Thousands of women from different communities marched to Pretoria’s Union Buildings against extending pass controls to African women. Organizers connected women’s lives and work to opposition to apartheid. Their collective action challenged a state that regulated movement, residence and labour through racial classification and denied those affected equal political power.
Log in to like or bookmark this story.
🔖 Bookmark
Organizations in this Event
No images or videos for this event yet.
Related Events
What did the women’s march to Pretoria directly oppose?
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
The march challenged controls over women’s movement, residence and labour under apartheid.
The women’s march challenged apartheid controls affecting movement, residence and labour.
🎉😄
😢
Explanation
Pass controls were an institutional restriction on African women’s lives.