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    "id": 824312,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Nominated, ANC",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Godfrey Osotsi",
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    "content": " Thank you, Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, for the opportunity to contribute to this Motion. This is a very important Motion because, as you are aware, women are an integral part of a family which gradually becomes part of the entire society. This particular meeting was important because it implements the Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action on issues of gender equality, women economic empowerment, maternal health and much more. The experiences that were gathered in this conference are important and very useful for our women. What we need is to have practical strategies on how some of these proposals can be implemented in rural areas, because that is where most women stay and that is where most challenges facing women occur. Listening to the presentation by the Mover, I did not seem to hear anything to do with single mothers. This is a very important area that we need to consider as a country. Research indicates that six out of every 10 women are likely to become single mothers before the age of 45. This is a large number of women who are likely to be affected. We need specific affirmative action to address this. There are challenges with single parenthood which, in some cases, eventually leads to disrupted parenting which gradually affects this country in many ways. As we move on as a country, it would be very important to have specific affirmative action to deal with the issue of single mothers. There is also the issue of early pregnancies and early marriages. Statistics show that 23 per cent of our girls are married before they reach 18 years. Twenty three per cent is such a large number of girls that this country cannot ignore. We need specific strategies to address the problem of early child marriages. I hope the resolutions from this meeting addressed the problem of early child marriages."
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