MEDIA ADVISORY
Attention: Journalists and News Editors
Issued by: Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities
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THE DEPARTMENT OF WOMEN, YOUTH, AND PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOSTS A STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT WITH UNITED NATIONS WOMEN ON ADVANCING INCLUSIVE GROWTH THROUGH THE G20 PRESIDENCY.
PRETORIA: The Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) and United Nations Women will be hosting the G20 Stakeholder Engagement meeting on Monday, 26 May 2025, at Morningside, Sandton. The engagement session forms part of the Empowerment of Women Working Group (EWWG), led by DWYPD. The objectives of the engagement session are to demonstrate the socio-economic value of advancing gender equality, women’s empowerment, and disability inclusion; and to establish sustainable, long-term partnerships that extend beyond 2025 to ensure meaningful implementation of G20 commitments.
Members of the media are invited to cover the event as follows:
Date: Monday, 26 May 2025
Time: 08h30 for 09h00–11h30
Venue: 3 Lower Road, Corner West Road South, Morningside, Sandton
South Africa’s G20 Presidency is aligned with the international frameworks, which include the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action (1995), the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). This leadership role aims to drive systemic transformation in favour of women, youth, and persons with disabilities across the globe.
South Africa has struggled to expand its economy, growing by only 0.7 percent per year, which is four times slower than other middle-income countries. Economic opportunities also remained deeply unequal, with two-thirds of South Africans living in poverty and 40 percent of adults, primarily young people and women, either unemployed or discouraged from looking for a job. The Stakeholder engagement is at will, to advance critical discussions on the importance.
Issued by: Department of Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities
Media Enquiries Contact: Nompendulo Mkhatshwa, Spokesperson for the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, at 083 406 6496 or Cassius Selala, Head of Communications, Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, at 060 534 0672.