Status of violence against women and children

South Africa commemorates Women’s Month in August as a tribute to the thousands of women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women. This historic march was a turning point in the role of women in the struggle for freedom and society at large. Since that eventful day, women from all walks of life became equal partners in the struggle for a non-racial and non-sexist South Africa. As violence against women and children occur daily in South Africa and globally, we speak to Rashida Manjoo on how these injustices still occur....
Guest: Prof Rashida Manjoo
Position: Professor in the Department of Public Law and is the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women