Objectives

Our objectives are to ensure that:

The Dialogue which began in Pretoria continues nationally through the provinces and localities.
A national fund for women’s advancement is established.
Women commit themselves to good governance, development and poverty reduction by linking our actions to national development goals namely the:

Integrated & Sustainable Rural Development Strategy (ISRDS) and Programme;
the Urban Renewal Strategy (URS); and
the Growth & Development Summit goals.
Women support the African Union objectives of democracy, peace and stability and commit to the continent’s development programme (NEPAD).
Work towards the attainment of The United Nations Millennium Development Goals.
To achieve and promote the implementation of the United Nations Resolution 1325.

We women have been marching a long time to denounce and demand an end to the oppression of women and end the domination, exploitation, egotism and unbridled quest for profit breeding injustice, war, conquest and violence. Our feminist struggles and those of our foremothers on every continent have forged new freedoms for us, our daughters and sons, and all the young girls and boys who will walk the earth after us.

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As women, citizens of South Africa, we are here to claim our rights. We want recognition and respect for the work we do in the home, in the workplace and in the community. We claim full and equal participation in the creation of a non-sexist, non-racist democratic society. We cannot march on one leg or clap with one hand. South Africa is poorer politically, economically, and socially for having prevented more than half of its people from fully contributing to its development.

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