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A Women’s Day message from Struggle stalwart Sophie de Bruyn

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Struggle stalwart Sophie de Bruyn is the last surviving leader of the Women’s March of 1956. Here is her message on Women’s Day 2020.

The face of poverty, the face of lack of safety, the face of inequality - always it is the face of women that comes to mind.

We are now concerned about equity targets in elections, about women’s right to not always deputise to male leaders, about those factors that still make it harder for women to hold office than it is for men. Winning on these issues is an important dimension of achieving the gender equality envisaged in our Constitution.

We do not have enough food to feed the family. We do not all have safe and affordable water essential for life and health. We are the mothers of both the victims and the perpetrators of violence. We bear the brunt of the disruption of family life and income through violence. And we are ourselves the victims and survivors of gender-based violence and femicide.

 

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