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training over time. Local government and key stakeholders must play an active role in facilitating community workshops and dialogues, which can ultimately shape a clearly understanding of gender equality at a grass roots level. • Access to basic Service Many women across African countries spend most of their time on unpaid labour such as collecting wood for energy and fetching water for cooking and laundry. These are also responsibilities of young girl children in most areas which compromised the time and energy that could be used in their schoolwork and shaping their future. Provision of basic service such as water, energy, access to data, sanitation and health service can go a long way in encouraging and enabling women to participative fully in the economy. • Gender Equality Champions (GEC) To effectively advocate for and implement education and training and provision of basic service at a local level, there is a need to establish gender equality champions. In partnership with other stakeholders, GEC will have the responsibility to design, implementation and sustainability of gender and development pro- grammes and projects in local communities. IV. C onclusion One of the root causes of poverty and gender- based violence is gender inequality and un-empowered female population. It evident from many studies that distribution of resources in South Africa is largely not gender biased based on the state equality or inequality. Population as a component of equitable share in South Africa is gender-blind and to that effect does not consider gender dynamics in the county. More women are unemployed and lives in poverty compared to men. Infrastructure developments present an opportunity to South Africa as a country advance gender equality, eradicate gender-based poverty and achieve women empowerment not only as beneficiaries but as leaders of development. R eferences R éférences R eferencias 1. African Development Bank Group, (2009). Checklist for Gender Mainstreaming in the Infrastructure Sector. 2. Aguilar, L., and Hart, C. (2018). Advancing Gender in the Environment: Making the Case for gender Equality in Large-Scale Renewable Energy Infrastructure Development. Agent Thematic Energy Brief Series, USAID and IUCN. 3. Fofack, H. (2011). Infrastructure, Gender Equality and Development: Overview of Challenges and Analytical Issues: MDB-Sponsored Regional Workshops to Mainstream Gender Equality in Infrastructure Policies and Projects. The World Bank Group. 4. Mosenogi, J. M. and Daw, O. D. (2019). Macroeconomic Impact Analysis of Kusile and Medupi Electricity Generation Investment: An Eye Bird View at Construction and Operational Phase. Global Journals, Massachusetts, Incorporated, 19 (4). 5. Mosenogi, J. M. (2020). A Social Accounting Matrix Analysis on Gender Dimension of Labour Impacts Within Electricity Infrastructure Development in South Africa: A Case of Kusile and Medupi. North- West University, South Africa. 6. Mosenogi, J. M. and Daw, O. D. (2021). Gender Based Labour Income Dynamics across 34 Economic Sectors in South Africa: A consequence of Kusile and Medupi Infrastructure Investment Programme. European Journal of Economics, Law and Social Sciences, 5 (3). 7. Mukhopadhyay, M. (2004). Mainstreaming Gender or ‘’Streaming’’ Gender Away: Feminist Marooned in the Development Business. IDS Bulletin, Institute of Development Studies 35 (4). 8. OECD, (2019). Gender Equality and Sustainable Infrastructure. OECD Council on SDGs: Side-Event. 9. Perrons, D. (2005). Gender Mainstreaming and Gender Equality in the New (Market) Economy: An Analysis of Contradictions. Oxford University Press, Pages 389-411. 10. Pouw, N. R. M., (2009). An Introduction to Gender and Economics: Foundation, Theories and Economics. Chapter 2: The Economy from a Gender-Aware Perspective, University of Amsterdam. 11. Standing, H, (2004). Gender, Myth and Fable: The Perils of Mainstreaming. IDS Bulletin, Institute of Development Studies 35 (4). 12. Subrahmanian, R, (2004). Making sense of Gender in Shifting Institutional Contexts: Some Reflections on Gender Mainstreaming. IDS Bulletin, Institute of Development Studies 35 (4). 13. World Bank, (2013). Poverty and Prosperity Annual Report, WB. Toward Gender Mainstreaming in Infrastructure Investment Projects: An Economic and Gender Dimension of Labour Framework, South Africa 33 Global Journal of Management and Business Research Volume XXIII Issue VII Version I Year 2023 ( ) A © 2023 Global Journals