Silent protest outside World Economic Forum on Africa over femicide.
Silent protest outside World Economic Forum on Africa over
femicide.
On Wednesday morning, protestors gathered at the Cape Town
train station where they then silently walked to the Cape Town International
Convention Centre with their mouths taped closed, to continue their protest for
an hour. The silence hour ended at 10am.
The Total Shutdown: Intersectional Women’s Movement Against
Gender-based Violence is staging a silent protest outside the World Economic
Forum this morning. Uyinene Mrwetyana, Jesse Hess, Leighandre Jegels, Janiko
Mallo, Lynette Volschenk and Meghan Cremer were recently murdered as a result
of femicide.
The Total Shutdown protest comes following the recent
headlines of violence against women and children. Calling on government to
intervene to stop violence against women, refusing to leave the area after
being asked by police. The police are watching over the group outside CTICC
while the World Economic Forum continues inside.
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Jasmine Johnson-Mazwi
Bush Radio News Editor
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