(1)With reference to one of the priorities of her Office of ensuring that the rights of women, youth and persons with disabilities are mainstreamed across all sectors of society, what is her department’s position regarding the recommendation of the Department of Basic Education that schools provide unisex toilets and change rooms and individual stalls to create a safe, inclusive schooling environment for pupils of all sexual orientations and identities;
2) whether she has found that the introduction of unisex toilets in schools may lead to an increase in teenage pregnancies; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) whether her Office intends to collaborate with the Department of Basic Education to work towards the protection of children against sexual abuse in schools; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details of the collaboration? NW5818E