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August 9, 2010

Change is a Process, Not an Event or Holiday

by Doreen Gaura, Gender Links, South Africa - We are now in August, that special month set aside to celebrate the achievements of women in South Africa. But I'm not so sure we should be pouring champagne just yet. We live in a country which is by far one of the most democratic in the world with a constitution that puts some in the Western world to shame. But how much of what we have on paper is the reality on the ground?

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