THE MOST POWERFUL MARCH IN THE HISTORY OF WOMEN STRUGGLE

I witnessed the most powerful protest in history today. The most important part of this protest was the fact that I was there. I was there to join women from all across the oceans, from all around the world to say NO TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, to support our brother and sisters in SOUTH AFRICA during 1 in 9 campaign to advocate for justice in different pending women’s human rights issues, to remind the world TO STOP WAR ON OUR BODIES. We marched from CITCC were AWID Forum that brought together over 2,000 women from across the continents were having thier programs to deliver a memorandum to the premier of the Western Cape, Lynn Brown.

The protest is in solidarity with women who speak out against gender based violence, it was born in 2006 during the Jacob Zuma trial. The protest was a powerful one and it made me believe more in the power of Movement. As women, we need to know that one woman problem some place is a collective problem of women everywhere.

There was a banner carried by men with an overwhelming message that goes thus “ ONE MAN CAN: stop rape, violence against women…” and another banner says“DEFY PARTRIACHY”!

Together we will change the world, together we will achieve gender equality!