Dorothy Ramodibe
South African politician
Dorothy Mapula Ramodibe (born 20 April 1942) is a retired South African politician who represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 2004 to 2014. Before that, she served in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature. Ramodibe was active in the ANC Women's League: she chaired the league's provincial branch in the Western Cape and at another time was deputy chairperson of the provincial branch in Gauteng.
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edit- There are many sad illustrations of the inadequacy of facilities for children with all forms of disabilities. We do not have enough facilities in Gauteng, for example, to cater for children with disabilities and that opens them to all kinds of abuse.
- While the committees have been vigilant in monitoring progress, it is envisaged that the handbook will provide MPs with information and tools that will help keep children, their rights, issues, needs and issues on the front burner inside and outside Parliament.
- legislators would find the handbook useful as they did oversight and that it would enhance their knowledge of children’s rights.
- Despite existing legislation and support services, recent incidents reported in the media of the rape of the most vulnerable children, those with disabilities, had shown that there was still significant room for improvement in applying children’s rights.