will see and articulate the important role they have in the National School Nutrition Programme and the school community.
When the job hurts- Workplace injuries and disease among South Africa’s domestic workers
The Solidarity Centre report looks at the incidence of occupational injury and illness among domestic workers in South Africa.
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5 years ago
COVID-19: Implications for domestic workers in South Africa
At the mercy of their employers, domestic workers in South Africa have little legal recourse in cases of unfair and inhumane treatment.
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5 years ago
The fourth industrial revolution risks leaving women behind
South Africa’s labour market is more favourable to men than to women, and the fourth industrial revolution may widen the gap, writes Dr Rachel Adams, Research Specialist at Human Sciences Research Council.
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5 years ago
Overlooked no more: Could this be the new reality for domestic workers in South Africa?
At the centre of a landmark court ruling last month was the rights of about a million domestic workers. Union leader, Pinky Mashiane (pictured, centre), says the road ahead is still long
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6 years ago
Meet the Union Leader: Pinky Mashiane, founder of United Domestic Workers of South Africa
Domestic workers unions in South Africa have challenged the constitutionality of COIDA, which provides compensation to workers for occupational injuries, diseases and death but excludes domestic workers.
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6 years ago
The state of gender inequality in the world of work
Nina Benjamin, Leader of the LRS Gender Programme, reflects on our gender equality work and the emerging issues in the world of work.
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7 years ago
Transforming Unequal Gender Relations in the World of Work
The Transforming Unequal Gender Relations in the World of Work programme focuses on promoting transformative women’s leadership, valuing care work and intersectional inclusion, addressing gender-based violence with unions and communities, and using feminist pedagogy for transformative change.
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