1.
Education
Women demand
1. The right to free, compulsory and quality education should be guaranteed in the
Constitution particularly the right to free and compulsory primary and secondary
education
2. Elimination of all forms of discrimination against women in the field of education and
training and Government must ensure equal access and opportunities for women and
girls to education and training
3. Removal of stereotypes in textbooks, syllabuses and media that perpetuate
discrimination.
4. Protection of women and the girl child from all forms of abuse including sexual abuse in
schools and other educational institutions and provide sanctions for perpetrators
5. Access to counselling and rehabilitation of women who suffer abuse and sexual
harassment
6. Gender sensitisation and human rights education
including teacher training
be made available at all levels
7. Government should take action to promote literacy amongst women, promote education
and training for women at all levels and in all disciplines particularly in the fields of
science and technology
8. Government must promote the enrolment and retention of girls in schools and other
training institutions and the organisation of programmes for women who leave schools
prematurely.
9. Affirmative action must be practised with targets set to be achieved within a set time
frame at enrolment of women in tertiary institutions to promote women’s higher
education.
10. The education sector must be freed from political interference and the threat to teachers
in rural areas from political interference should cease to exist.
11. The office of the Chancellor of state universities be decentralised and the appointment
of Vice Chancellors be done by an independent commission.
12. Education must promote indigenous languages.
13. The education system must promote the right to education of the disabled by providing
Braille and sign language in schools
14. Education curriculum should be career and life oriented, to include technical vocational
education as well as internships.