South Africa’s gender parity laws have seen women rise to positions of power in the state, the private sector and civil society. On National Women’s Day, there was much talk of increasing women’s rights, strengthening measures to deal with violence against women and increasing support for their economic empowerment. But the lesson of the historic 1956 women’s march was that they had the courage to speak out—even through silence.
Read the complete story at Daily Maverick, published 10 August 2012.
South Africa’s gender parity laws have seen women rise to positions of power in the state, the private sector and civil society. On National Women’s Day, there was much talk of increasing women’s rights, strengthening measures to deal with violence against women and increasing support for their economic empowerment. But the lesson of the historic 1956 women’s march was that they had the courage to speak out—even through silence.
Read the complete story at Daily Maverick, published 10 August 2012.