National Women's Month

National Women’s Month 2012


South
Africa commemorates Women’s Month in August as a tribute to the
thousands of women who marched on 9 August 1956 to the Union Buildings,
in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women.



The theme for 2012 is: "56 years of women united against poverty, inequality and unemployment". The commemoration of the National Women’s Day will take place in Tshwane, Gauteng (Union Buildings) on 9 August 2012.

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