Table of Contents

Poverty eradication in the context of gender: Engendering poverty; Poverty in South Africa; Unemployment in South Africa; Best practice models of poverty eradication; Challenges and opportunities from a civil society perspective; Proposal of best practice model for poverty eradication in South Africa; Recommendations and policy implications for poverty eradication. Early childhood development in the context of gender: Understanding early childhood development and definitions; Legal and service delivery framework for ECD in South Africa; Contextualising ECD within a gendered framework; Access to early childhood development in South Africa; Best practice civil society models for engendering ECD; Challenges for civil society in advancing gender equity goals through ECD; Opportunities for civil society in advancing gender equity goals through ECD; Recommendations on ECD in the context of gender; Policy implications of advancing gender equity goals through ECD. Violence against women: Definition of key terms; Causes of gender-based violence; Costs of violence against women; What works to prevent men's violence against women?; Experience from global practice on violence prevention; Best practice in South Africa; Challenges and opportunities for civil society organisations; Recommendations and policy implications for violence against women. Civil society coordination: Definitions and the idea of civil society; Best practice models for civil society efforts at coordination; Challenges limiting effective coordination of civil society; Civil society coordination models and experiences in South Africa; Impact on employment creation through civil society coordination; Challenges and opportunities arising from civil society coordination; Recommendation of best practice model for civil society coordination; Conclusions and policy implications. Conclusions and policy implications: Recommendations for poverty eradication in the context of gender; Recommendations for engendering ECD in South Africa; Recommendations to reduce violence against women; Recommendations for civil society coordination.

About the Author

Margaret Chitiga-Mabugu is the executive director of the economic performance and development research program at the Human Sciences Research Council. Her work has appeared in numerous international journals. Vasu Reddy is the executive director in the human and social development research program at the Human Sciences Research Council. He is the lead editor of From Social Silence to Social Science: Same-Sex Sexuality, HIV & AIDS and Gender in South Africa and the coauthor of The Country We Want to Live In: Hate Crimes and Homophobia in the Lives of Black Lesbian South Africans.