Johnathan Paoli
THE Department of Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities (DWYPD) in partnership with the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture (DSAC), KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government, and various government entities organised a Brics Business Breakfast and official launch of Women’s Month under the theme “Accelerating Socio- Economic Opportunities for Women Empowerment”.
The National Women’s Day is commemorated annually on 9 August in South Africa and was declared a National Day in 1994 as a tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on the same day in 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women.
The day is also used to mark the historic achievements of women stalwarts such as Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Sophia Williams and Rahima Moosa in the struggle against oppression, subjugation and disenfranchisement; as well as the pursuit of women’s empowerment, advancement and the achievement of gender
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