Pofadder
The President, Cyril Ramaphosa, the Northern Cape Premier Dr. Zamani Saul (pictured), Deputy Ministers, Members of the Executive Council and civil society sign an Anti-Gender Based violence pledge during the National Women’s Day Commemoration at the Denis Nel Stadium in Pofadder, Northern Cape Province.
This year also marks 70 years of the Women’s Charter. The 1954 Women’s Charter elevated women’s rights to a new level of prominence. It emphasised the crucial need to prioritise women’s liberation alongside the struggle for freedom, ensuring that women would not remain perpetually oppressed even after the achievement of democracy. It called for fundamental rights such as equal pay for equal work, maternity leave, and the right to participate in politics.
