President Cyril Ramaphosa
Honourable Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Executive Director of UN Women,
Excellencies,
Heads of Organisations,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
We are brought together in this forum by a shared determination that no woman should be denied the rights, opportunities and resources required for a secure, just and prosperous life.
South Africa is committed to both supporting and implementing the actions contained in the Global Acceleration Plan for Economic Justice and Rights.
Our interventions must dismantle the systemic barriers that marginalise women and girls and perpetuate inequality in the global economy.
In South Africa, we are working to shift economic power into the hands of women through, among other things, earmarking 40 per cent of all public procurement for women-owned businesses.