Reclaiming women’s month: celebrating resilience, strength, agency

The authors argue that Women’s Month should continue confronting GBVF while also recovering its historic emphasis on women’s collective agency, leadership, achievement and resistance. The piece connects the 1956 Women’s March with the 2018 #TotalShutdown and calls for measurable accountability for commitments under the National Strategic Plan on GBVF.

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Human Science Research Council SA
Published
2026-09-29
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14749/34023618
Primary Topic
Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
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Reclaiming women’s month: celebrating resilience, strength, agency

Human Sciences Research Council
Human Science Research Council SA
Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
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Reclaiming women’s month: celebrating resilience, strength, agency

Human Sciences Research Council
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Abstract

The authors argue that Women’s Month should continue confronting GBVF while also recovering its historic emphasis on women’s collective agency, leadership, achievement and resistance. The piece connects the 1956 Women’s March with the 2018 #TotalShutdown and calls for measurable accountability for commitments under the National Strategic Plan on GBVF.

Human Science Research Council SA
Gender equality
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Feminist Theory and Gender Studies
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