On the 9th of August 1956, courageous women of South Africa decided they had experienced enough oppression and exclusion in the economy, which subjected them to living in abject poverty. Seeing how the dignity of their fathers, husbands and sons was undermined through the forced carrying of passes through the discriminatory laws of the then undemocratic legal systems, they took it upon themselves to march and face the daily challenge upfront, led by struggle heroines and activists such as Sophie de Bruyn, Gertrude Shope, and many others.
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Green economy recovery: Women leading their emancipation
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