President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on SA women to lead the struggle for a society that is free of inequality, discrimination, marginalisation, poverty and violence and the patriarchal relations that cause them.
Ramaphosa, delivering a speech on the 65th anniversary of the anti-pass women's march to the Union Buildings, said just as the women of 1956 fought against the injustices of their time, the women of today are engaged in a new frontier of struggle.
Like the women of 1956, the present generation of women must lead the struggle for a society that is free of these ills and particularly the patriarchal relations that cause them, he said. He announced various measures to curb the spike in GBV, but said it was unfortunately not enough and that the country needed to stand together and not be silenced.
Twelve public buildings have been renovated and repurposed to be used as shelters, and work has been done to ensure that all police stations in the country have sexual assault evidence kits. “We will soon ratify the International Labour Organisation’s Convention 190, which addresses sexual harassment and violence in the workplace,” he said.
“When growth at the economic level stalls, when development is halted and when the economy loses jobs, we know that it is women who bear the brunt disproportionately.”
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