Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Women, Hon Susan Shabangu, MP, will kick-start the Women’s Month Dialogues on Tuesday, 15 August 2017, at Mayibuye Centre, in Galeshewe, Kimberley, Northern Cape under the theme: “The Year of OR Tambo: Women United in Moving South Africa Forward”.

Every August, South Africa commemorates Women’s Month as a tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of pass laws to women.
This year, we pay tribute to women’s contributions to the liberation struggle whilst also observing the centenary of struggle icon OR Tambo and his contributions to the struggle to end gender inequalities.

This year’s Women’s Month also takes place against a backdrop of increased levels of violence and brutality against women and children in our society. Since the start of this year, a number of incidents of violence and abuse on women have made headlines.

Government continues with its on-going National Dialogues on Violence against Women in the Northern Cape, as a means to continue the national discourse on the root causes and possible remedies to end violence. The dialogues are a platform for deepening democracy whilst ensuring safer and crime-free communities - especially for women and children.

Members of the media are invited as follows:
Date:    15 August 2017
Venue:  Mayibuye Centre, Galeshewe, Kimberley
Time:    09:00   

Enquiries: Peter Mbelengwa – Media Liaison Officer for the Minister in the Presidency Responsible for Women
082 611 8197 / peter.mbelengwa@women.gov.za