12th September 2019 | Thabo Molelekwa As South Africans grapple with the latest crime statistics that were released in Parliament on Thursday, women and gender non-conforming people make their way to the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) in protest against the ongoing deaths and acts of violence against women, non-binary people and children across the country. Police […]
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By Asanda Benya | Amandla! Magazine Issue 60 | 02 November 2018 I want to start by saying that I was not a leader of the movement, nor was I in any of the structures that organised the march to parliament on 1st August 2018. I was, however, an “ally” of the movement and member
Staff Reporter 2 Aug 2018 To His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa On 1st of August 2018, womxn (both cisgender and transgender womxn) and gender non-conforming people (GNC) will deliver this memorandum to the government of South Africa. We, the women of this country are aware that gender based violence against women, non-conforming women and intersectional
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SOUTH AFRICA / 31 AUGUST 2018, 12:31PM / THE TOTAL SHUTDOWN To end our Women’s Month #WeRemember campaign, which honoured the victims of gender-based violence, we asked experts and activists how they think South Africa can bring an end to this scourge. Here is a summary of The Total Shutdown’s demands to government contained in the memorandum handed to the president
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Wednesday, August 1, 2018 The Pretoria leg of the #TotalShutdown march brought the capital city to a standstill as marchers thronged the streets chanting “No means No!” in a bid to bring an end to gender based violence. “We are making history with this march. Today we stand on the shoulders of the women who
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