*YCLSA Press Statement* August 08, 2013
*YCLSA Women’s day message* The Young Communist League of South Africa [uFasimba] joins all South Africans in celebrating women’s day which will be observed tomorrow [August 9]. We pay reverence to the class of 1956 who marched on this day to petition against legislation that required Africans to carry a "pass". We salute all the brave 20 000 women led by Lilian Ngoyi<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Ngoyi> , Helen Joseph <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Joseph>, Rahima Moosa<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahima_Moosa> , Sophie Williams<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sophie_Williams_%28activist%29&action=edit&redlink=1> and Frances Baard who marched to the Union Buildings, protesting against the Urban Areas Act and its amendments. Some of them were carrying their babies on their backs. As we celebrate this year's anniversary of the 1956 women’s march, many issues must be confronted with determination when we consider the horrifying conditions that women live in. Women continue to be on the receiving end of violence, including rape, and many other ills and disparities. Members of the YCLSA will intensify their struggle for the emancipation of all women as part of the struggle against patriarchy and capitalist exploitation. Women continue to be victims of unfair labour practices and unpaid reproductive work. In our quest to build a non-sexist society we have not focused enough on building an economic system that values women, especially the working class women. We need to build a non-sexist society that will ensure that women are safe from all forms of abuse and violence and have equal access to opportunities as men are. As we focus on the immediate, practical needs of women including health, food and jobs, it is also critical that we pay attention to structural changes needed, including access to funding for enterprise and co-operatives development. *Wathint'Abafazi Wathint'imbokodo* Issued by the YCLSA Head Office For more information contact: Khaya Xaba Cell: 071 115 4619 @chedetachment @YCLSA -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
