Storey Morutoa

Storey Morutoa also known as Rosalia Masefele Morutoa, was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. She was a veteran of the African National Congress and served as a Member of the National Assembly from 2001 to 2019. She chaired the Joint Monitoring Committee on the Improvement of the Quality of Life and Status of Women and later chaired the Joint Multi-Party Women's Caucus. She was an advocate for women's political representation and economic emancipation. Quotes “It is surprising that at this time of our lives in South Africa we still do not have legislation mandating gender quotas for national and provincial elections. We only have discretionary legislation for local government elections like the Municipal Structures Act, and for national and provincial elections we are at the mercy of voluntary gender quotas set up by political parties, the African National Congress to be specific.” Parliament of South Africa “We are also going to engage the Independent Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC) to lobby and advocate for possible review of the Electoral Act in preparation for the 2019 national and provincial elections. I would like to encourage all women in this Parliament from both Houses to stand up with one voice and fight for 50-50 representation and participation.” Parliament of South Africa “We need to ensure that there is proper legislation in place compelling all political parties to ensure that there is 50-50 representation and participation in all party activities and party lists.” Parliament of South Africa “Women and girls are still burdened by unpaid care work which is exploitative and undervalued. According to the Commission for Employment Equality, women are mostly represented in these vulnerable sectors of the economy with gender-stereotype roles that have low salaries and have no job security.” Parliament of South Africa “My view is, let us achieve 50/50 representation first then see, because we have not even managed to achieve this balanced gender representation.” Parliament of South Africa “We have come a long way as a country and we have achieved a lot. We have a constitution that provides for respect, equality and dignity for all of us in our country.” Parliament of South Africa External links Category:1939 births Category:2021 deaths Category:South African politicians Category:Activists from South Africa Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Women activists Category:South African women politicians