Human rights marches worldwide

Under the banner Wathint Abafazi, Wathint Imbokodo – You strike the women, you strike the rock – adults and children have been invited ​​to ​meet tomorrow at 11am on the plaza outside the SA Museum and Planetarium in the Company’s Garden for a march.

Under the banner Wathint Abafazi, Wathint Imbokodo – You strike the women, you strike the rock – adults and children have been invited ​​to ​meet tomorrow at 11am on the plaza outside the SA Museum and Planetarium in the Company’s Garden for a march.

Published Jan 19, 2017

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DURING his presidential election race, Donald Trump made a number of derogatory remarks about women, and following fears about the degradation ​of people’s rights, a march on Washington DC has been organised for tomorrow, and solidarity events will be hosted around the world, including in Cape Town.

Under the banner Wathint Abafazi, Wathint Imbokodo– You strike the women, you strike the rock – adults and children have been invited ​​to ​meet tomorrow at 11am on the plaza outside the SA Museum and Planetarium in the Company’s Garden, for a march on to Spin Street, Plein Street and ending ​outside Parliament​ at 12.30pm​.

Following that a facilitated discussion on how people can support allies in the U​S, and strengthen gender equality internationally, will be hosted.

So far 616 sister marches have been planned across the US and around the world, and about one million people have RSVP’d that they will be attending.

For more information, go to actionnetwork.org/events/sister-march-cape-town

Or e-mail [email protected]

Yesterday Greenpeace Africa participated in a global demonstration against division, called #BridgesNotWalls, on the Nelson Mandela Bridge in Johannesburg, with the message that people would not “be complicit in the destruction of our environment”.

People can participate today by sharing a picture on a bridge, on Greenwire and social media pages using the hashtag #bridgesnotwalls.

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