Please join us for our upcoming Women’s Month Virtual Public Lecture
Date: Tuesday, 10 August 2021
Time: 16h00 – 17h30
Platform: MS Teams Live
Link: https://bit.ly/3rkLuoX
Theme: Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights for an Equal Future
Programme: Click here to download the programme.
Guest Speaker: Ms Sumaya Hendricks, Dialogue and Advocacy Acting Manager at the Nelson Mandela Foundation
Women’s Day is an important day to call for equality.
South Africa celebrates National Women’s Day to commemorate the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to present a petition containing more than 100,000 signatures against the country’s pass laws. These laws required South Africans defined as “black” under the Population Registration Act to carry an internal passport, known as a pass, that served to maintain population segregation, control urbanisation, and manage migrant labour during the apartheid era.
The 1956 women’s march saw members of the Federation of South African Women (FSAW) rally against the Apartheid government. The protest was supported by mothers, daughters, sisters and friends who decided enough was enough and came together to initiate change. Not only did they march, they remained standing outside the Union Buildings in silence for 30 minutes in a non-violent and powerful display of unity.
National Women’s Day in South Africa draws attention to many of the important issues that women still face – such as domestic violence, discrimination and harassment in the workplace, equal pay, education for girls and more.
We look forward to your active engagement with us!
