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SAWID Times 2009

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The 2009 South African Women In Dialogue (SAWID) Dialogue, hosted at the Birchwood Conference Centre in Boksburg from the 29th of November to the 2nd of December 2009, was a dialogue with a difference. It was the result, not only of extensive input throughout the year by …

SAWID Times 2008

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SAWID General Newsletter

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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