South Africa

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Population: 49,004,031
Capital: Pretoria
Language: IsiZulu (official) 23.8% -(has 10 other official languages)
Religion: Christian 36%
Life Expectancy: 49.33 years
GDP per Capita: $10,700


• In 1994 South Africa was the first country to include equal protection for lesbians and gays in a national constitution
• 25%o of adult women say they have experienced physical abuse by a male partner or intimate
• Between 40-70% of female murder victims are killed by husbands or boyfriends
• Is a major source and destination county for sex trafficking
• It is estimated that a women is raped every 83 seconds
• Fewer then 30% of women are in the workforce
• White women won the vote in 1931, Indian and “colored” women in 1984, black women in 1994

This website gives a brief outline of the history of women in South Africa, check it out!

Here’s another neat article about an organization working for women’s rights--article
If you don’t want to read the whole thing, here are some quotes that I liked from it---

“South Africa is supposed to be a democracy. We should be a country that is ‘of the people, by the people and for the people,’ not ‘of men, by men and for men.’ South African women need to benefit from the equality that is spelled out in our Constitution.”

“Leaders in the gender-equity field say women collectively are asking: “If we are the ones who carry water for drinking, collect firewood for cooking, and care for the young, old, sick and dying, then why don’t we have an equal voice in making decisions about government policies and projects that affect our lives, our communities and our country?”


And now here is a video for you to watch if your interested;

Thanks for reading/watching ;)