Women’s Day in South Africa marks the day that thousands of women from across the country took part in a mass march against apartheid pass laws in 1956. It also honours the role of women in society.
SABC News Sakina Kamwendo hosts an all-women panel discussion on Morning Live.
illions more are still living in extreme poverty and face daily struggles of unemployment, gender based violence and abuse.Gender equity and justice “So they wrote a women’s charter after contacting about a million women on grassroots level so that was a big moment, the feminist activists and scholars involved created a national gender machinery which was the structure in the state to create gender equality.
In Mfuleni, a township close to khayelitsha, poverty and safety are also cited as challenges facing women.“I think for women to be able to empower themselves and uplift themselves they can wake up in the morning and stock things and they can sell. For example, they can sell chicken feet, like me, that’s what can help women because there are no jobs.
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