Christine Botha | 12 September 2019 Gender-based violence and the President’s promises: Is the state really saying enough is enough? 12 September 2019 Following the recent harrowing reports of the violent murder and rape of women that sent new shock waves through the country, tens of thousands marched to Parliament on 5 September to demand action […]
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Date: Friday, August 3, 2018 Thousands of women embarked on protest action on 1 August across South Africa to protest the scourge of gender-based violence. Women from all walks of life used the start of the country’s Women’s Month to demonstrate their frustration and anger at the increasing levels of gender-based violence in South Africa. The
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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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