In South Africa public resources are being raised and spent unfairly and ineffectively, leaving millions of people— especially women— without access to the quality public goods and services.
South Africas public resource governance system faces several challenges, including under-resourcing of key social sectors and a lack of spaces for historically excluded communities, particularly women in informal settlements, to have a say and influence how public money is raised and spent.
As a result of these public resource management challenges, South Africa has stark inequalities in women and girls access to key services they need to thrive like water and sanitation.