President Ramaphosa urges South Africa to #pressforprogress in 2018
8 March 2018
South Africa joins the international community in observing International Women's Day today, Thursday 8 March 2018, under the theme #PressforProgress.
International Women’s Day has been a global institution focused on equality for women since it was first observed by the Suffragettes in 1911.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on all South Africans to use International Women’s Day 2018 to decide what they can do in their personal lives, communities, businesses and organisations to advance all aspects of gender equality.
President Ramaphosa said South Africans should dedicate International Women’s Day 2018 to the memory of Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu, whose centenary is being celebrated this year. She was a courageous leader both of the struggle for national liberation and of the struggle for gender emancipation.