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… Poetry and Resistance in the 1970’s …

… Imbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), … in 1982 to address the specific challenges faced by black women under apartheid. The organisation emerged from AZAPO's recognition that women's oppression required dedicated attention within the …

… and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began organising … from as early as 1978 and eventually formed the United Women's Organisation in 1981. The organisation took up … Defence Force or police brutality. In 1986, the United Women's Congress joined forces with the Women's Front, …

… The United Women’s Organisation (UWO) was launched in April 1981 with … 400 delegates from the Western Cape attending. Some of the women who pioneered the organisation had been active in the ANC Women’s League in 1950s. For instance, Dorothy Zihlangu, … United Women’s Organisation (UWO) …

… to the fact that the government was taking action against resistance organisations, and that the ANC lacked the support … Continued resistance and internal criticism 1920s and 1930s …

… one of the four districts of the North West province. The women in Marikana have also migrated from various regions in Southern Africa; some of the women married to the miners have followed them to Marikana, … of the men have wives where they come from. In some cases women have remained 'mistresses' for decades, raising a …

… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and morally and to make them … PAC’s African Women’s Organisation …

… not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as equal citizens. South African women -under the social and even legal control of their … - were second-class citizens for many years. Black women were obviously doubly disadvantaged as a result of …

… the period marked the end of the non-violent phase of resistance, particularly for the ANC and PAC. Despite the … changed its name in 1964 from the NCL to the African Resistance Movement (ARM). On 12 June 1964  ARM issued a … M. The National Committee of Liberation (NCL)/ African Resistance Movement, in The Road to Democracy in South …

… The 1956 Women’s March in Pretoria , South Africa constitutes an especially noteworthy moment in women’s history. On 9 August 1956, thousands of South Africa … domestic work outfits – all showed up to take part in the resistance against apartheid. The 1956 Women’s March played a …

… and stringent censorship laws were two massive obstacles resistance photographers needed to overcome. This chapter … just after the Sharpeville massacre: There are bodies of women and men on the ground and a man wounded in the leg sitting up, a women being helped away. What's most striking is the police. …

… Women at the start of the 20th century It is only over the last three or four decades that women's role in the history of South Africa has, belatedly, … not only because it was such an early outbreak of women's resistance, but also because of what Julia Wells calls its …

… to violence-based policing. Episode 2, Policing and Resistance: Lexicon Abolition Abolition is a political … States Constitution . Abolition Resources | CRITICAL RESISTANCE Defund Defunding the police is a political … carried by young people, and spearheaded by women, queer, and transgender folk dedicated to the greater …

… Congress was created in 1912 and a year later the Bantu Women’s league was created. In 1944, women were granted membership for the ANC. The ANCWL fought … the league was very active, participating in riots and resistance against an apartheid government. During this …

… What was the nature of the civil society resistance after the 1960s? During the 1960s and the 1980s … by the overseas community and was also strongly opposed by resistance movements like the 1976 Soweto Uprising and by … them very little control.  What also pressured by external resistance the apartheid government were (i) anti-apartheid …

… The Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) was formed on the 8th of December 1984, bringing together close to 200 women from all over the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng). The … formation of its mother body Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and also in commemoration of Women's Day, …

… 2000s: Women today …

… 1980s: Women organise …

… Women’s National Coalition …

… UDF Women’s Congress …