i have been meaning to make this post for a while as my blog is the biggest platform i have.
next week friday, on the 21โst of november, women in my country, South Africa, will be attempting to silence the nation before the G20 summit takes place.
why are we doing so you might ask?
South Africaโs femicide rate is six times higher than the global average; our country was considered the rape capital of the world.
28 091 women reported being victims of domestic violence-related crimes between the span of January & March 2025: that is 1 woman every 4 minutes enduring an atrocity at the hands of a man, just in the span of three months - and those are only the women that have reported, countless of these atrocities arenโt reported as women are berated and shamed when they do; and when they do so, nothing is done about it as the system continues to fail us.
every single day, another woman is murdered at the hands of someone she knows; murdered by a complete stranger; raped by a family member; raped by a complete stranger; abused by their partner - yet our government has done nothing to stop it. our president would rather clear up allegations of a โwhite genocideโ, something completely false, than address an actual femicide occurring in the country he is supposed to be running.
i as a south african woman, am more likely to be raped, murdered, or abused than i am to get a job - a sickening and terrifying realisation that every woman in South Africa has been living with.
the women of South Africa are attempting to silence the nation is hopes that our government will finally take gender based violence & femicide serious & declare it a national disaster.
i understand that there is not much that one can do from across the world but simply spreading awareness and showing the women of South Africa that you stand with them is more than enough.
something you can do, is sign the petition linked.
i implore anyone wanting to educate themselves more, to visit the womenforchangesa instagram account - a non-profit organisation doing more for the victims of GBV of my country than the actual government does.
tagging some of my mutuals in the hopes that the more attention this garners, the more people will be informed and that real change will actually occur for South African women: @bruisedfig @bluemerakis @blue-d @beausling @itneverendshere @millersdoll @missmanlykink @martiansodas-blog @littlelamy @lvlyuno @jensenacklesballsack @dollyfiles @blondekisses @wannabeluvr @umbreoni @blushhbambi @superloser @httpstoyosi @voidsuites @222col @kentblvd @wlwroan @esotericcangel @titsout4jackles @tinas111 @boycigs
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thank you for reading ๐
