1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings

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The 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings was a landmark anti-apartheid protest in Pretoria where thousands of South African women of all races demonstrated against pass laws and racial segregation.

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instanceOf anti-apartheid demonstration ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
protest march ⓘ
action delivered petitions to the South African prime minister’s office ⓘ
marched in silence to the Union Buildings ⓘ
sang protest songs against pass laws ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1956 Women’s March ⓘ
Women’s March on the Union Buildings ⓘ
Women’s March to Pretoria ⓘ
city Pretoria ⓘ
commemoratedBy National Women’s Day in South Africa ⓘ
commemorationDate August 9 ⓘ
country South Africa ⓘ
date 1956-08-09 ⓘ
estimatedParticipants approximately 20,000 women ⓘ
hasTheme gender equality ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
racial justice ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the largest demonstrations staged by women in South African history ⓘ
legacy inspired later women’s and civil rights movements in South Africa ⓘ
symbol of women’s resistance to apartheid ⓘ
location Union Buildings, Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
mainCause opposition to apartheid pass laws for women ⓘ
opposition to racial segregation ⓘ
resistance to extension of pass laws to Black women ⓘ
movementType mass mobilization ⓘ
non-violent protest ⓘ
notableLeader Helen Joseph ⓘ
Lilian Ngoyi ⓘ
Rahima Moosa ⓘ
Sophia Williams-De Bruyn ⓘ
opposedGovernment apartheid government of South Africa ⓘ
opposedLeader Prime Minister J. G. Strijdom ⓘ
linked to: J. G. Strijdom
organizedBy African National Congress Women’s League ⓘ
Federation of South African Women ⓘ
anti-apartheid women’s organizations ⓘ
participantsDemographics Black African women ⓘ
Coloured women ⓘ
Indian women ⓘ
white women ⓘ
partOf anti-apartheid movement ⓘ
petitionRecipient Office of the Prime Minister of South Africa ⓘ
recognizedAs turning point in the role of women in the anti-apartheid struggle ⓘ
slogan Wathint’ Abafazi, Wathint’ Imbokodo ⓘ
sloganTranslation You strike a woman, you strike a rock ⓘ
targetedPolicy Population Registration Act-related controls ⓘ
pass laws ⓘ
year 1956 ⓘ

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National Women’s Day (South Africa) → commemorates → 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings ⓘ
subject linked to: Public holidays in South Africa
Albertina Sisulu → notableEvent → 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings in Pretoria ⓘ
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National Women’s Day → commemorates → 1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria ⓘ
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1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings → alsoKnownAs → 1956 Women’s March ⓘ
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1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings → alsoKnownAs → Women’s March on the Union Buildings ⓘ
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1956 women’s march to the Union Buildings → alsoKnownAs → Women’s March to Pretoria ⓘ
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Federation of South African Women → notableEvent → 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings in Pretoria ⓘ
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Federation of South African Women → organized → 1956 Women’s March ⓘ
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Hilda Bernstein → participatedIn → 1956 Women’s March to the Union Buildings ⓘ
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