It is that month again where South Africa commemorates Women's month. Every year in August we celebrate and remember what women of 1956 did to free us as a country during apartheid era. They marched to Union Buildings on 9 August in protest against the extension of pass Laws to women. Women of 1956 fought fiercely for us to have freedom we are enjoying now.
They did not only fought for the Law pass but also for equality, oppression and equality.
Today we celebrate and appreciate what they did for the country. I think it is only fair to treat them with respect and dignity because they did this country very well, women are called Imbokodo (Rocks). They did not get this name simple but they earned it.
Since South Africa became the democratic country, Constitution was written for everyone in the country to be free. South Africa is now a free country and everyone is treated equally. Now women are treated equal as men because they are considered when applying for jobs, some are CEO's in big corporate companies. They now given a chance to sit in parliament and to also contest to be the next president of the country.
Women are the future of this country because many women raised their children alone. I have seen this happening a lot. Most women struggle in raising their children because their husbands left them. Although women are classified as strong creatures but they need protection from men and they should not be abused. The issue of abuse and human trafficking has been escalating rapidly and something serious need to be done to stop women abuse.
Although some people have a negative view of women being equal to men because they believed that men are superior than women. Long time ago women were not allowed to go and work, only men could do that. I think it is time for them to change their mind set and not pass this kind of mind to the next generation.
I think we have to teach our young boys that men are not better than women, we need to do away with that kind of stigma because it is destroying our country. They should also be taught that women can do what men can do and they can do it even better than them and that women have the ability to change the world.They should also be informed that no work is for men or women we are all equal. We have many women who do jobs that were known that only men can do them and they are doing very well in those jobs. We now live in the democratic country and we do everything by the book or at least we can say by the law.
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