South Africa’s G20 Women’s Shutdown- a turning point for ending gender-based violence and femicide?
UN Women | 26.11.2025 04:38
At the Union Buildings lawns in Pretoria, the seat of government, thousands of protesters dressed in black with touches of purple began gathering in the morning of 21 November. Their voices rose in traditional songs of struggle – "Senzeni na?" (What have we done to deserve this?) and "Zizaw'ujik'izinto" (Things will change) – before culminating in a powerful moment at midday, when protesters lay on the ground in silence, honouring the memory of women that are killed every day in South Africa, according to data cited by the national nonprofit organization, Women for Change.
