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Woman’s day 2013 Theme

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The theme for Women’s Day 2013 will be “A Centenary of Working Together towards Sustainable Women Empowerment and Gender Equality”. The Women’s Day Celebrations will be held on August 8, at Thulamahashe Stadium, Bushbuckridge in the Mpumalanga Province.

The President of the Republic of South Africa, Jacob Zuma will be invited to give a keynote address at the main event in the Mpumalanga Province.

Messages of support from other political parties represented in Parliament will also be delivered at the main event as they will be represented by the women constituencies.

This year’s commemoration will focus on the role of women in achieving democracy in our country. In 1913, the apartheid government in the then Orange Free State declared that women living in the urban townships would be required to buy new permits each month in order to enter towns. In response to this repressive practice, women organised massive demonstrations which ultimately led to the 1913 an anti-pass defiance campaign. In 1956, more than 20 000 women marched against the discriminatory pass laws which had restricted the movement of black people in the country of birth.

Significant progress has been made in the promotion of women empowerment and gender equality. Measures including Legislative framework have been introduced since 1994 to promote women empowerment and uphold gender equality. These have drastically improved the position and conditions of women in society. As part of government’s commitment to restore the identity and dignity of people, especially women, the new Smart ID machines were recently named after our struggle stalwarts, Sophia de Bruyn, Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph and Rahima Moosa.” Government invites all South Africans to participate at organised events to celebrate progress made in the fight for the rights of women.

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