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History of Women’s Struggle in South Africa

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Remembering and Celebrating South Africa’s Iconic LGBTQI+ WomenThe shards of South Africa’s fragmented history share a common thread throughout; at the…
Women, employment and the changing economic scene, 1920sIn the 1920s, with the First World War (1914-1918) over, the pattern of female employment…
The Women of MarikanaThe town of Marikana, formerly known as and still sometimes referred to as Rooikoppies …
Women’s Revolts in Natal: 1959Most people credit the abolition of apartheid to many organisations and leaders, such as…
History of Women in Prisons during ApartheidThis article was written by Justin Lawler and forms part of the SAHO and Southern…
Federation of South African Women by Skylar JayesThis article was written by Skylar Jayes and forms part of the SAHO and Southern…
Overcoming Adversity from All Angles: The Struggle of the Domestic Worker during Apartheid by Bennett GwynnThis article was written by Bennett Gwynn and forms part of the SAHO and Southern…
Women’s Role in the Negotiations by Nicole DellaportasThis article was written by Nicole Dellaportas and forms part of the SAHO and Southern…
Women’s Workplace Oppression in 1970s South Africa by Cait ChapmanThis article was written by Cait Chapman and forms part of the SAHO and Southern…
Women in the Cities and the Resistance Movement
Strong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid ArnoldThe UDF was an umbrella organization that was founded to unify the hundreds of Anti…
The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria
The 1913 Women’s anti-pass campaign in the Orange Free StateWhen the Union of South Africa was established in 1910, there was already a foundation…
Cape Town Women’s Food Committee c.1946 -1953
Albertina Sisulu cartoon Activity
Women’s Resistance Against the Pass LawsDuring its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the…
Women’s Enfranchisement Association of the Union (WEAU)The WEAU and votes for white women Until 1930 there were no women in South Africa who…
Apartheid crumbles, Women in the turmoil of the 1980sThe 1980s saw escalating state repression and mass detentions. In a frenzy of desperate…
Soweto and mounting pressure on the apartheid state, 1970sThe Day Our Kids Lost Faith. 1976. © Bailey's African History Archives During the 1970s,…
Women’s resistance in the 1960s - Sharpeville and its aftermathAs the 1950s gave way to the 1960s the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist…
The Women’s CharterAdopted at the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women …
The 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August ‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.' So runs the…
The turbulent 1950s - Women as defiant activistsIn the 1950s the government's increasingly repressive policies began to pose a direct…
Women in the schizophrenic 1940s - World War II and its aftermath The 1940s opened with the devastating Second World War in full swing. This decade also…
Trade unionism blossoms and women become more assertive, 1930s
Women in the new democracy
Anti-pass campaigns, 1910sBy the turn of the century, despite the fact that women of all races were still virtually…
Women’s National Coalition
United Women’s Congress (UWCO)As a result of parent's reactions to the 1976 uprisings and their aftermath, ex…
UDF Women’s Congress
Natal Organisation of Women (NOW)
Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)The Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW or FSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 in…
Federasie van Afrikaanse Kultuurverenigning (FAK)The English translation of this organization is Federation of Afrikaner Cultural…
Black Women’s FederationIn 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from…
Black SashThe Women's Defence of the Constitution LeagueIn 1955 a small group of white middle-class…
Bantu Women’s LeagueThe Bantu Women's League was the first women's organisation in South Africa. It was…
AZAPO’s Women’s Wing - ImbelekoImbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), formed in 1982…
National Council of African Women (NCAW) The NCAW was established in 1933 by a group of women in Kimberley. It amalgamated a…
Women’s Rights and RepresentationIt was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country…
Poverty and developmentOne of the most important issues for women in South Africa has always been that of…
Health and welfareSouth Africa is a country of relative prosperity, with vast resources and a modern…
The girl child Gender differences manifest themselves in South Africa in the altogether different…
List of women who died in exileBucibo, Joyce Asvat, Zainab Cothoza, June Rose Nontsikelelo Dadoo, Winnie …
Womens RightsIt was not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country…
GalleryThis extensive history through pictures gallery documents the role that women have played…
Contemporary issues: Women’s struggle, 1900-1994 A tumultuous history has left women in present day South Africa with a number of…
A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, 1900-1994ALiz AbrahamsMagdelene Malotane Adams Rachel (Ray) Alexander-SimonsRuth AlexanderPhyllis…
Women at the start of the 20th centuryIt is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South…