Response: Women’s Month and Alert Level Three Lockdown by Lois Law
South Africa celebrated National Women’s Day on 9th August, and the whole month of August is dedicated to the promotion of the rights of women. National Women’s Day was first celebrated as a national holiday in 1995; it is an opportunity to pay tribute to women for their essential role in the building and development of our society. There has been a lot of pink in evidence; advertisers have appropriated Mao Zedong’s dictum that “women hold half the sky”. The month of August is marked by several government events such as trade fairs for women’s crafts and symposia on labour issues. There have been speeches condemning gender-based violence, the lack of parity in salaries and the lack of access to promotion. There is some acknowledgement that women amount to half the population and hence half the workforce. Response Women’s Month and Alert Level Three Lockdown by Lois Law