WHILE South Africa performed well internationally in terms of its legal framework for gender equality and women’s rights, the reality on the ground is very different, a report on gender released by Statistics SA on Thursday shows.Discriminatory practices, social norms and persistent stereotypes often shaped inequitable access to opportunities, resources and power for women and girls, statistician-general Pali Lehohla said.The report studies the position of women in families and households, the living arrangements of children and parents, and the educational standards, health, literacy, employment status and income of men and women. The data was drawn from a raft of surveys conducted by Stats SA, such as the household survey and the labour force survey which include questions on gender.It is the third in a series of reports on gender, with the others published in 1998 and 2002.The report ranked South Africa fourth among the 87 countries covered by the 2012 Social Institutions and Gen...
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