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2 years 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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2 years ago
Aunty Bettie: a lifetime of fighting for women farm workers
“If you know your rights you can stand up for yourself.”
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2 years 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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2 years 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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3 years 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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3 years 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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3 years ago
Women’s human rights in the informal sector
This Women’s Month, we advocate for better protection of women’s rights, especially in the informal sector, and celebrate trade unions that are working to improve the lives of many.
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3 years ago
VIDEO: Casual workers organise to claim their rights
Women casual workers talk about how they organised to fight for their right to permanent employment.
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3 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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4 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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