By RFIPosted on 04-08-2019Modified on 04-08-2019 at 03:15

On the occasion of its general assembly in Johannesburg, Amnesty International organized a rally against violence against women in the country. According to recent studies, the rate of femicides in South Africa is five times higher than the world average. While the country celebrates the month of August in August, more than a hundred activists gathered in Pretoria to denounce the evil that is eating away at the country.

Like Lehlogonolo Muthevhuli, all Amnesty activists gathered with a traditional South African headscarf tied on his head. " The doek is a very African symbol. And today, here, when we wear it, it shows that we are a "mbokodo", a strong woman, and that we claim our rights as women. "

South Africa commemorates protesters this August 9, 1956. But today, despite their sacrifices, women are far from being respected, according to Kumi Naidoo, Amnesty's general secretary: " Tens of thousands of women marched to protest the apartheid laws. And so at the end of the diet, August 9 was declared as National Women's Day. But unfortunately, we do not really have the heart to celebrate. Law enforcement is not enough because far too many women are victims of violence in the public space, or at home. "

A reality that must constantly be hammered according to Puno Selesho, coming to declaim his poems: " As a woman living in South Africa, the chances that you are abused, raped, abused, are so high, that we live all time in fear, we are always aware of it. And we all know who this happened to, among the family, the friends. But the country has so many other problems, that it may end up being drowned in the conversation, so we hope an event like this can focus on that. "

According to national studies, one in five women has already experienced violence from her partner. And a woman dies in the country every 8 hours, under the blows of her companion.

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