ministry but then other women do not take care of it and are not forcing their parties to do so in the spirit of celebrating international women’s day it is imperative that we acknowledge and recognise the enormous progress that the country has made in the struggle for women’s rights and the achievement of gender equality in south africa the principles of gender equality and nonsexism are enshrined in the country’s constitution and therefore state institutions are legally required to put in place enforcement mechanisms if the constitution is saying that what about