Scores gather to mark Women's Day
Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 1:45PM Scores of people arrived at East London's Absa Stadium where President Jacob Zuma addressed the national Women's Day event.
Among the dignitaries were Justice Minister Jeff Radebe, Rural Development Minister Gugile Nkwinti and other senior provincial government officials.
South Africa's commemoration of August as Women's Month is marked by Women's Day when in 1956 women from all races and walks of life marched to the Union Buildings in protest against oppressive pass laws.
This year marks the 54th anniversary of the women's anti-pass march and serves to remind South Africans about women's rights in a country where more than 50 percent of citizens are women.
The theme for this year's event is "Working Together For Equal Opportunities and Progress for all Women. Forward to the Decade of African Women" and coincides with the commencement of the decade of African Women from 2010 to 2020 as declared by the Heads of States of the African Union.
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