*YCLSA WOMENS DAY MESSAGE* *08 August 2009*
The Young Communist League of South Africa (uFasimba) salutes the women of our country on this important occasion of the 53rd anniversary of the women’s march which was held on the 9th of August 1956. This day in history is the day that brave heroines took to the streets defying the unjust pass law encapsulated in the system of apartheid. This anniversary is taking place in the midst of the global financial crisis, the rising gap between the rich and the poor, the skyrocketing cost of living in post apartheid Capitalist South Africa; where we are blatantly told to fasten our belts but the CEO’s are continuously being remunerated for marginalising workers As the YCLSA we call on the working class and the poor women of our country to challenge the dominant Capitalist system which perpetuates poverty; hunger; diseases; income disparities; crime; child labour and patriarchy. The women of our country should be inspired by the revolutionary sacrifices made by Ruth First; Lillian Ngoyi and others in building a just, humane and better country and the world. On this call of the 53rd anniversary of women day, we call for the provision of free sanitary towels for the working class and poor women. We strongly believe this will ease the burden created as a result of the commodification of these necessities by the market fundamentalists. We also salute our unsung heroines of today that continue to single hand idly head households through these trying economic times. We salute the women that brave the cold and wake in the early hours of the morning to ensure food is put on the table for their families. We take into cognisance the legislative framework that has been put into place to address gender inequalities in all spheres of the economy, but more needs to be done with respect to implementation. There needs to be a policy shift that favours the poor that are faced with this monstrous economic predicament known as Recession, the defiant child given birth to by Capitalism. Women should continue to fight for their economic emancipation and show strength as they always have.......as the women in the march of 1956 said to JG Strydom “wathinta abafazi, wathint’imbkodo” Issued by YCLSA Head Office Contact: *Gugu Ndima* *YCLSA National Spokesperson – 076 783 1516* --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] . -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
